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
WEDNESDAYS Story time at the Bushnell library each Wednesday from 2:30-3:30 at the Bushnell Public Library. We will have snacks, story, crafts, and playtime.
SATURDAY, MARCH 14 Music Trivia Night Support your local first responders with M.A.B.A.S. Division 55 Music Trivia Night at the Bushnell VFW from 6-9pm. There will be a 50/50 Raffle, Silent Auction and steamburger meal for a free will donation. Cost is $20/person or $150/team of 8.
FRIDAY, MARCH 20 YFC Souper Dooper Soup Supper
at the Community Christian Center. Doors open at 5:30pm with meal and program at 6pm. The Bushnell meal raises funds for the Youth For Christ Bushnell-area free youth programs and events that welcome all Bushnell area youth.
SATURDAY, MARCH 28 VFW Chili Cookoff at the Bushnell VFW for the Bushnell Community Pool. Entry is $5 or $20/family of 5. Prizes for 1st, 2nd & 3rd places.
Colchester
4TH THURSDAY OF MONTH New Illinois meetings
at 7pm at the Colchester Lions Club
Macomb
FRIDAY, MARCH 13TH McDonough County Retired Teachers All McDonough retired teachers and staff are invited to the first 2026 meeting on March 13th at 9:00 am Trinity Lutheran Church, 123 S. Campbell with speaker Allison Jefferson, instructor of the McDonough County CEO program. Coffee will be available.
MONDAY, MARCH 16 County Genealogical Society's meets The McDonough County Genealogical Society's meeting will be held on Monday, March 16th, at the Western Illinois Museum at 6 p.m.. Janice Gates will be presenting How to Pass On Genealogy Research. Anyone is welcome to attend. Hope to see you there.
WED. MARCH 18TH Antiques & Collectibles Club Meeting at 7 pm int he Community Room of Macomb City Hall - 232 East Jackson St. Program Title: Downtown Macomb and Its Surrounding Area: Circa 1965-1968 presented by Tom Stites of Macomb MONDAY, MARCH 23 Macomb Fiberarts Guild will meet on March 23 from 11-12:30pm at Macomb City Hall Community Room. PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION!
THURSDAY, MARCH 26 Macomb Business Academy Macomb Area Chamber of Commerce program at Macomb City Hall at 8:30am designed to develop leadership potential within the community to meet the demands of tomorrow. The program runs from March through May with weekly sessions.
$250 registration fee *There is a $10 convenience fee for credit card payments, please pay with a check if you would like to avoid this fee. Register Online: bit/ly/2026MBA FRIDAY, MARCH 27 Arts Smarts Music Trivia at The Penny, doors open at 6:30, trivia starts at 7pm, cash bar available. Gather your friends, grab some snacks, enjoy live music and test your music trivia knowledge. Cost is $25/person (tables of 8), corporate sponsorship $225. Register now at westernpresents.com.
SATURDAY, MARCH 28 Power of the Purse The McDonough County United Way Power of the Purse will be held Saturday, March 28 at Park Place in Macomb at 6pm.
Table Grove
SATURDAY, MARCH 14 All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast Table Grove Fire Department will hold an All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast from 6-10am. Serving pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, bacon, biscuits & gravy, milk, coffee and juice. All proceeds go towards upgraded radios.
