Community Calendar

American Red Cross Blood Drives in January: January 1, Thursday, St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Charleston, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM January 4, Sunday, St Joseph Stringtown Community Club, Stringtown, 6:30 AM - Noon January 5, Monday, Teutopolis Banquet Hall, 12:30 PM - 6:00 PM January 6, Tuesday, Casey United Methodist Church, Noon - 6:00 […]

A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln is now on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, giving the public a rare chance to see the historic document. Lincoln’s proclamation ordered an end to slavery in Southern states that took up arms against the United States during the Civil War, […]

  The public can call the Effingham County SWCD office (217-347-7107) to have an order form emailed or mailed to them.

American Red Cross Blood Drives in January: January 1, Thursday, St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Charleston, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM January 4, Sunday, St Joseph Stringtown Community Club, Stringtown, 6:30 AM - Noon January 5, Monday, Teutopolis Banquet Hall, 12:30 PM - 6:00 PM January 6, Tuesday, Casey United Methodist Church, Noon - 6:00 […]

Eastern Illinois University is hosting a Traveling Holocaust Exhibit in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Auschwitz Experience in the Art of Prisoners, a traveling exhibit about the Holocaust, will be displayed in the West Reading Room at Booth Library on the EIU Campus, located at 600 Lincoln Avenue in Charleston, from January 11th […]

Enduring Freedom Ministries January Dates: Tuesday, January 6th, 4 - 6pm, Shumway Saturday, January 10th, 9a.m. - noon, Mason Tuesday, January 13th, 4 - 6pm, Shumway Wednesday, January 14th, noon - 2pm, Shumway Wednesday, January 21st, noon - 2pm, Shumway Saturday, January 31st, 8:30 - noon, Shumway Please call 217-868-5293 or 217-240-0059 to sign up, […]

Register for the webinar here:  https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3012230203951272281 To learn more about how to prepare and cope for hazardous weather, please visit our Storm Anxiety and Stress webpage.   

St. Francis Church in Teutopolis will host a pro-life Mass at 6:30 PM on Thursday, January 22.  The U.S. Catholic Bishops ask that this be a day of prayer for the full restoration of the legal guarantee of the right to life and of penance for violations to the dignity of the human person committed […]

American Red Cross Blood Drives in January: January 1, Thursday, St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Charleston, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM January 4, Sunday, St Joseph Stringtown Community Club, Stringtown, 6:30 AM - Noon January 5, Monday, Teutopolis Banquet Hall, 12:30 PM - 6:00 PM January 6, Tuesday, Casey United Methodist Church, Noon - 6:00 […]