Starting in the fall of 2021 and continuing through early this year, the McHenry Area Rotary has distributed 16 grants totaling $43,415 toward local and international academic and humanitarian causes, club leaders announced.
Miss McHenry County Fair Queen Grace Markovitz, a 2020 McHenry High School graduate, is using her platform as the first in at least 50 years to be named runner-up in the statewide County Fair Queen competition to continue to advocate for children.
Since the start of the McHenry High School Food for Thought food pantry program several years ago, volunteers have lived somewhat of a wayfaring existence. They picked up and moved bins of food donations from place to place to keep the weekly donation program running.
Strength and conditioning experts from throughout the state gathered at McHenry High School recently to learn from each other during a recent Illinois Family Day conference event for the National High School Strength and Conditioning Association.