Staff report
Central Illinois Veterans Commission
The Central Illinois Veterans Commission seeks support to match $30,000 pledged by two anonymous donors who want to help Central Illinois veterans.
Any sized gift made to the CIVC - from $5 to $5,000 or more, will be matched up to a total of $30,000. Funds raised will support the CIVC’s efforts to construct “tiny houses” in Lincoln, IL designed to provide transitional and/or permanent housing to homeless veterans.
If the matching challenge is successful, $60,000 will be available to construct the first two proposed tiny houses on the corner of 6th and College Streets in Lincoln. The CIVC tiny house initiative is modeled after the Veterans Community Project located in St. Louis [https://tinyurl.com/yydnfsz2], which features a mix of single-occupancy, 240-square foot and 320-square foot, fully furnished homes.
Hy-Vee Giving Away 5,000 Hams With Hormel Foods, First Responders
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By Julia Bertino
Mar 17, 2021
(Undated) Hy-Vee is partnering with Hormel Foods to hand out thousands of hams ahead of the Easter holiday.
The grocery chain says the Fourth Annual Hams for the Holidays initiative includes stops in 14 cities in the month of March. They say Hy-Vee employees, along with local law enforcement, fire and EMS, will hand out 5,000 Hormel hams to families in need throughout the company’s eight-state region.
“There is no doubt that 2020 was one of the toughest years we have ever faced and so many are still struggling with food insecurity,” said Randy Edeker, chairman, CEO and president of Hy-Vee. “We are fortunate to have great partners who share Hy-Vee’s passion for giving back to the community. Since 2017, Hy-Vee’s Hams for the Holidays events have been an incredible way for us to help thousands of our neighbors in need. We look forward to continuing our efforts this spring to directly impact those in the areas we serve.”
By Julia Bertino
Mar 17, 2021
(Undated) Hy-Vee is partnering with Hormel Foods to hand out thousands of hams ahead of the Easter holiday.
The grocery chain says the Fourth Annual Hams for the Holidays initiative includes stops in 14 cities in the month of March. They say Hy-Vee employees, along with local law enforcement, fire and EMS, will hand out 5,000 Hormel hams to families in need throughout the company’s eight-state region.
“There is no doubt that 2020 was one of the toughest years we have ever faced and so many are still struggling with food insecurity,” said Randy Edeker, chairman, CEO and president of Hy-Vee. “We are fortunate to have great partners who share Hy-Vee’s passion for giving back to the community. Since 2017, Hy-Vee’s Hams for the Holidays events have been an incredible way for us to help thousands of our neighbors in need. We look forward to continuing our efforts this spring to directly impact those in the areas we serve.”
KLKN-TV
The Lancaster County community came together to donate over $630,000 before the Christmas holiday.
December 24, 2020 4:13 pm
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – The Salvation Army of Lincoln celebrated and thanked the Lincoln community for helping them reach their holiday donation goal just one day before Christmas.
To celebrate the achievement, Major Mark Anderson with the Salvation Army and Mark Whitehead, President of Whitehead Oil, lit the “Tree of Lights” star near 50th and O streets Thursday morning.
“We’re over $631,000 on a $625,000 goal,” Anderson says. “We want to thank all the generous citizens all around us who are making a difference in the lives of the less fortunate right here in Lincoln.”
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