Community Announcements

Regional Town Hall On Affordable Housing Crisis 7 October 2025
Regional Town Hall On Affordable Housing Crisis 7 October 2025
4th Episcopal District WMS Fundraiser 31 October 2025
4th Episcopal District WMS Fundraiser 31 October 2025

Town Of Normal Survey

Town of Normal Survey 2025
Town of Normal Survey 2025
Town of Normal’s Cultural Arts Survey 2025
Go:Safe Mclean County Public Survey 2025
Go:Safe Mclean County Public Survey 2025

2025 Community Calendar
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DayDateTimeEvent
Go-Safe Mclean County Public Survey
Quick Survey With Gift Card Giveaways –
Local Nonprofit Project Oz Looking For
Feedback About New Mental Health Resources For Families
Town of Normal Community Survey
The Town of Normal is running this confidential feedback survey to
hear from community members like you about your quality of life here.
Town of Normal’s Cultural Arts Department
Public Art In The Community Survey
English Survey Link: https://surveys.zencity.io/normal-il/puIJUL/?s=sd
Spanish Survey Link: https://surveys.zencity.io/normal-il/puIJUL/?s=sd
Other Studies
Post Partum Depression Study  Coalition To Empower Our Future
Coalition To Empower Our Future Survey
RECURRING EVENTS
Subject: Check Out The Health Department’s New Digital Newsletter
Here is an invitation for you to review the Health Department’s quarterly Newsletter. 
Here is a link to our first edition:   https://myemail-api.constantcontact.com/Your-Health-News.html?soid=1135328591208&aid=6IUl0QEGz0w  
Click this link https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/mVh8cG6  to subscribe to the quarterly Newsletter for future updates.
    
BLM BPLNow Bloomington Public Library’s Memory Care Collection Information Memory Care Memory Care Kits
Amazon

Available       Amazon.Com: Robert Moore: Books, Biography, & Latest Update
Robert Moore Is An
Illinois NAACP Law & Justice Icon
The B-N Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.Every 3rd Wednesday From 6 To 8 PM Delta Academy and Delta G.E.M.S Invitation Visit our Website for more information!!
https://dstbloomington-normal.org/educational-development/
McLean County Museum of History  National Article Highlights On The Bloomington-Normal History, As Related To
Mr. Henry Gay Sr & Mr. Merlin Kennedy
NAACPOn Demand December 2024 NAACP Health Leads Forum Recap            Slides            Resources
 Now Recycling Furniture for Families (RF4F) Needs Volunteers
3rd Friday17October1:00 PMReentry Council Meeting
3rd Saturday18 October9:00 AMThe Wesley Distribution Wesley United Methodist Church, Bloomington
3rd Monday  20 October  9:00 AMCarle Mobile Health Clinic, Mobile Health Clinic: Medical Care for All Ages | Carle.org. See the website for more information. 
3rd Tuesday21 October3:30 PMRecovery-Oriented Service Center
3rd Friday17October1:00 PMReentry Council Meeting
3rd Saturday18 October9:00 AMThe Wesley Distribution Wesley United Methodist Church, Bloomington
3rd Monday  20 October  9:00 AMCarle Mobile Health Clinic, Mobile Health Clinic: Medical Care for All Ages | Carle.org. See the website for more information. 
3rd Tuesday21 October3:30 PMRecovery-Oriented Service Center
END OF RECURRING EVENTS

UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS

DayDateTimeEvent
September Is National Recovery Month – Paint The Town Purple
For Awareness & Understanding Of Mental Health
 & Substance Use Disorders 2025
 September – November Bloomington Photo Exhibition Of The Living History Of Handmade Mexican Dolls @ Art Vortex Studio
Monday8 Sep – 20 Oct7:00 PMINtegRIty Counseling Fall 2025 Grief Group
Friday3 Oct10:00 AMOctober First Friday Fright-Night! @ Bobzbay Books
Friday3 Oct5:00 PMOctober with First Friday: First Fright @ Downtown Bloomington IL
Friday3 Oct6:30 PMMarvel’s Spider-Man Friendly Neighborhood Magic The Gathering Draft @ Red Raccoon Games
Friday3 Oct7:00 PMBCPA – The Fab Four – The Ultimate Tribute
Friday4 Oct7:00 AMBreakfast @ The Brewery @ By Keg Grove Brewing Company – Bloomington & Pizza Payaa
Friday4 Oct7:00 AMSt. Jude Walk 2025 @ The Brewery @ By St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – Central & Southern Illinois
Saturday4 Oct8:30 AMMonthly Adopt-A-Street Clean Up!! 🌳🏡♻️🚧 🔺 Bloomington-Normal Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc
Saturday4 Oct9:00 AMEvery Step Counts Inaugural Walk
Saturday4 Oct9:00 AMTypewriter Poetry Pop-Up Shop Featuring JustMyTypewriter @ Bobzbay Books
Saturday4 Oct10:00 AMBPL – Banned Books Week Launch
Saturday4 Oct11:00 AMBook Signing & Meet & Greet With Horror Author Jonathan Janz@ Bobzbay Books
Saturday4 Oct11:00 AMStar Wars: Unlimited Legends Of The Force Store Showdown @ Bobzbay Books
Saturday4 Oct1:30 PMST05’s Iron Bloom Gundam Card Game! @ Red Raccoon Games
Saturday4 Oct6:00 PMSweetwater @ Cheeks Bar & Grill
Saturday4 Oct6:00 PMDuende II: A Masquerade @ Ewing Manor!
Saturday4 Oct7:00 PMFiddlerock! & Marcos Mendez @ The Atchison
Sunday4 Oct7:00 PMHeathers: The Musical @ Community Players Theatre
Sunday5 Oct9:00 AMLamu Center Of Preventative Health (LCPH) – Breakfast In The Park!
Saturday4 Oct8:30 AMMonthly Adopt-A-Street Clean Up!! 🌳🏡♻️🚧 🔺 Bloomington-Normal Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc
Saturday11 Oct9:00 AMSensory Saturday @ Altitude Trampoline Park – Bloomington
Saturday11 Oct11:00 AMBPL Teen Genre Book Club
Saturday11 Oct4:00 PMTarot Workshop By Many Paths CUUPs & Alicia Toft
Monday14 Oct7:00 PMBPL Mystery Book Club
Tuesday21 Oct7:00 PMBPL Fiction Book Club
Saturday8 Nov9:00 AMSensory Saturday @ Altitude Trampoline Park – Bloomington
Saturday8 Nov4:00 PMTarot Workshop By Many Paths CUUPs & Alicia Toft
Monday11 Nov7:00 PMBPL Mystery Book Club
Saturday15 Nov11:00 AMBPL Teen Genre Book Club
Tuesday18 Nov7:00 PMBPL Fiction Book Club
Saturday13 Dec9:00 AMSensory Saturday @ Altitude Trampoline Park – Bloomington
Saturday13 Dec11:00 AMBPL Teen Genre Book Club
Saturday13 Dec12:00 PM2025 Ravensburger Puzzle Swap Meets! @ Red Raccoon Games
Saturday13 Dec1:00 PM2025 Ravensburger Puzzle Speed Challenge Puzzle Tournaments! @ Red Raccoon Games
Saturday13 Dec4:00 PMTarot Workshop By Many Paths CUUPs & Alicia Toft
Bloomington Public Library’s Memory Care Collection
Bloomington Public Library’s Memory Care Collection
Post Partum Depression Study 2025
Post Partum Depression Study 2025
Coalition To Empower Our Future 2025
Coalition To Empower Our Future 2025

Bloomington Public Library Offerings

Books On Tap By Bloomington Library
@ Lil’ Beaver Brewery 2025
Bloomington Public Library No-School Day Crafts for Teens
Bloomington Public Library
No-School Day Crafts for Teens
BPL - Bloomington Public Library Fiction Book Club 2025
BPL – Bloomington Public Library Fiction Book Club 2025
BPL - Bloomington Public Library True Colors Book Club - March, June, September, And December @ Unitarian Universalist Church 12 June 2025
True Colors Book Club – March, June, September, And December @ Unitarian Universalist Church
The Kid's Guide To Standing Up To Bullies 2025
The Kid’s Guide To Standing Up To Bullies 2025
Monthly Adopt-A-Street Clean Up!! 🌳🏡♻️🚧 🔺 Bloomington-Normal Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc
Monthly Adopt-A-Street Clean Up!! 🌳🏡♻️🚧 🔺 Bloomington-Normal Alumnae Chapter of
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc

Other Local Events

Tails & Tinis - A Cocktail Competition By Humane Society of Central Illinois 2 October 2025
Tails & Tinis – A Cocktail Competition By Humane Society of Central Illinois 2 October 2025
October with First Friday - First Fright @ Downtown Bloomington IL 3 October 2025
October with First Friday – First Fright @ Downtown Bloomington IL 3 October 2025
BPL - Banned Books Week Launch 4 October 2025
BPL – Banned Books Week Launch 4 October 2025
ST05’s Iron Bloom Gundam Card Game! @ Red Raccoon Games 4 October 2025
ST05’s Iron Bloom Gundam Card Game! @ Red Raccoon Games 4 October 2025
Duende II: A Masquerade @ Ewing Manor! 4 October 2025
Duende II: A Masquerade @ Ewing Manor! 4 October 2025
October First Friday Fright-Night! @ Bobzbay Books 3 October 2025
October First Friday Fright-Night! @ Bobzbay Books 3 October 2025
Marvel’s Spider-Man Friendly Neighborhood Magic The Gathering Draft @ Red Raccoon Games 3 October 2025
Marvel’s Spider-Man Friendly Neighborhood Magic The Gathering Draft @ Red Raccoon Games 3 October 2025
Typewriter Poetry Pop-Up Shop Featuring JustMyTypewriter @ Bobzbay Books 4 October 2025
Typewriter Poetry Pop-Up Shop Featuring JustMyTypewriter @ Bobzbay Books 4 October 2025
Breakfast @ The Brewery @ By Keg Grove Brewing Company - Bloomington & Pizza Payaa 4 October 2025
Breakfast @ The Brewery @ By Keg Grove Brewing Company – Bloomington & Pizza Payaa 4 October 2025
Fall Porch Pot & Sips @ Dr. McKay's By Casey's Garden Shop & Florist 1 October 2025
BCPA - The Fab Four – The Ultimate Tribute 3 October 2025
BCPA – The Fab Four – The Ultimate Tribute 3 October 2025
Book Signing - Meet & Greet With Horror Author Jonathan Janz@ Bobzbay Books 4 October 2025
Book Signing – Meet & Greet With Horror Author Jonathan Janz@ Bobzbay Books 4 October 2025
Star Wars - Unlimited Legends Of The Force Store Showdown @ Red Raccoon Games 3 October 2025
Star Wars – Unlimited Legends Of The Force Store Showdown @ Red Raccoon Games 3 October 2025
St. Jude Walk 2025 @ The Brewery @ By St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Central & Southern Illinois 4 October 2025
St. Jude Walk 2025 @ The Brewery @ By St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – Central & Southern Illinois 4 October 2025
Fiddlerock! & Marcos Mendez @ The Atchison 4 October 2025
Fiddlerock! & Marcos Mendez @ The Atchison 4 October 2025
MPBC - Mt Pisgah Baptist Church 160th Anniversary Sponsor Letter 2 November 2025
MPBC – Mt Pisgah Baptist Church 160th Anniversary Sponsor Letter 2 November 2025
MPBC - Mt Pisgah Baptist Church 160th Anniversary Banquet Info 2 November 2025
MPBC – Mt Pisgah Baptist Church 160th Anniversary Banquet Info 2 November 2025
MPBC - Mt Pisgah Baptist Church 160th Anniversary Sponsorship Info 2 November 2025
MPBC – Mt Pisgah Baptist Church 160th Anniversary Sponsorship Info 2 November 2025
Jazz Upfront – Rhythm & Booze Happy Hour With DJ Shawn Da Don 29 May 2025
Jazz Upfront – Rhythm & Booze Happy Hour
With DJ Shawn Da Don
Fully Free BLONO
Fully Free BLONO
Jazz Upfront - R&B Friday With DJ Love 23 May 2025
Jazz Upfront – R&B Friday With DJ Love 2025

“Choices”
Joshua 24:15
“Faithful Through The Generations!”
Isaiah 46:4-6
181 years – 2024

LIFE CIL Peer Support Group 2024
LIFE CIL Peer Support Group 2024
NIOT Steering Committee @ Green Top Grocery - Not In Our Town - Bloomington-Normal 12 May 2025

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(877) 458-4283, or (877) 458-HATE, Monday to Friday from 12-9 PM or online at any time by visiting ILStopHate.org. Online reports can be made in seven languages. Callers can report in the language of their preference and receive assistance from call specialists trained in trauma-informed care. Help Stop Hate is a project of the Illinois Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes and the Illinois Department of Human Rights.

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Grant/Funding Opportunities and Community Engagement Resources

Listed below are grant opportunities as well as resources to engage our communities.
Please note that some dates/deadlines are approaching.

Scholarship/Employment Opportunities
Please Click The Link, If Available.

Scholarships
Employment
Debra T Thomas II Job Opportunity
Macomb Police Department Is Currently Accepting Applications For Employment Packet
 ISC Leadership
Hiring Opportunities For Gotioin, Incorporated
(Search under the ‘Office’ tab for the
 Manteno location for all listed jobs.)
Debra T Thomas II Job Opportunity
Dolly Parton Imagination Library QR Code - Branded WU(1)(5)2
Dolly Parton Imagination Library QR Code – Branded WU(1)(5)2

Bloomington-Normal NAACP News & Notes

NAACP - The Ugly Truth Behind Trump's 'Big Beautiful' Spending Bill

Monthly Branch Meeting Is Open To All 3rd Thursday, 6:00 PM

Annual Membership $30, See Leontyne For More Information

Annual Freedom Fund Banquet
Speaker Atty Aisha Davis-ACLU IL, @ Doubletree
13 September 2025

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