The seventh annual PRAY for the CURE™ is a prelude to the Susan G. Komen Bloomington-Normal Race for the Cure for breast cancer awareness on Saturday, September 9, 2017. PRAY for the CURE™ is a special evening dedicated to prayer, praise and worship for cancer survivors, their families and friends, and health care providers. The evening is also a time to pray for the researchers, labs, and funding agents who are making the work towards a cure for breast cancer a priority.  

At this event, McLean County residents will have an opportunity for safe disposal of their Household Hazardous Wastes (HHW). The Ecology Action Center has again led a public-private partnership to raise funds to cover the costs of a HHW collection; Proper disposal of HHW items is crucial for the protection of local water supplies.

The HHW collection will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is free and open only to McLean County residents. Per state regulations only residential HHW can be collected - no business or commercially generated wastes may be accepted. Volunteers are also needed for this event.  Please read the full details before coming to the event (button below).

City of Bloomington Township, City of Bloomington Township Assessor's Office, Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, and John M. Scott Health Resources Center are celebrating service to our community! Join us!

Dedication of the Maxine E. Schultz Memorial Butterfly Garden will take place at 12:30 P.M. Maxine E. Schultz was City of Bloomington Township Supervisor for over twenty years. She worked tirelessly "to help her fellow man." COBT butterfly garden was created to support Illinois Milkweed for Monarchs. A free packet of Common Milkweed seeds will be available while supplies last.

Enjoy free Carl's ice cream and popcorn. Please stop by on your lunch hour and have a treat! Learn about all of the services offered at the Township Center, such as rent and utility assistance, or dental, medical, and prescription drug assistance.  

A documentary about the extraordinary difficulty African-Americans have faced in their efforts to establish and maintain a middle class standard of living. Nearly 40 percent of all black children are poor. And the black middle class remains proportionally much smaller and far less healthy than the white middle class. With a compelling narrative, dramatic historical footage and a series of deeply personal interviews, Bob Herbert shows why this is still the case a half century after the heyday of the civil rights movement. 

  

Members of the Illinois Conference UCC and Illinois-Wisconsin Region DOC are invited to be part of a "hands on" mission experience at the Church World Service Disaster Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, November 4 - 11, 2017. We'll take with us Disaster Cleanup Buckets, school kits, health kits and items for assembly of kits collected by local churches at Fall Association meetings and at drop off points in the DOC Region. Also included will be additional "hands on" experiences at agencies related to the UCC & DOC churches in Little Rock such as a community crisis center, food bank/pantries and Habitat, etc.