And, here’s who is getting what: McHenry Division of Transportation-Coordinated Senior Transport Services-$75,000.00 with quarterly reimbursements Richmond Township-Senior Transportation Program-$20,000.00 with quarterly reimbursements; Harvard Community Center-$40,000.00 with monthly reimbursements Senior Care Volunteer Network-Volunteer Services for Seniors-$160,000.00 with quarterly reimbursements Family … Continue reading
Category Archives: Salvation Army
Crystal Lake’s Kiwanis Club staffed the Salvation Army kettles at Walmart Saturday. It was a great day. Not 10 degrees above zero and no snow. A man in his 40’s, accompanied by an older teen and a younger one, came … Continue reading
The Salvation Army in Crystal Lake will be serving Thanksgiving Dinner for the first time this year. The hours are 11:30 to 3 and volunteers are needed. Call 815-455-2769 if you want more information or want to volunteer. … Continue reading
When I read Chelsea McDougall’s heartfelt article about her father’s and mother’s work in Haiti and her trip to the area of the mission, I immediately thought of the huge food packing project by the Salvation Army at the old … Continue reading
The old Cub Food building was packed with volunteers early Sunday afternoon. Enough rice and other ingredients had been packed Saturday to provide 440,000 meals to those living in Haiti. There were fifty packing stations set up. They seemed all … Continue reading
About 440,000 meals down, another 560,000 to go, if the Salvation Army’s goal of one million meals for Haiti is to be met. Oodles of McHenry County-area residents joined Kansas employees of Numana, which I first misread as “Humana,” to … Continue reading
Last Monday I showed you head hair growth on Crystal Lake Kiwanis member Mike Splitt. He put together the St. Baldrick’s fund raising effort for children’s cancer research. Today, take at look at Blake Hobson, who raised $1,310, second only … Continue reading
Tuesday, the “Message of the Day” was underweight Santa P.J. Studley, who has been ringing his bell for the Salvation Army for 15 years in front of Dollar Video in Crystal Lake. Wednesday, the Crystal Lake Kiwanis Club heard from … Continue reading
Tuesday, the “Message of the Day” was underweight Santa P.J. Studley, who has been ringing his bell for the Salvation Army for 15 years in front of Dollar Video in Crystal Lake. Wednesday, the Crystal Lake Kiwanis Club heard from … Continue reading
Each year for the last fifteen years a thin Santa has been ringing a Salvation Army bell outside of Dollar Video in Crystal Lake. It doesn’t matter if the temperature is in the forties or there’s a blinding wind. His … Continue reading
Each year for the last fifteen years a thin Santa has been ringing a Salvation Army bell outside of Dollar Video in Crystal Lake. It doesn’t matter if the temperature is in the forties or there’s a blinding wind. His … Continue reading