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Cedarville Lions Club holds toy drive for Salvation Army Jane Lethlean Special to The Journal-Standard FREEPORT — Against the backdrop of snow falling, Ryan and Sheri Dyson of Freeport spent Saturday making their rounds to make donations to nonprofits for the holiday season. After making food donations for the Freeport Area Church Cooperative drive at Bocker Automotive, the couple’s next stop was to deliver toys for a drive sponsored by the Cedarville Lions Club for the Salvation Army. Their next stop would be at Friends Forever Humane Society. "I’m a Christmas person," Sheri Dyson s...

Jane Lethlean Special to The Journal-Standard FREEPORT — Cars lined up well ahead of time for Friday's food distribution at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, which gave away 200 boxes of food during the drive-thru event that takes place every other week at the church. Since September, more than 1,400 boxes of food has been given to area residents by the church, which partners with the Northern Illinois Food Bank, Department of Agriculture, and National Baptist Convention USA to help meet the needs of the many who struggle to put food on the table. The Rev. Antwon Funches Sr., the ...

Journal Standard McCONNELL — The date, Nov. 22, is a day that Patty Mahon of McConnell looks back on with a smile. It was the date she and others delivered two carloads of packages to the United Service Organization in Milwaukee after the McConnell American Legion Auxiliary held a drive for donations to send care packages to the military. Their goal was 25, but they ended up with enough items to make 48 boxes to be sent all over the world to men and women serving in the military. The drive for the reactivated American Legion Auxiliary in McConnell began at the end of October. The group of ...