Early Bird Kiwanis Club of Decatur Donates Funds to Local Nonprofits | Education
DECATUR — The Early Bird Kiwanis Club of Decatur announced Sunday that it will distribute financial contributions to six nonprofit organizations to support activities and programs for young people, consistent with their mission to “Serve the Children of the World.”
• Good Samaritan Inn, $500, providing meals for children in the Decatur community.
• Baby Talk, $500, provides age-appropriate books to give to children during program activities.
• Children’s Museum of Illinois, $300, funding for thematic books distributed to children during the Storybook Shindig event.
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• Salvation Army, $250, supporting various programs offered to children in the community.
• Kiwanis International Children’s Fund, $125, supporting grants to community clubs that want to change children’s lives with a focus on health care, education and leadership development.
• Camp Grenada, $125, providing snacks and beverages to children with diabetes while at camp in Allerton Park.
Do you remember the bookmobile at the Decatur Public Library? 11 photos of neighborhood libraries
The corner of history: a look back
1994: Lyn Sly, a periodicals associate at Millikin University’s Staley Library, lays out rows of reference materials on the floor after a water main burst and a flood hit.
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The corner of history: a look back
1984: Librarian Ellen Melyon helps people apply for library cards at the Forsyth Library.
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The corner of history: a look back
1984: Sticker collectors browse scrapbooks at the Forsyth Public Library.
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The corner of history: a look back
1988: Students at Cerro Gordo Elementary School carry bags of library books out of the old Hope Welty Township Library.
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The corner of history: a look back
1980: Marsha Grove, a library assistant, plays a game with preschoolers at the Decatur Public Library.
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The corner of history: a look back
1979; Decatur Public Library Children’s Librarian Craighton Hippenhammer shows Barbra Wylie, 8, Nathan Fogg, 5, Ryan Fogg, 4, Benny Taylor, 9, and Andrea Rose, 7, how to create a puppet at from school supplies.
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1993: Storyteller Pat Ryan captivates his audience at the Decatur Public Library with English fairy tales. Listening are from left, Rachel Searle, 9; Rachel Frey, 8; and Sara Scherer, 9.
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1988: Argenta-Friends Creek librarian Cookie Dierker demonstrates the library’s new personal computer.
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MEMORY LANE: Decatur Public Library Children’s Department
In this 1980 photo, Marsha Grove, a children’s department assistant at the Decatur Public Library, reads a story to preschoolers. Find more stories at herald-review.com/archives.
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MEMORY LANE: Forsyth Public Library
Young people in the Forsyth Public Library learned that libraries had more than books in 1984. Members of the Herald & Review can find more history at herald-review.com/archives.
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MEMORY LANE: Remember the Decatur Public Library Bookmobile?
Children search for books in the Decatur Public Library bookmobile in May 1962. Members of the Herald & Review can find more history at herald-review.com/archives.
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