These are crazy times, but once again, we are watching our community respond in some very cool and compassionate ways. We live in an amazing community! We want to bring to your attention two (of many) ways in which you can respond right now.
Winnebago County Emergency Operations Center
Rockford Sharefest has jumped in to support our county’s effort to both prepare for and respond to this pandemic by supporting the Winnebago County Emergency Operations Center’s collection warehouse. This collection warehouse effort is being spearheaded by the Salvation Army and, WOW, what a great, talented group of people to lock arms with!
Here is a link to the list of items being collected – DONATION ITEMS LIST. Please note that only those items on the donation list can be accepted at this location. The collection warehouse is accepting donations Mon – Fr, 10am-2pm at 5460 E. State Street.
Heartland Community Church Food Drive
The need for food support continues to rise in our community, so Heartland Community Church is collecting food to help supply pantries in our region. The items being collecting are:
- Canned vegetables & soups
- Bread
- Cereals
- Mac & cheese
Heartland is collecting these donations Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm and Sat-Sun 10am-2pm at 1280 S. Alpine Road. Place donations in the large boxes just inside of the main entrance of Heartland.
A huge thank you to all of you that have already donated or are planning to do so in the future! Together, we will get through this!