More than 10,500 rubber ducks were adopted for a local Ducky Derby Dash, helping to raise more than $50,000 for athletes to compete throughout the state.
CARTERVILLE, Ill. – The 2022 Ducky Derby Dash to benefit Special Olympics Illinois will be held on Sunday, October 2 at 1:00 PM at Walker’s Bluff.
Officers from Carbondale and several area departments participated in the "Cop on a Rooftop" fundraising event Friday morning.Â
MARION, IL (WSIL) -- One local business is giving back with a customer appreciation weekend.
More than 100 plungers took the dip Saturday afternoon at ¾ÅÓÎÌåÓý Illinois University's Touch of Nature in Makanda, after a long-history of plunging into Campus Lake for the event.
BENTON, IL (WSIL) -- It was a beautiful day at Rend Lake as nearly 100 people took the Polar Plunge to support a great cause.
On Sunday, October 3, thousands of ducks will splash down in to the water at Walker’s Bluff for the 2021 Ducky Derby Dash to benefit Special Olympics Illinois.
Law officers and local athletes came together to raise awareness and cold hard cash in Carbondale Friday morning.
TOKYO (AP) � The opening next week of the Paralympic Games in Tokyo is being used as a stage to launch a human-rights movement aimed at the world’s 1.2 billion people with disabilities. The campaign is called “WeThe15″and gets its name from estimates that persons with disabilities represent 15 percent of the world’s population. The