Discover Manufacturing Career Expo at IVCC Oct. 25

From Illinois Valley Community College’s Community Relations Office 815.224-0465 Up to 250 district high school students are expected to participate in the Discover Manufacturing Career Expo at Illinois Valley Community College Tuesday, Oct. 25. IVCC is partnering on the event with North Central Regional Betterment Coalition, Starved Rock Associates Vocational & Technical Education and several …

Illinois Valley Sunrise Rotary Teams to Get 2000 Free Books to New Families

Illinois Valley Sunrise Rotary, in partnership with the North Central Regional Betterment Coalition, is providing 2,000 books to be distributed free by area pediatricians. The new books will be for families when they visit the doctor for both the infant’s 6-month checkup and their 1-year checkup. This expands an existing program which provides books and …

Hallunteers Help Prepare Sets of Baby Bug Books for New Mothers

Recently, the Hallunteers of Hall School in Spring Valley got together on a Saturday morning to assemble sets of 4 Baby Bug books. Every mother in LaSalle, Bureau, and Putman County will get a set of books when she takes her infant child in for the 6-week checkup. Research shows infants who are read to …

NCRBC Launches Their Newest Initiative, the ‘Words Matter’ Advocacy Campaign

A community effort to get books into the hands of all new mothers, with the hope their children grow up to live better lives, kicks off this month.  This is the newest initiative of the North Central Regional Betterment Coalition’s (NCRBC) ‘Words Matter’ advocacy campaign. Every new mother discharged from St. Margaret’s Health Spring Valley …

The IVCC Rotaract Club Assists in Stocking Local Little Free Libraries

  Our community has a great core of volunteers who are generous with their time and have a heart for helping children in our community grow to be their best self. Recently, members of the Illinois Valley Community College Rotaract Program, the college version of Rotary, travelled to all the Little Free Libraries throughout LaSalle, …

Words Matter

Published in St. Margaret’s Healthcare 2019/2020 Winter Issue of Healthy You Magazine What image comes to your mind when you hear or read those two words together? To some, it may signify telling the truth as opposed to telling a lie. To others, it might reference word choice and tone – what you say and …

Resale shop gives back $174,450 to local organizations

Article originally published in the Bureau County Republican, January 10, 2020 By Goldie Rapp grapp@bcrnews.com PRINCETON — Last year was The Princeton Closet’s most profitable year in 51 years. And with such success, Church Women United, operators of the resale shop, were able to give back to the community more than they’ve ever been able …