Decatur — The Early Bird Kiwanis Club of Decatur announced Sunday that it will distribute donations to six nonprofit organizations to support youth activities and programs in line with its mission to “Serve the World’s Children.” Did.
• Good Samaritan Inn, $500. Feeding children in the Decatur community.
• Baby Talk $500. Provide age-appropriate books to be distributed to children during program activities.
• Illinois Children’s Museum, $300. Funding for themed books handed out to children during Storybook Shindig events.
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• Salvation Army, $250. Support various programs offered to children in the community.
• Kiwanis International Children’s Fund $125. Support grants to community clubs that want to make a difference in children’s lives with a focus on health care, education and leadership development.
• Camp Grenada, $125. Provide snacks and drinks for diabetic children during camp at Allerton Park.
Remember the Decatur Public Library Bookmobile? 11 photos of local libraries
History Corner: Looking Back
1994: Lynn Sly, a periodical at Millikin University’s Starley Library, lays out reference materials on the floor after a broken water pipe and flood.
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1984: Librarian Ellen Meryon helps people apply for library cards at the Forsyth Library.
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1984: A sticker collector looks at albums at the Forsyth Public Library.
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1988: Students at Cerro Gordo Elementary School carry library book bags from the old Hope Welty Township Library.
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1980: Librarian assistant Marsha Grove plays a game with preschool children at the Decatur Public Library.
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1979; Clayton Hippenhammer, children’s librarian at the Decatur Public Library, with Barbra Wiley (age 8), Nathan Fogg (age 5), Ryan Fogg (age 4), and Benny Taylor (age 9) , shows Andrea Rose, 7, how to make a doll out of school supplies.
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1993: Storyteller Pat Ryan captivates audiences with English fairy tales at the Decatur Public Library. Listening from left to right, Rachel Searle, 9 years old. Rachel Frey, 8 years old. and Sarah Scherrer, 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, an assistant in the children’s department at the Decatur Public Library, reads a story to preschool children.Find more history at herald-review.com/archives.
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MEMORY LANE: Forsyth Public Library
Young people at the Forsyth Public Library learned in 1984 that there was more to the library than books. herald-review.com/archives.
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Remember MEMORY LANE: Decatur Public Library Bookmobile?
Children search for books in the Decatur Public Library’s Bookmobile, May 1962. herald-review.com/archives.
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