Good News in the Community, Three Ways to Make the Holidays Brighter

Good morning!

Few things can fill one with holiday spirit during a pandemic than making someone else's life a bit easier.

Below are two ways you can help now.

Joliet Catholic Academy student council organizes Adopt a Family gift card drive

Troy 30-C school asking for public participation in food drive

And at the risk of coming off as spammy, here's a third. My goal is to bring $100 worth of business to The Book Market. Can you help me reach that goal?

And here are some other pieces of uplifting news happening in and about Will and Grundy counties:

Students from St. Mary Nativity Catholic School in Joliet participated in academic bowl 

Midewin NTP date planner for 2021 features nature dates and information

D. 202 Plainfield, Aramark serve 1.2 million free meals during pandemic 

Heartland Bank in Minooka names recipient of Heart of our Community Award

Troy 30-C adds preschool classrooms

Teacher at D. 202 in Plainfield receives Award of Meritorious Service by ISBE 

Students at D. 202 in Plainfield named College Board National Recognition Scholars 

O-Cedar makes these Catholic schools cleaner: Diocese of Joliet Catholic schools receive donation of 600 mops

Plainfield Lions distributes $36,000 in Jewel gift cards to 212 families

Photo by Timothy Baran