Giving Back


J&J Helping Bring Joy this Christmas Season
J&J was hard at work to provide some light for our local seniors during this holiday season.
Employees of J&J assisted MyMemoryWorx by assembling gift boxes to provide to our local seniors in need. The gift boxes are filled with items donated by our generous community and so much more.
The effects of COVID-19 strike everyone differently and many of our local seniors are in need of in-person care, screenings and interventions that the virus has interfered with. MyMemoryWorx hopes that providing these gift boxes to those in need can bring our seniors some much needed Christmas Joy!
About MyMemoryWorx
MyMemoryWorx provides memory loss screenings, brain health education, and non-pharmacological interventions particularly focused on those with impairment or a neurological disease.
For more information about MyMemoryWorx, the Parkinson’s support group (named Parkinson’s Institute of Effingham), and the new Parkinson’s exercise program, contact Kelly Willenborg at willenborgkelly@gmail.com or (217) 254-2149.
Giving back to our communities
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
Effingham County Chamber of Commerce
Effingham County Chamber of Commerce-Scholarship Program
Effingham County Community Foundation
Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation
Effingham Regional Growth Alliance
Effingham County Habitat for Humanity
Effingham Performance Center
Good Neighbors of Lake Sara – 4th of July Fireworks
Coal Days Fund – Shawneetown
Madison County Licensed Beverage Association
St. Anthony Church
Sacred Heart Church Effingham – Sacred Heart Picnic Raffle Tickets
Illinois Licensed Beverage Association
Richard E. Workman Sports & Wellness Complex – Effingham
Illinois Fraternal Order of State Police- Lodge 41
3rd Annual Levee Fest-Community for a Safe Levee for the Mississippi River Bottoms
Marion, IL Chamber of Commerce
Effingham Firefighters
CEO Program
Effingham Momentum
Bethany Celebration
National Trail Friends of NRA
Flora Public Library
Flora Chamber of Commerce
LOCAL FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Legion
Marion VAMC Voluntary Services for Homeless Veterans
VFW Program
FRATERNALS & YOUTH
Watson Masonic Lodge – Lakeland Scholarships & Masonic Children’s Home in Murphysboro, IL
Murphysboro Elks Lodge- Childrens’ Care Corp.
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Lake Land College Foundation
Kaskaskia College Foundation
MacMurray College
LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS
Altamont High School
Effingham High School
St. Anthony High School
St. Anthony Booster Club
Centralia HS
Stewardson-Strasburg High School
Teutopolis High School
St. Thomas School – Newton
Teutopolis Unit #50 Technology Fund
Illini Central High School
Flora High School
YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS & CARE
Crisis Nursery of Effingham County
CASA of Effingham County
Blessings In A Backpack
South Central Illinois Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Illinois
Make a Wish Foundation & Shop with a Cop
Bob Fressen YMCA- Jacksonville, IL
Lincoln Trails Boy Scouts
Charleston Parks & Recreation – Day Camp
FAMILY NEEDS
Catholic Charities
Effingham County Fish Human Services
Greater Illinois Chapter – Alzheimer’s Association
HOSPITALS
Shriners Hospital for Children
St. Anthony Hospital – Effingham – Friends of St. Anthony
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Foundation
CANCER
American Cancer Society
Play for the Cure Golf to Support Susan G. Komen
St. Baldrick’s Foundation-Conquer Childhood Cancers
Footprints In Memory of Maggie
Herrin, IL Golf 4 A Cure
DISABLED
ARC Community Support Systems
Special Olympics Illinois
The Lake Sara Dam Run-Special Olympics
Effingham Elks Handicapped Childrens Auction
KC #2874 Intellectual Disabilities
Chester Country Club-Annual Autism Awareness
SPORTS & ATHLETICS
Illini Team Trail Fishing Tournament
RSC Soccer Club Sponsor – Springfield
Whitetails Unlimited Inc
ILBA Golf – Women’s Golf