WSOY and our community partners, ADM, Team Soy – Soy Capital Bank & J.L. Hubbard Insurance and Bonds, Skeff Distributing, Jones & Thomas/JTnet, Decatur Back & Neck Center, Tickets N Trips, First Christian Church, Dale’s Southlake Pharmacy & Colee’s Corner Drugs, DynaGraphics/Wood Printing, United Way, Kroger, Herald & Review, and WAND-TV want to thank the entire community for another successful and amazing WSOY Community Food Drive. The 14th annual WSOY Community Food Drive on October 9th was a tremendous success, raising 1,271,080 pounds of food in 12 hours! All food and money collected is given to Catholic Charities and the Salvation Army. And because of the wonderful generosity of the community we are also able to give funds to the Good Samaritan Inn, Northeast Community Fund, the Judy Mason Thanksgiving Basket Project and Reasonable Services Inc.
Thanks to our community partners, we are giving substantial financial awards to the top five local schools that collected the most food for our drive. This year’s cash awards are as follows: (For a full list of school totals, see below)
1st Place – $2,500 – St. Pats
2nd Place – $1,500 – St. Teresa
3rd Place – $1,000 – Holy Family
4th Place – $750 – Mt Zion High School
5th Place – $500 – Warrensburg Latham
From large companies to small businesses, schools and community groups, churches and people just stopping by to give, we couldn’t have done it without you. A special thank you to the hundreds of volunteers who gave their time to make the food drive a success. In addition, thank you to our in-kind donors : Dynagraphics/Wood Printing , Dunn Co., Hite Tent Rental, Napa Auto, Central Illinois Scale, Parke Warehouse, Lamar Advertising, Refreshment Services Pepsi, Decatur Park District, Kroger, Knights of Columbus, Bendsen Signs & Graphics, Dawson & Wikoff, ADM, First Christian Church, McDonalds, Kroger, Papa Murphy’s, Marquis Beverage, Olive Garden, Culver’s and Little Ceasars.
October 12, 2015
2015 WSOY Community Food Drive School Totals
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St Pats – 187,757 St Teresa – 116,773 Holy Family – 90,058 Mt Zion High School – 70,141 Warrensburg Latham – 62,996 OLOL – 59,951 Eisenhower – 48,656 Parson – 39,371 MacArthur High School – 25,658 Dennis School – 18,197 LSA – 16,448 Maroa Forsyth – 14,221 RCC – 10,584 Baum – 7700 Decatur Christian […]
October 10, 2015
WSOY Community Food Drive collects 1,271,080 lbs of food
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Area Schools contribute big to WSOY Community Food Drive
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DECATUR– Schools around Macon County embraced the spirit of giving Friday during the 14th annual WSOY Community Food Drive as they combined to donate over 500,000 pounds of food. St. Pat’s School donated the most this year with 187,757 pounds, St. Teresa finished second with 116,773 pounds, and Holy Family School finished 3rd with […]
October 9, 2015
WSOY Community Drive 4-6 PM
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Area food banks stock up thanks to WSOY Community Food Drive
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DECATUR – The Decatur community is rallying together to raise over 1 million pounds of food, but, where does all the food go? Catholic Charities of Decatur is one of the food pantries that receives a portion of the food, along with the Salvation Army. Catholic Charities food pantry manager Barry Spang says they […]
WSOY Community Food Drive 2-4 PM
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WSOY Community Food Drive 12-2 PM
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WSOY Community Food Drive 10 AM – 12 PM
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WSOY Community Food Drive 8-10 AM
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WSOY Community Food Drive 6-8 am
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October 8, 2015
Hourly Incentives for the WSOY Community Food Drive
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Each hour during the 14th Annual WSOY Community Food Drive, we are offering fantastic incentives to give! ALL DAY INCENTIVES: DONATIONS OF $500.00 OR MORE – For each $500 donation you make, your name will be put in a drawing for one of the following fantastic prizes! NFL/ CBS Experiences with Jim Kimmons – Value: […]
October 5, 2015
DYHA aims to raise 5,000 lbs of food for WSOY Community Food Drive
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DECATUR– With the 14th annual WSOY Community Food Drive just a week away, local organizations are ramping up their collection efforts. One of those organizations, the Decatur Youth Hockey Association is participating this year with a goal of 5,000 pounds by October 9th. “The community helped us out so greatly earlier this year […]
October 1, 2015
Coffee Connection steps up WSOY Community Food Drive Efforts
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During the week of the WSOY Community Food Drive Coffee Connection will be collecting canned good from their customers. If a customer brings in 1 can they will receive 5% off the cost of their drink. If they donate 2 or more cans they will receive 10% off the cost of their drink. If they […]
Hickory Point Bank Raises over $10K in Food Drive Kick Off Event
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Hickory Point Bank employees held an event on Wednesday Sept, 23 from 6am to 2pm in Central Park to help kick off the WSOY Community Food Drive. The event included convenient food and donation drop off in Central Park, plus community members could grab a specialty coffee from Coffee Connection with a portion of the […]
2 + 10 = 12 Long Stems Roses with the Secret Garden to benefit the Food Drive!
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From now until the 14th Annual WSOY Community Food Drive, bring in 2 cans of food and ten dollars to the Secret Garden on 664 W Eldorado St in Decatur and receive a dozen beautiful hand cut long stem roses! There is no limit! Owners, Lori and Michael Barrett, have been doing this promotion for 4 years to […]
WSOY Community Food Drive Preview
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September 23, 2015
Hickory Point Bank Fundraiser Pictures
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September 9, 2015
McDonald’s efforts benefit the WSOY Community Food Drive
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DECATUR– Efforts over the summer by local McDonald’s locations netted $3000 to benefit the 14th Annual WSOY Community Food Drive. Throughout the summer, the Decatur and Forsyth McDonald’s locations held a promotion called “Freeze Out Hunger”, in which a portion of every ice cream cone sold was given to the annual food drive to be held on […]
September 8, 2015
McFood Drive Night Pictures
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August 28, 2015
Pictures from 2014 WSOY Community Food Drive
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August 19, 2015
WSOY Community Food Drive collection goal set at over a million pounds (Video Included)
Mike Spaulding
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DECATUR– 13 years ago, gathering a million pounds of food during the WSOY Community Food Drive was unthinkable, fast forward to 2015 and at least that much is anticipated. At a press conference Wednesday, Food Drive architect Brian Byers announced the goal this year for the event to be 1,040,000 pounds. The 12 […]