Giving back to our local heroes with April Foods Day

Thanks to your generous donations, and donations by our sponsors, we were able to raise over $23,000 to give back to our front line workers. We spent every dime of money at local restaurants.

Helping heroes, helping local business. It was a win-win.

Over the last few months, we’ve been delivering gift cards to medical professionals, assisted living facilities, grocery stores, and first responders (all while staying socially distanced).

Here’s all the places we’ve been:

: Christie Clinic

: Gardenview Manor

: Carle Hospital

: The Pavilion

: Harvest Market

: Savoy Schnucks

: Swann Special Care

: Christie Clinic

: Inman Place

: Urbana Police Department

: Champaign Fire Department

: Aldi Urbana

: Urbana Fire Department

: Amber Glen

: Brookdale Assisted Living

: ValuCheck

: Schnucks Urbana

: Champaign Police

: Urbana Save A Lot

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