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name engraved on it as the 2022 winner. Below is a short description of the O'Fallon Police Department's efforts:
"The O'Fallon Police Department Law Enforcement Torch fundraising efforts benefit 23,000 athletes with intellectual disability throughout the State of Illinois. The O'Fallon police department participates in a variety of events that raise money for Special Olympic Illinois. Special Olympic Illinois provides inclusive athletic competition and training that is provided free of charge."
To learn more, please visit: Special Olympics Illinois
Governor's Cup Finalists
statement of the organization is "to provide Central Illinois veterans with the tools and support systems to enable them to move forward to obtain permanent sustainable housing". A major project over the last year has been to build small homes that can be given to veterans who qualify mortgage free, and who would otherwise not have a home of their own. The first home was built and awarded in Lincoln, Illinois in July of 2021. The second home was built and awarded in Lincoln, Illinois in May of 2022 and the third home is currently in progress and projected to be completed in July 2022."
To learn more, please visit: Central Illinois Veterans Commission
"VetsRoll, Inc® has operated annually since February of 2010, serving not only the IL/WI Stateline region Veterans, but also Veterans who have traveled to South Beloit from 37-States. Even though our core function of an all-expenses paid 4-day trip to Washington was shuttered due to COVID, we continue to celebrate America's senior Veterans on a nearly daily basis, through funeral escorts, repatriation escorts, landmark birthdays, etc. More than 2000 heroes have enjoyed this nationally unique program at zero cost to the participants!"
To learn more, please visit: VetsRoll
"Our Volunteer Pop-Up Program started as a result of Covid since many of our regular volunteers were displaced and extra burdens were placed on staff, so the program was created to engage volunteers during a time of hardship to assist staff with various projects around the district. Volunteers "pop-up" all over DuPage County Forest Preserves to help tackle various projects to assist staff. These projects include mulching, seed harvesting, prairie building, weeding, wetland maintenance, brush cutting, litter pickups, painting, fence removal, and other beautification or conservation efforts. In 2021, the Volunteer Services Department at the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County hosted 115 Pop-Up Volunteer Events, with over 1,000 volunteers, for a total of 2,169 service hours. The total monetary value that Pop-Up Program volunteers provided in service is equal to saving Illinois taxpayers $67,173.93. (Independent Sector, 2022)"
To learn more, please visit: Forest Preserve District of DuPage County