Mayor's Message

You will hear us say this again and again. “We want to reach everyone, until all are fed.” We truly mean this. - “Feed My Starving Children”

“I am only one, but I still am one, I cannot do everything, but still I can do something, and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.”
- Helen Keller

“It's Christmas time in Darien, in Darien Illinois. There will be lots of fun in Darien for every girl and boy.”
- Phyllis Nordstrom Johnson

“Long ago it must be
I have a photograph
Preserve your memories
They're all that's left you”
~ Simon and Garfunkel, “Old Friends/Bookends”

"Give more than is expected, love more than seems wise, serve more than seems necessary, and help more than is asked."
- Cory Booker