Category: Community Service

Get Free School Supplies & Ways You Can Donate

July 27, 2023 | Community Service

  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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BELLEVILLE SCHOOL’S DRIVE AWAY HUNGER

March 13, 2023 | Community Service

A Letter from Belleville Dist. #118 Superintendent, Ryan Boike: Hello to everyone. In the past we, as a District, have come together in a service project called “Drive Away Hunger”. This project was created by our District Character Education Committee. The response to our efforts to “drive away hunger” in our community has been overwhelming and as a result, we have delivered over 165,000 items on school buses to our Belleville food pantries. We will hold the 2023 Drive Away Hunger service project this year. This year to make the donation bigger and better, we will continue to partner with other schools in the Belleville community. There are many more individuals and families struggling this year and the food pantries are in desperate need of supplies. Simply put, they need our help. The project will…

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Belleville School’s Drive Away Hunger

March 25, 2021 | Community Service

A Letter from Belleville Dist. #118 Superintendent, Ryan Boike: Hello to everyone. In the past we, as a District, have come together in a service project called “Drive Away Hunger”. This project was created by our District Character Education Committee. The response to our efforts to “drive away hunger” in our community has been overwhelming and as a result, we have delivered over 165,000 items on school buses to our Belleville food pantries. We will hold the 13th annual Drive Away Hunger service project this year. This year to make the donation bigger and better, we will continue to partner with other schools in the Belleville community. There are many more individuals and families struggling this year and the food pantries are in desperate need of supplies. Simply put, they need our help. The project…

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Thank You to our Winter Accessory Drive Donors

December 07, 2020 | Community Service

The Greater Belleville Chamber of Commerce and the Healthcare & Community Service Agency Committee has another successful drive this year during our Winter Accessory Drive. Hundreds of items including coats, gloves, scarves, and more were collected and will be distributed around the community to organizations including Catholic Urban Programs, City of Belleville General Assistance, and Violence Prevention Center. We want to thank all of our donors that helped us have another successful drive this season. Thank you to Hospice of Southern Illinois, Illinois American Water, Jack Schmitt, Kathy Frederico, McCullough’s Flooring Enterprise, Inc., PSOP,, Turkey Hill Grange, and Community Members Joan Braswell and Linda Weisenstein.  

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