{"id":27283,"date":"2026-01-12T18:53:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T00:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=27283"},"modified":"2026-01-12T18:56:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T00:56:29","slug":"state-senator-mcclure-requests-cards-for-senior-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/27283-state-senator-mcclure-requests-cards-for-senior-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"State Senator McClure Requests Cards For Senior Citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>State Senator Steve McClure (R-Springfield) is once again working to make sure that senior citizens in the 54th Senate District know that they are loved through his annual \u201cValentines for Seniors\u201d card drive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to make sure that seniors living in long-term care facilities receive cards and notes from people who care throughout the community,\u201d said Senator McClure.\u00a0 \u201cOur hope is to show the seniors that their community is thinking about them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McClure is asking students, scout groups, churches, and other groups to consider creating homemade cards that will be delivered to nursing homes, assisted-living facilities, and other long-term care facilities throughout the 54th Senate District.<\/p>\n<p>Cards can be dropped off from now until February 6th at McClure\u2019s Montgomery County district office, which is located at 410 N. Monroe Street, Suite 200, in Litchfield, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">or his Effingham County district office, at 208 N. 4th Street, Suite B, in Effingham<\/span>.\u00a0 They can also be dropped off at his Capitol complex office, which is located in A-Section of the Stratton Building in Springfield.\u00a0 There will be a drop box inside each office during normal business hours, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>For questions, please contact Claire at cvanaken@sgop.ilga.gov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State Senator Steve McClure (R-Springfield) is once again working to make sure that senior citizens in the 54th Senate District know that they are loved through his annual \u201cValentines for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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