Illinois Valley Industries

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Thank you to the First Presbyterian Church Morris, IL for featuring IVI as your organization for the 2024 Vacation Bible School season. Esmeralda loves educating the community about who we are and our mission. Thank you for your generosity! #inclusionmatters #askmewhyivi

WHAT.A.DAY! We owe a HUGE thank you to the Morris BBQ Association for choosing IVI to be the 2024 beneficiary of the Rhythm and BBQ Festival! We had an awesome time today! Did you know this was year three of the festival and there were 40 competitors? This makes the festival the largest backyard BBQ competition in the state! The weather was perfect. We sold all 750 Traeger Pellet Grill raffle tickets, with the last 139 tickets sold on site before 1PM. All proceeds of the raffle go directly to our mission. The hard work and dedication of the clients, the staff, staff spouses, the familes , friends of IVI and board members who helped out today was insane. They started at 6AM, ready to work and didn’t stop until clean up was done at 5:30PM. Thank you to everyone who bought tickets and stopped by our info tent, we love meeting new people and sharing our mission. We hope the new friends we made will stop and see us sometime soon. The food was amazing, Goold Park is the perfect spot for the event. We will rest well tonight with full bellies. And lastly, thank you to the community. We are welcome in all spaces and receive so much love and support from Grundy County and the Morris community. #askmewhyivi #inclusionmatters

Another absolutely perfect sunset yoga with Maureen Keegan for Illinois Valley at Green Acres Morris. Over 50 people enjoyed a relaxing evening of self care and community. We cannot thank you enough for your support of our mission! #askmewhyivi #community #inclusionmatters

Summer Newsletter 2024!! New look and a lot of information about what we have been up to at IVI.

We had a blast at the Joliet Slammers Professional Baseball Club game on May 21 and May 22. We watched the game in style, in our own suite! We were able to see a long time friend, Ken Miller and we met a new friend, Brandon, who is the nephew of DSP, Sarah! Thanks for a great day!

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Want to win a Traeger Smoker on June 15th?! As the Morris BBQ Association 2024 beneficiary of the Rhythm and Blues BBQ Festival on June 15th at Goold Park, we are selling 750 tickets at $10 each for a chance to win a Traeger Pellet Smoker. All proceeds from the raffle are donated to IVI. Our goal is to sell out before the festival. Winner need not be present. You can purchase tickets from: Rock Soul Love Morris Narvick Brothers Lumber, Rental & ACE Hardware IVI staff IVI families IVI Board Members At the main office 1033 Third Ave., Morris. Country Financial, Creekside Drive Morris Or by reaching out to Stephanie Kessler at: work 815-942-6133 cell 815-274-9398 skessler@illinoisvalleyindustries.com

What a FUN day we had today! We are wishing HBS Director, Jamie, and her future husband to be, Jose, a happy marriage! -We had pizza, cupcakes and goodie bags donated by the happy couple. -We made a toast with champagne (aka sparkling juice) -We played wedding games -We took A LOT of pictures in front of a photo board made by Jill and Esmeralda! -We all gave marriage advice and wishes for the Mr. and Mrs. Here is some of the advice and wishes given today: “I hope he’s happy..” “Stay happy and trust each other. Love one another. Have a great wedding day!” “Jose do not forget to give Jamie flowers every month. Good luck and have fun getting married.” “I hope you have children. Have a good time on your honeymoon. I am excited for you Jamie!” “Good luck on your marriage! Give each other at least 3 kisses each day.” “Be nice to each other, don’t be cranky. Be friends please.” “Just love.” “Even when you are upset, talk to each other. Congratulations on your wedding.” “Best of luck. Dance together anytime you can.” “Congratulations! Good luck on your marriage! Don’t forget to help each other out.” “Jamie- you should make Jose a special dinner. Jose, you should take Jamie to the movies and give her snacks. Congratulations on your wedding day. Enjoy with Jose a special trip. Go on a boat and go to dinner.” “Always love each other. I am happy for you both!.” “Have a safe marriage. Treat each other with dignity and respect.”

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