2022 HOMETOWN HEROES MAGAZINE

2022 Hometown HEROES Magazine LINCOLN DAILY NEWS May / June 2022 Page 49 The Central Illinois Veteran’s Commission was awarded $25,500 that will be used in a future construction project of the Veteran Tiny Homes in the city. Accepting the check were CIVC board members Annie Coers, Marsha Fernandes, Patty Becker and Joe Schaler. The Lincoln rural Fire Protection District will use their $6,500 award from Eaton to purchase thermal imagining body cameras for the firefighters. The award was accepted by LRFPD Chief Chris Buse. Immanuel Lutheran Church members Jamie Voyles and Kay Bauer accepted a check for $3,000. The money will be used for the church’s Food for Thought program that provides school children with food they may consume over then weekends when they don’t have access to local school breakfast and lunch programs. Lincoln Police Officer and School Resource Officer Tim Butterfield accepted a check for $4,500 for the Lincoln Police Department. The money will be used to purchase Stop the Bleed kits for Lincoln police officers. Continue 8