Church makes birthday bags to give to families in need

Shaw Local News Network

SYCAMORE – Mayfield Congregational United Church of Christ celebrated the recent Christmas season by putting together birthday bags so others could celebrate their birthdays.

Church members collected boxed cake mixes, tubs of frosting, party paper plates and napkins, and birthday candles during the month of December, according to a news release.

A total of 36 birthday bags were

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WNIU radio station launches new listener request show

DeKALB – Northern Illinois University’s WNIU 90.5 FM radio station will begin a new listener request program, “Your Classics,” in February.

The program will be at 11 a.m. Wednesdays, according to a news release.

Program listeners can request their favorite music pieces and composers from the classical WNIU music library. The program’s host, Eric Hradecky, will assembled and blessed by the church during Christmas. The church donated the bags to DeKalb County Community Gardens, which will distribute the birthday bags to families in need. compile music playlists based on requests submitted by listeners online and over the phone.

Mayfield Congregational United Church of Christ has been helping to care for its local community for the past 162 years. The church hosts worship services at 10 a.m. Sundays.

For information, email PastorLauri@MayfieldChurchUCC.org or call 815-895- 5548.

WNIU 90.5 FM is one of two noncommercial public broadcasting radio stations managed by Northern Public Radio, the broadcast arm of Northern Illinois University, and has provided a home for classical music and the arts since 1991.

For information, visit northaernpublicradio.org/yourclassics or call 815-7539000.

–ShawLocalNewsNetwork