A Letter from Belleville Dist. #118 Superintendent, Ryan Boike: Dear Chamber Members, We need your help to address hunger in our community. This year, we will be holding the 18th annual Drive Away Hunger service project. Over the years, the response to our project has been overwhelming, and we have delivered over 201,423 items to food pantries in Belleville. We know that many families and individuals are struggling this year, and the food pantries are indire need of supplies. Therefore, we are requesting your support to make this project a success. We hope each family can help us fill as many school buses as possible with bags of food. We willcollect supplies from March 9 to March 26, 2026, and then deliver them to local food pantries. Here is a complete list of needed…
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Together, with the Chamber’s Healthcare & CSA Committee, we are collecting items for Hoyleton’s Hope for the Holidays Family Bags. These gift bags will be given to Hoyleton families in need. Please consider donating one or more items from the list below. Each bag receives 7 items:Little Debbie Snack CakesPuzzleFamily GamePopcornHot Cocoa MixCard GameBlanket Feel free to shop from our local small businesses or these Wal-mart and Amazon Wishlists: Wal-Mart Wishlist – https://www.walmart.com/registry/ER/b69f94cb-199a-4ec9-8aaf-1aa282474409 Amazon Wishlist – https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2POU21VKJ6HGU?ref_=abls_nvfly_yl Please drop items off at The Greater Belleville Chamber of Commerce by December 4, 2024. For questions call 618-233-2015
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A Letter from Belleville Dist. #118 Superintendent, Ryan Boike: Dear Parents and Students of Belleville District #118, We need your help to address hunger in our community. This year, we will be holding the 16thannual Drive Away Hunger service project. Over the years, the response to our project hasbeen overwhelming, and we have delivered over 175,000 items to food pantries in Belleville. We know that many families and individuals are struggling this year, and the food pantries are indire need of supplies. Therefore, we are requesting your support to make this project a success. We hope each student is able to contribute a bag of groceries for the food pantry. You arewelcome to send more than one bag of food if you can. However, if you are unable to support theproject with food,…
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Through February, The Chamber and Healthcare & CSA Committee will be collecting snacks for the kids receiving grief counseling at Heartlinks Grief Center. We are collecting individually, wrapped snacks (i.e. chips, gold fish crackers, fruit snacks, granola bars, rice krispy treats, etc). What is Heartlinks? Heartlinks Grief Center, a program of Family Hospice, assists grieving children, individuals, families, and groups through individual and family counseling, peer support groups, and other supportive community programs regardless of ability to pay. You can drop items off at The Greater Belleville Chamber of Commerce office now thru February 29, 2024.
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School Supply Giveaway Events Bliss Events Teen Night Back 2 School Party & Supply Drive July 28Teens are welcome to dance, have pizza & soda AND score some free school supplies! Bliss Events hosts Teen Nights on Fridays from 7-10pm. Supplies will also be collected after the event. Click event link for more info. Logan & Logan Back to School Event August 6Logan & Logan in partnership with M.A.M. Cares is hosting their annual Back to School Giveaway. There will be giveaways along with on-site dental exams by Dental Safari. Click event link for more info. Where to Donate Bennie’s Pizza Pub Classroom Supply Drive August 25You can enjoy dinner & a concert and help stock the classrooms of our local teachers. “Here at Bennie’s we love to give back. In…
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