Community Events 2005

December 2005
All Neighborhood Watch Groups meet together Wednesday, December 7th,
6:30 - 8pm, St. Clare’s Auditorium. Free food, prizes & fun!!
more information

November 2005
Family Learning Center
!!Open to Everyone!!
Free Computer Center

Think of us when you need to use the internet, research a topic, write a school paper, create a resume, conduct a job search, pay bills online, etc. more

November 2005
Community Oriented Policing free to all Alton residents, Saturday, November 5 at St. Clare’s Professional Building Auditoriums. Lunch 11 - 12, training 12 - 3pm.

Neighborhood Watch Meetings
Mexico:
Family Learning Center, Tuesday November 8, 6:30pm
Middletown
Alton YWCA, Tuesday November 15, 6:30pm
Hunterstown:
Family Learning Center, Tuesday November 22, 6:30pm

November 19, 2005
Employment Seminar at the Family Learning Center
Free Employment Readiness Skills Seminar
for residents ages 15 and up
10am to 1pm
call or email to register

Saturdays October 1, 8, 15, 22, 2005
Come hear the Vintage Voices of "colorful and interesting entertainers" portraying "so many interesting people who lived in Alton who had so much to do with the foundation of Alton." Saturdays from 1 to 3pm at Alton Cemetery, 5th Street and Vine.
more information
 

October 2005
Saturday, Oct. 8: City-Wide Litter Cleanup, 9am - Noon
Midtown Restaurant, St. Peter’s Hardware, Main Street Methodist Church
Weed & Seed Works Community Cookout, Noon - 2pm
under the tent, Saint Claire’s Parking Lot 
more information

Neighborhood Watch Meetings
Mexico:
Family Learning Center, Thursday October 11, 6:30pm
Middletown
Alton YWCA, Tuesday October 18, 6:30pm
Hunterstown:
St. Clare’s Hospital, Tuesday October 25, 6:30pm
 

September 19, 2005
The Medicare Modernization Act will take effect January 1st. Close to 300 seniors attended a meeting at Senior Services Plus to hear state officials explain the basics. more information

September 2005
Neighborhood Watch Meetings
Mexico:
Victory Baptist Church, Thursday September 1, 6:30pm
Middletown
Alton YWCA, Thursday September 15, 6:30pm
Hunterstown:
St. Clare’s Hospital, Monday September 19, 6:30pm
more information

August 30, 2005

• 100 children’s handprints needed for the new Hellrung Park entry plaza wall
• Hellrung Park Community Garden
• Hunterstown Community Center
• Family Learning Center G.E.D. & computer classes

These and more subjects discussed at the Neighborhood Restoration / Community Policing Committee meeting, 6:30pm, St. Clare’s Hospital Auditorium
more information
 

August 27, 2005
Family Learning Center
First Birthday Bash Open House
Free Books, Refreshments, A Good Time!
5th Street & Central, 1:00 - 3:00pm
 

August 20, 2005
NAACP Back To School, Stay In School
James H. Killion Park at Salu
10am - 12:30pm
more information
 

August 2005
Neighborhood Watch Meetings
Hunterstown:
St. Clare’s Hospital, Monday August 15, 6:30pm
Middletown
Alton YWCA, Thursday August 18, 6:30pm
Mexico:
Victory Baptist Church, Thursday September 1, 6:30pm
more information
 

August 13, 2005
THE TOT SHOP
919 Brown Street, Alton
Family FAIR
9am to 5pm
Everyone Welcome!
more information
 

July 18, 2005
Presentation concerning Social Security changes
regarding the Medicare prescription drug program.
Humboldt Apartments, 1028 E. 6th Street, Alton
4th Floor Common Area
Open to the public
 

July 2005
Neighborhood Watch Meetings
Hunterstown:
St. Clare’s Hospital, Monday July 11, 6:00pm
Mexico:
Victory Baptist Church, Thursday July 28, 6:30pm
 

June 2005
Independent senior living at Humboldt Apartments
Sixth Street & Central, Alton
1-800-RENT-NOW
a few apartments are now available...

June 11, 2005
Are you going to be looking for a job this summer?????
Are you concerned about your health????

JOB/HEALTH FAIR 2005
COMMUNITY BLOCK FAIR FOR YOUTH
CORNER OF PEARL AND BROWN STREET
10:00AM - 5:00PM

May 23, 2005
Beginning January 1, 2006 Medicare will offer a voluntary prescription benefit. Attend a FREE seminar at the Family Learning Center.
 

May 21, 2005
Free Youth Employment Seminar
Learn interview skills, application preparation, create a resume,
create a youth job posting board.
Snacks provided, FREE Prizes
Family Learning Center, 12:30 - 3:30pm

Participation limited to 20 youth
Register now at 463-5359  more

April 2005
The Master Plan for the Hellrung Park renovation has been released. It will have a playground, spray fountain, basketball court, skate park, pavilion/amphitheatre, community garden and more. See it all here!

April 29, 2005
Join us in our
WALK AGAINST VIOLENCE

In recognition of
National Crime Victims’ Rights Week & Child Abuse Prevention Month

Meet at Midtown Restaurant,
East 7^th Street and Central, Alton
5:00pm – 7:00pm
 

April 28, 2005
Neighborhood Watch groups will be forming in the Hunterstown and Mexico Neighborhoods of Alton within the next few months. An informational session will be held from 7:00-8 p.m. at Webster Temple / Church of God in Christ, 1100 Highland Avenue to bring residents (adults and youth) together with Police Officers to begin to discuss how to identify and solve neighborhood problems together.
 

April 16, 2005
Fight Dirty
Hundreds help clean up Alton as a city-wide effort joined the semi-annual Weed and Seed neighborhood efforts.

The Madison County Health Department offers free mammogram, pap smear and pelvic exams through their Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program.

Like to volunteer or need the services of Project READ?

Free Tax Service, January 29 through April 14, 2005
Illinois Employment & Training Center
90 North Port Drive, Alton
Tuesdays & Thursdays 5:30 - 8pm
Saturdays 10am - 1pm
Free tax preparation & electronic filing for families with income under $36,000 and individuals under $15,000.
Call 466-8891 for more information
No Appointment Necessary

February 10 & 24, 2005
Neighborhood Watch Organizational Meeting Schedule

Middletown – Thursday, February 10, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
YWCA – 304 E Third St, Levis Room

Hunterstown & Mexico –
Thursday, February 24, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Tot Stop Developmental Learning Ctr, 919 Brown St
 

February 7, 2005
For many people with Medicare, it is hard to afford prescription drugs. If you do not have prescription coverage through Medicaid or SeniorCare you may be eligible for some discount or assistance programs.

For FREE and confidential help attend an enrollment session
The Family Learning Center
Central & 5^th Street in Alton
February 7^th at 10am

February 2, 2005
JOIN US AS WE DISCUSS MAKING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER TOGETHER
Residents working with the Alton Weed & Seed Strategy and the Alton Police Department are meeting to discuss implementing the principles of Community Policing within the Weed & Seed neighborhoods of Alton. Neighborhood Watch groups will be forming in the Hunterstown, Middletown and Mexico Neighborhoods of Alton within the next few months. An informational session will be held from 6:30-8 p.m. at Saint Clare’s Hospital Professional Building Auditorium. more info
 

January 2005
In November 2004 Richard Bush, Ph.D. of the Community & Nonprofit Leadership Public Administration & Policy Analysis Department of SIU Edwardsville prepared an evaluation of the Alton Weed & Seed Strategy. Click here to read the evaluation.

January 29, 2005

Members of the Alton Police Department’s Tactical Response Team use a battering ram Friday to enter a house in the 900 block of Harrison Street during a drug raid by Alton police and agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. It is the latest in a series of high-profile drug raids in Alton. On Friday, Sheldon S. Willis, 24, of the 1800 block of Jersey Street in Alton, was charged in Madison County Circuit Court with unlawful possession of weapons by a felon and unlawful possession of cannabis with intent to deliver, as the result of raid on his house Wednesday. Willis was being held in the County Jail in lieu of $75,000 bail.

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