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Champaign celebrates 150 years with music festival

July 11, 2010

Music fans from all around the area flocked to downtown Champaign this past Friday and Saturday to experience the sights and sounds of the 2010 Champaign Music Festival.

Hunger Awareness Fair raises money for new food pantry

July 11, 2010

Upbeat music and the smell of hot dogs turned a silent parking lot into a lively vat of fundraising for the Midwest Outreach Distribution Center, or MODC, on Saturday. The organization hosted a Hunger Awareness Fair and Walk-a-thon in Champaign to raise money for the construction of a new food pantry. Josephine Underwood, event programmer, said the pantry is a primary step to fight the current hunger problem present in Champaign. She said one out of seven children is impoverished and suffers from hunger, while 11 percent of Champaign’s residents are in poverty.

Champaign celebrates 150 years with music festival

July 11, 2010

Music fans from all around the area flocked to downtown Champaign this past Friday and Saturday to experience the sights and sounds of the 2010 Champaign Music Festival.

Hunger Awareness Fair raises money for new food pantry

July 11, 2010

Upbeat music and the smell of hot dogs turned a silent parking lot into a lively vat of fundraising for the Midwest Outreach Distribution Center, or MODC, on Saturday. The organization hosted a Hunger Awareness Fair and Walk-a-thon in Champaign to raise money for the construction of a new food pantry. Josephine Underwood, event programmer, said the pantry is a primary step to fight the current hunger problem present in Champaign. She said one out of seven children is impoverished and suffers from hunger, while 11 percent of Champaign’s residents are in poverty.