Community Calendar Blandinsville
TUESDAY After School Program Blandinsville First Christian Church After School Program for Kindergarten through High School students from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
SATURDAYS Life Skills Program Blandinsville First Christian Church Life Skills Program for 5th grade through High School students from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon on the third Saturday of each month.
Story Hour and Crafts Saturdays at The Blandinsville-Hire Library at 10 AM.
Snacks will be available. Check out the many new kids and young adult books. Spend some time at the library and take a book home to read!
SUNDAY Youth Group Blandinsville First Christian Church Youth Group for 5th grade through High School students from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm.
Bushnell
SATURDAY, DEC. 6 VFW Breakfast with Santa
serving from 7-10 a.m at the Post 1422 Hall located at 181 E. Hail in Bushnell. Santa will greet the children beginning at 8:00 am. Children will eat for free. Providing on-site, takeout, and curb service - for takeout and curb service please call 309-333-9919. We are serving biscuits and gravy, sausage, eggs, hash browns, pancakes and French Toast.
Bushnell Public Library Story/Craft Event from 10:30- 11:30 at the Bushnell Public Library. The story will be ‘If I lived in a snow Globe’ and the craft will be a Snow Globe.
Christmas Light Parade The City of Bushnell Lights Parade will start at 6pm. If you would like to be in the parade, line up at the Bushnell High School at 5:30pm (anything may be entered).
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SUNDAY, DEC. 7 VFW Holiday Craft Show at the Bushnell VFW from 12-4pm. There will be crafts, Scentsy, chocolate bombs, baked goods, jewelry and more!
Christmas Extravaganza Noon-4pm downtown Bushnell- Ernie the train & horse drawn carriage rides, sign up for drawings and visit Santa in the Depot. No Tax at participating businesses
Colchester
THURSDAY, DEC. 11 Holiday Wrap It Up! Workshop
at the Colchester District Library at 10am. Personalize your gifts by wrapping with flair, folding boxes for a polished look, and making eye-catching bows. Presented by Judy Sullivan. All the materials are provided. Please message or call the library (776-4861) to let us know you will be attending.
LaHarpe
TUESDAY, DEC. 2 LaHarpe Country Christmas
Festival of Trees, Sweet Shoppe, Vendor Blender, Lighted Parade and Golf Cart Contest, 4-H Soup Supper, activities in the park and so much more from 5-7pm with the parade beginning at 7pm.
Macomb
DECEMBER 2 & 3 Macomb Holiday Concerts
Macomb Middle School Choral Concert will be held Dec. 2 at 7pm in Fellheimer Auditorium and the Macomb Senior High School Winter Choir Concert will be held Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 7pm in the Fellheimer Auditorium.
DECEMBER 3 Christmas wreath workshop at BLOOM led by Ann Knowles. Bring your own greenery (cut some down from the evergreens in your yard!) and we’ll provide the rest! Your ticket includes a wreath frame, Christmas bow, and expert instruction. All ages are welcome and no experience is required! Spots are limited. Additional greenery will also be available for purchase the night of.
DECEMBER 5 & 6 Dickens on the Square On Macomb's historic square from 6-9pm Friday and 9am-5pm Saturday.
Christmas at the Barn Holiday Market Friday 5:30-8pm & Saturday 9am-2pm at the McDonough County 4-H Center, 3028 W. Jackson St. The Auditorium will be filled with handcrafted merchandise FRIDAY, DEC. 5 Fill the Trucks - Food & Toy Drive Woodrum Ford/Toyota and Bougher, Krishner & Clark need your help to Fill the Trucks with new, unwrapped toys and non-perishable food items. All items donated will go to Toys for Tots of West Central Illinois and the Good Food Pantry. In conjunction with the McDonough County Bar Association.
North Pole Square McDonough District Hospital will be hosting the North Pole Square, the cost is $10/family and will feature crafting stations, “reindeer snacks”, hot cocoa, face painting and family pictures for $10. They will also be collecting for the Teddy Bear Drive and are encouraging people to bring in or drop off teddy bears for the Pediatric unit.
SATURDAY, DEC. 6 Children's Shopping Mall
at Clock Tower Community Bank main lobby from 10am-noon Cocoa and Carols Join us at The Lamoine for Dickens on the Square with Cocoa and Carols from 10am-12pm.
Friends of the Library Special Book Sale held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Library at the Library Annex, 109 E. Jefferson St. This sale features Non Fiction, History/ Biography, Cookbooks, Religion, Wellness as well as CDs, DVDs and audio books. Book and media donations will be accepted during the sale.
WIU Holiday Festival of Choirs 2pm & 7pm at the Wesley United Methodist Church
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10 Lamoine Caring & Connections will host Doug Gibb with Compasses presenting Healing in the Holidays at 10am. Please join us each month at the Lamoine for breakfast bites (free of charge) and time to connect.
Everyone is welcome!
Roseville
DECEMBER 3 Christmas in the Village The Roseville Chamber of Commerce presents Christmas in the Village from 5-7:30pm at the Roseville Community Center, 265 W. Penn Ave. Amish buggy rides, pictures with Santa, live music, silent and live auctions, a tree contest, children’s drawing and a ham & turkey drawing (must be present to win). Dinner & dessert - for reservations call 309-426-2193.
