An elementary school garage sale, a Village-sponsored shredding event, 1,000 boxes of free food, Early Voting, and decorated scarecrows
by Josh Bootsma and Melanie Jongsma
LANSING, Ill. (October 24, 2020) – Schools, churches, businesses, and community organizations all played a role in building community this Saturday in Lansing, Illinois, as the photos below show.
Garage Sale at Oak Glen Elementary School
Shredding Day at the Lansing Municipal Center
We Are Lansing food giveaway at First United Methodist Church
Early Voting at the Lansing Public Library
(Note: In an earlier article we incorrectly stated that the library is closed for voting on Sunday, October 25. In fact, Early Voting will be available at the library from 9:00am–5:00pm.)
Promenade at the Pointe
After two hours of socializing over Boz Hot Dogs and Mancino’s Pizza, costumed attendees were invited to line up near the Fox Pointe stage and prepared to promenade along the pavement and through the pavilion:
One of the Indiana newspapers covered the story of Lansing’s food giveaway but ignored the rest of the news happening in our community. Only a very local newspaper covers very local news—and we can do that only with the support of our local readers. If you’d like to join your neighbors and friends in supporting this local newspaper, please use the link below:
Melanie Jongsma grew up in Lansing, Illinois, and believes The Lansing Journal has an important role to play in building community through trustworthy information.
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Great Monday stories,what a busy weekend for you and everyone else.
Great coverage of the best of our town! So proud I live in this community and have a newspaper that covers it all.
People let’s give the Journal a little help to keep it going!
Thank you, Toni and Mary Beth. We love being part of a community of people who figure out creative ways to support each other. But you’re right—we are able to provide this coverage only because the community supports us as well! I have added a link at the bottom of the article to make it easy for readers who enjoy this kind of coverage to sign up as supporters.