The Illinois House Redistricting Committee held its first hearing last week on new congressional and judicial subcircuit district maps at the Michael Bilandic Building in Chicago. Another half-dozen hearings were
Almost 50 area children are attending the 91
st annual Camp Limberlost this week
at Timber Pointe Outdoor Center, which is Bloomington Kiwanis’ signature service project. The packed agenda for the day campers will focus on the outdoors, animal exploration, fire safety and many activities that typically happen at Camp Limberlost. Kiwanis members volunteer to set up, deliver food, haul duffle bags, and assist counselors with the settling in of the campers for a week of activities that teach positive social interaction.
Each summer, since 1930, Bloomington Kiwanis sends students who would benefit from a camping experience, selected by their elementary school teachers, to Camp Limberlost at East Bay Camp at Lake Bloomington. This is what the Kiwanis Club of Bloomington has been raising funds for all year long from Pancake Days, Mother’s Day Flower Sale, and other fundraisers.
Bloomington Kiwanis Motherâs Day Flower Sale is now a tradition, with this being its 12
th annual sale and largest fundraiser. The club holds this event every Motherâs Day weekend, selling thousands of flowers and plants to the community. As always, their white tents are located between Yankee Candle and Ann Taylor Loft at the Shoppes at College Hills, offering a host of annuals, herbs, vegetable garden plants, and hanging and potted plants.
This year the Motherâs Day Flower Sale fundraising event is from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM on Wednesday, May 5, Thursday, May 6, Friday, May 7, and Saturday, May 8. The sale is closed on Sunday, Motherâs Day, in honor of our mothers.
PEORIA â In a historic moment, health care workers in Chicago and Peoria on Tuesday became the first groups in Illinois to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, marking what Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike called âthe beginning of the endâ of the pandemic.
The vaccine, developed by the drug companies Pfizer and BioNTech, was granted Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last week and is now being shipped throughout the United States. Early studies have shown that after two doses that are given 21 days apart, the vaccine is 95% effective in preventing the disease.