Regional Media Podcast Network

Sam Rux joined Seth Parlier on Wake Up Tri-Counties to discuss career opportunities with OSF Healthcare. All available career opportunities are listed on the website at https://www.osfcareers.org/. There are numerous educational opportunities available to all mission partners. Sam suggests filtering by location or facility when searching for jobs, such as OSF Saint Luke and Saint Clare or Kewanee and Princeton. OSF Healthcare also has remote and hybrid career opportunities as well.

OSF will be at the January 31st basketball game and invite mission partners to come to the game. There will be OSF merchandise available. This is "Pack the Place" against the Princeton Tigers.

Russ Hughes joined Wake Up Tri-Counties for the Friday Edition of "The Boiler Shop" to talk about basketball and wrestling. Come out and support Kewanee boys basketball against Erie-Prophetstown tonight, January 24th, at home.

Wethersfield 3rd-grade students joined Wake Up Tri-Counties to bring "The Good News." Charlie, Kynlie, and Aspen presented "The Good News" this Friday morning about snow days and schoolwork during those e-learning days. 

State Senator Li Arellano, Jr., is inviting the public to participate in the 'Valentines for Seniors' card drive. This initiative aims to brighten the lives of elderly residents in nursing homes and assisted-living facilities by distributing handmade Valentine cards. Senator Arellano urges the 37th Senate District’s community members, including students, scout troops, and religious organizations, to craft and contribute these tokens of affection. Those interested can send or personally deliver their cards to the Senator's office in Dixon. This compassionate gesture hopes to spread joy amongst senior citizens this Valentine's Day. For more information, contact Nancy Naylor at 678-575-3779 or visit SenatorLi.com.

Cards can be delivered or mailed to his office at 86 South Galena Avenue, Suite 2, Dixon, Illinois, by February 7, 2025, Monday through Friday, between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM.

It was another successful year for Good Fellows Baskets at Christmas. The goal of the Good Fellows Christmas Basket program is to make sure no one in Kewanee goes hungry at Christmas. It was another great year for the volunteer efforts of students from Kewanee, Wethersfield, and Visitation, who collected can goods for the baskets and pitched in to help sort the baskets and fill them up to be delivered to families in need just before Christmas. President Amron Buchanan joined Wake Up Tri-Counties to look back at the 2024 Good Fellows Christmas Basket deliveries. Good Fellows delivered 860 food baskets in 2024, which served 2,101 people, and the bill was $35,500. In 2023, Good Fellows delivered 890 baskets, which served 2,417 people, and the bill was $34,000. Mary Simaytis took around 1,000 phone calls for baskets in 2024. Good Fellows received $1,090.24 from Save-A-Lot's "Round Up Program." in December. "We are so thankful for Brad, Everett and the folks at Save-A-Lot for providing the lowest prices possible for the Good Fellows grocery bill and always giving back to the community!"

Meanwhile, donations to help continue the tradition of Goodfellows Christmas Baskets are always being accepted and are always needed so that they can make sure that all the baskets are full. Donations can be mailed to Goodfellows at P.O Box 5 Kewanee, IL, 61443.

A fun little fact: Amron said they told the kids to weigh each size box just to see how much they weighed; the small boxes weigh 28 pounds, the medium boxes weigh 49 pounds, and the large boxes weigh 78 pounds.

The Good Fellows Board of Directors will meet in April to start planning and fundraising for the Christmas 2025 deliveries. Meet the Good Fellows Board of Directors: Amron Buchanan (President), Ken Knowles (Vice President), Teresa Bryner (Secretary), Heidi Abernathy, Danielle Arch, Greg Christakos, Lori Christiansen, Steve Looney, Amy Miler, Gary Montooth, Diane Ruzas, Jessica Seiden, Mary Samaytis, Cassie Stout, Jennifer Vickery, and Chad Young.