Friday, Jan. 16 Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. Stop by The Attic in Flossmoor Public Library, 1000 Sterling Ave., any time from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. to help complete projects for the community. Donations of non-perishable food items will be accepted to be donated to a local food[Read More…]
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Flossmoor seeks volunteers, donations for 11th MLK Day of Service
Flossmoor is inviting area residents to make a difference in their community by participating in the village’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service on Monday, Jan. 19. This is the 11th year for this signature volunteer event. In 2020, the Day of Service was honored as a finalist in[Read More…]
Dozens donate blood at Irwin Center on MLK Day
Several dozen people, including Flossmoor Mayor Michelle Nelson and U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-2nd), donated blood at the Irwin Center in Homewood on Monday, Jan. 20. The Chi Lambda Lambda chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and the Lambda Tau Omega chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority organized the[Read More…]
Jack and Jill volunteers collect for 2 organizations
Moms and their children greeted donors at Western Avenue School in Flossmoor on Monday as they collected food stuffs and toiletries for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service project, one of more than a dozen projects that were part of the Village of Flossmoor’s 10th annual King Day[Read More…]
Donate food, clothing, supplies as part of MLK Day of Service
Donations, everything from packaged foods to new and gently used sporting equipment, can make Flossmoor’s 10th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service a special event on Monday, Jan. 20. The community is invited to donate needed materials and items to be used by various organizations, including feminine hygiene[Read More…]
Flossmoor seeking volunteers, donations for 10th Annual Day of Service
Flossmoor is inviting residents to make a difference in the community by participating in the village’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service on Monday, Jan. 20. This is the 10th year for this signature volunteer event in the South Suburbs. In 2020, the Day of Service was honored[Read More…]
MLK Day 2024: Community members prepare seeds for planting despite subzero cold
On a brisk winter Monday morning, community members joined the Irons Oaks Environmental Learning Center staff to prepare seed balls for spring planting. The event was a chance to give back to nature, although nature could have been more hospitable. The biting cold hindered the original plan to prepare planting[Read More…]
MLK Day 2024: Spotlight singers, others join together for blanket project
The floors in the Homewood Science Center became work spaces on Monday, Jan. 15, as groups worked together to create blankets for Anew: Building Beyond Violence and Abuse, the helping organization that works with those affected by domestic violence. About 50 people came together at 9 a.m. to work on[Read More…]
Volunteers, donations needed for annual MLK Day of Service
It’s not too late to be a part of the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Jan. 15 hosted by the Village of Flossmoor. As Flossmoor approaches its 100th birthday in 2024, the Flossmoor Community Relations Commission would like to challenge individuals and non-profit organizations to make[Read More…]
MLK Day: Plan4Success volunteers provide sweets for first responders, socks for unhoused
While steady rain fell outside, Plan4Success founder Nicole Brookens worked inside Flossmoor Village Hall to prep the system that would soon produce dozens of care packages for first responders and organize donations of socks for area shelters. “It’s an assembly line,” she said. The project was one of more than 20 that[Read More…]
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