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Give Your College Student A Piece of Home With Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Patch

The Patch newsletter and smart phone apps are great ways for young scholars to keep up with news back home.

There are two great ways to help your college student stay in touch with hometown news.

Sign your student up for a Patch newsletter, and let them know about adding the Patch apps for iPhone and Android phones. 

Did we mention it's all free? Your family scholar can keep up with local news, including the wide variety of events going on at their high schools and in their communities back home.

Find out what's happening in Lake Forest-Lake Bluffwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

That means not missing out on what going on , , or checking out the .

As for us, we'd like to stay connected to some of our most loyal readers. If your student does something great at college (wins an award? goes to a foreign country? organizes a huge volunteer effort?) we want to hear about it!

Find out what's happening in Lake Forest-Lake Bluffwith free, real-time updates from Patch.

You can always e-mail editor Jim Powers at james.powers@patch.com.

To keep your student in the know when it comes to Lake Forest-Lake Bluff, simply visit Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Patch and sign him or her up for the newsletter (you'll find the button at the top of the homepage).

For more on our smart phone apps:

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Good luck to all college-bound students. Visit often. And don't forget to call home!


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