Local Drive Being Held To Help Victim Families of Recent Tragedies

STEPHENSON COUNTY, ILLINOIS — The local community is getting together to help support the families of the victims who lost their lives this past Friday and Sunday in Freeport and in Cedarville, Illinois. A group is currently accepting locally available (Freeport, Illinois) restaurant, grocery store and gas station gift cards, which will be compiled into one and split evenly between all the families.

People interested in helping can drop off or mail in their gift cards by Friday, February 8th between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to:

Faith United Methodist Church
Attn: TBS Strong
1440 S. Walnut Ave.
Freeport, IL 61032

See the Facebook event page here.

Another effort is to help support Daymien, the one year old whose mother’s life was tragically taken on Friday in Freeport. The group is collecting new clothing items for Daymien. Daymien was in the back seat of the vehicle while his mother was being stabbed by his father. The incident has left Daymien without his parents.

NEW WITH TAGS CLOTHES
12 mo spring
12-18 mo summer
24 mo – 2t winter

DIAPERS
Size 4 and up

• WIPES
• NEW JUICE CUPS
• AGE APPROPRIATE NEW TOYS
• AGE APPROPRIATE TODDLER FOOD
• NEW BABY CLEANSING PRODUCTS AND LOTION

People interested in helping can drop off these items by Friday, February 8th between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to:

Faith United Methodist Church
1440 S. Walnut Ave.
Freeport, IL 61032

All items will be delivered to St. Ann’s in Warren on Sunday the 10th. If you’d rather mail or are using Amazon use this mailing address:

St. Ann’s Church
Attn. Baby Daymien
608 E. Railroad St.
Warren, IL 61087

See the Facebook event page here.

Roxanne Goodman along with Logan’s is in the planning stages for a candlelight vigil for Kyle and Shaun and Gabby. They are asking everyone to come together for each other. Love, hope, friendship, family and community support to help point all of us on the road to some sort of healing. Saturday February 9th 7:00 p.m. at Logan’s. Bring a candle and flashlight and PASS the word. Logan’s is located at 1805 S West Ave in Freeport. See the event page here.

Empire Elementary School is hosting a Jeans for a Cause event on February 8th.

In addition, there are also these GoFundMe campaigns setup to help the families.

GO FUND ME FOR THE TUCKER FAMILY.
https://www.gofundme.com/jen-tucker-and-girls

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