Category Archives: Community
YLIA Podcast "Nobody Asked Us" Returns for 2022
January 26, 2022 - The podcast "Nobody Asked Us" has returned for 2022! The youth led podcast, hosted by Brandon Kondritz and Lexi Jones, is part of Youth Leaders In Action, a local youth led philanth...
Jan 26, 2022
Distribution of Additional 1,500 COVID-19 Kits Helps Address Recent Virus Spike
January 25, 2022 - The memory of a young Covid-19 victim lives on through an ongoing effort to provide free Covid-19 Care Kits to Macon County residents who test positive for the disease. In response ...
Jan 25, 2022
Richland Community College Board of Trustees Swears in New Member
January 20, 2022 - The Richland Community College Board of Trustees welcomed Ben Andreas at its regular January meeting. Andreas graduated from Richland Community College in 2009 with an Associates in...
Jan 20, 2022
Baby Talk and Empowerment Opportunity Center Unveil MLK Jr. Sculpture, A Gift from The Howard G. Buffett Foundation
January 18, 2021 - A new sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. has been installed in front of the new Baby TALK and The Empowerment Opportunity Center thanks to the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. The bro...
Jan 18, 2022
LISTEN: Natalie Beck and Kara Demirjian Huss
January 18, 2022 - Natalie Beck of the Community Foundation is joined by Kara Demirjian-Huss of their board who talks about the vision of the foundation, why she joined, and matching donors to organiz...
Jan 18, 2022
WATCH: African-American Museum on Impact of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrates the life of one of the most impactful African-American men that this country has seen. The African-American Cultural and Genealogical Society of Illinois Museum, ...
Jan 17, 2022
Applications open for CommunityWorks nonprofit Grant Awards
January 14, 2022 - Beginning today, The Community Foundation of Macon County (CFMC) is accepting online applications from Macon County nonprofit organizations seeking grant awards from the CommunityWo...
Jan 14, 2022 View of brown folders, with focus on grants label, Concept of funding, 3D illustration
MLK Jr. march planned for Jan. 17 canceled
Due to the spike in Covid-19 cases in Macon County, the City of Decatur Human Relations Commission's Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom March that was scheduled to be held on Monday, Janu...
Jan 10, 2022
YLIA to offer $5,000 service grant to fund youth-focused project
January 10, 2022 - Young Leaders In Action (YLIA) of Macon County has announced a grant application for nonprofit organizations aiming to impact youth within Macon County. The $5,000 grant will help f...
Jan 10, 2022
LISTEN: Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe
January 10, 2022 - Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe talks about police safety, the importance of local information, COVID numbers, and the reduced number of available firefighters due to COVID.
Jan 10, 2022