Brenda Schmink raised four children alone while working full time building windows and doors for a living. While that presented its own set of challenges, she is overcoming personal challenges again at Carle Cancer Institute as a patient treated for three brain metastases and brain swelling from her state IV lung cancer.
Former Ambassador Donald McHenry will present an address as part of the Adlai E. Stevenson Memorial Lecture Series at 7 p.m. Thursday, November 17, in the Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall on the campus of Illinois State University.
Jennifer Hess is raising the bar for the Danville Public Library with a standard of continuous improvement, something she learned during her time in Orange County, Florida as a Disney employee. She was born and raised here, graduated from Danville High School, spent two years at DACC and finished out her bachelor’s degree in English and Theatre at Eastern Illinois University.
Most students are back in school. This means that the majority of children will now be guaranteed school lunches five days a week. Although the return of school lunches is certainly a boon to families struggling with food insecurity, it is important not to get lulled into thinking that their trials are over.
To support the health and well-being of our communities against both the flu and COVID-19, Carle Health again sponsored several drive-through flu shot clinics throughout Champaign-Urbana, Mattoon and Danville during various weekends in October.
Carle Health is offering two pop-up bivalent COVID-19 booster clinics for all eligible children ages five to 18 on Saturday, November 5 at two of its pediatric office locations in the Champaign-Urbana area.
On November 1, Día de los Muertos, the Hostile Terrain 94 art exhibit in Julian Hall 70 opens to the public with a program devoted to remembering those who died on the U.S./Mexico border.
4‑H’s hands-on approach is proven to grow life skills like confidence, independence, resilience and compassion through stages and developed through experiences, not instruction.