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September 2018
Welcome!
Welcome to the Central Illinois Connection Center! Take a tour to see what we are all about and while you are here - Decorate a Cookie and enjoy! Monday - Wednesday 10a-5p Thursday - Saturday 10a-3p
Find out more »What’s the Buzz about?
BEE Good at the Connection Center as we celebrate Honey Month! Enjoy honey, learn a bit about bees, and make your own paper bee. Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »October 2018
Woolly Worms are here!
Woolly Worms are at the Connection Center! Can these fuzzy fellows predict the weather? We don't know, but he sure makes a fun Clothes Pin craft! Join us to make a Caterpillar Clothes Pins using pompoms. Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »We’ve Gone Batty!
We've Gone Batty at the Connection Center! Join us for Bat Appreciation Month to learn a bit about bats and make a Paper Hand Bat. Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »Pumpkin Paintin’!
Paint Pumpkins at the Connection Center! Mini pumpkins and gourds to paint and decorate! Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »Farm-to-Fork Dinner Fundraiser
Join us on Monday, October 15th at 6:30pm for a Farm-to-Fork Dinner Fundraiser (by free-will donation) at the Central Illinois Connection Center in Chatsworth, IL. Here is the proposed menu! Proceeds to benefit the United Way of Livingston County and the Community Connection. Click here to reserve your seat or call (815) 692-9711. Please leave the names of all attendees for whom you are calling & the communities in which they live. RSVP is required to attend.
Find out more »Poppin’ Popcorn!
Popcorn is Popping at the Connection Center! Did you know that October is Popcorn month and Popcorn is the State Snack of Illinois? Let's celebrate and enjoy popcorn while we make a popcorn ear of corn for decoration. Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »Farm to Fork Dinner Fundraiser
Join the Central Illinois Connection for a Farm-to-Fork Dinner Fundraiser at the Center in Chatsworth on Tuesday, October 23rd at 6:30pm. Enjoy locally grown and prepared foods for dinner, plus meet local specialty farmers and producers. Also, take a tour of the Connection Center and learn about an exciting vision for Central Illinois - agriculture coming together with youth and community. The Farm-to Fork Dinner Fundraiser is by Free-will Donation and everyone is invited. Please call today to reserve your…
Find out more »Branching Out
Make your own Autumn tree with gold, brown and red leaves! Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »November 2018
Central Illinois Connection Center Rocks!
The Connection Center Rocks this week! Paint kindness rocks and share what you are thankful for. Bring your friends and ideas - we have the rocks and paint! Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »What a Hoot!
WHO wants to have fun? We do! And you will too, making this Bean Owl mosaic. Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »Turkey Time!
These little gobblers are as unique as your hand print! Monday - Wednesday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »Hat’s Off to You!
This Winter Hat is a fun keepsake or gift tag. Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »December 2018
Paper Roll People!
Use your imagination to make these little characters! Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »Holiday Food Fest
Sample delicious local creations on Monday, December 3rd from 5pm -8pm. Any size donation is welcome and will go to community youth programs. Plus, we are giving away a dozen turkeys!
Find out more »Children’s Christmas Store!
Shop for Christmas at the Central Illinois Connection Center Wednesday, Dec. 5th Saturday, Dec. 8th 5pm-7:30pm 10am-2pm
Find out more »Cookie in a Jar!
Cookie mix in a mason jar is fun to make and makes a delicious gift! Plus, we will have some baked up to taste. Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »Let’s Build a Snowman!
These cute snowmen are fun and festive! Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »Merry Christmas from Central Illinois Connection Center
We will be closed this week.
Find out more »January 2019
Milkweed Baby New Year!
Celebrate the New Year with this sweet little baby acorn wrapped in a Milkweed pod. Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »Soup’s On!
Celebrate National Soup Month with a soup mix that is fun to make plus warm and delicious! Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »Sparkling Snowflakes!
No two snowflakes are the same! These snowflakes are fun to hang around the house. Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »Barn Quilts!
Follow a pattern or design your own mini Barn Quilt. Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »Food. Family. Farm. Expo! 1/26/19
Sample delicious food, explore home and business services, and discover agriculture products at the Food. Family. Farm. Expo! This exciting FREE expo is Saturday, January 26, from 10am -2pm, at Central Illinois Connection Center, American Legion, and Bluebird Hall, all in Chatsworth. Bring the kids, there will be a ton of activities just for them! Donations of any size will go toward kid’s activities at Central Illinois Connection. .sp-logo { display:inline-block; text-align:center; margin:6px; min-width:34%; vertical-align:top; }
Find out more »February 2019
Groundhog Day – All Week!
This Groundhog Puppet pops-up looking for his shadow! Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »Valentine Hearts & Flowers!
Decorate Valentine hearts that are packets of wild flower seeds to bloom in Spring. Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »Friendship Rocks!
Let your friends know how special they are with a painted rock. This month is International Friendship Month. Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »For the Birds!
Take care of our backyard friends during Bird Feeder Month. Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »March 2019
Paper Pinwheels!
As fun to make as it is to watch spin in the wind! Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »Let it Grow!
Paint a can, plant the seed and let it grow! Plant a Flower day is on the 12th and March is Tin Can Month! Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »Farm to Fork Tasting Event!
MENU: Bacon Jam (Kempton) Chicken Salad (Paxton) Spence Farm Crackers (Fairbury) Deviled Eggs (Saunemin) Honey (Chestnut) Mini - Cinnamon Rolls (Fairbury) Fresh Salad Mix (Strawn) Cheesy Italian Sausage Bake (Fairbury) Yellow Cornmeal Polenta (Fairbury) Green beans with bacon & onions (Bacon - Fairbury) Garlic Bread (Garlic - Fairbury) Creme Brulee (Fairbury) Fudge (Gilman) Fine Chocolates (Bloomington)
Find out more »National Bubble Week!
Celebrate Spring with a cheerful masterpiece made with paint bubbles! Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »In Like a Lamb!
March comes in like a lion and out like this little fuzzy lamb! Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
Find out more »April 2019
Funny Bunny!
Make some-bunny special with this hoppy rabbit! Monday - Saturday 10a-3p Family Fun Hour - Wednesday 4p-5p
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