Sue Lyon Memorial Book Sale
In 1995, Sue Lyon started a used book sale to raise money for the addition to the Sycamore Public Library with the help from many longtime friends. After Lyon died in 2004, her grandchildren, April and Brandon Lyon, and friends decided to keep the sale going in her memory. This year’s 17th annual Sue Lyon [...]
Fox 39 Behind the Scenes
By Collin Bredeson When Feed ‘em Soup first started, it was just a small group of us meeting in an apartment in Sycamore. Two years later, Feed ‘em Soup is being featured in the newspaper, has had spots on the radio, is feeding an excess of 250 people, and now on the morning news. This [...]
Sometimes it’s the smallest donations that make the biggest impact.
(Pictured above is Josh Akers posing as the ‘Souper Hero’ in our first awareness campaign. This image was photographed by Derek Gibbs, Feed’em Soup Marketing and Brand director and the writer of this blog entry) By Derek M. Gibbs Post meal nights are usually spent pretty restless. A haphazard mess of nerves, stress, anxiety and [...]
Raising Hope Saturday June 16th 2012
Live and Silent Auctions 12 Amazing Hors D’oeuvres catered by Inboden’s A Free Champagne Toast and a cash bar You might recognize him as the piano performer from Tappa La Luna, but Mr Zachary Harris will be performing live at our Rasing Hope event! He’ll be doing a “Piano Bar” style performance – piano renditions [...]
Margaret’s Story (How Facebook Helped)
(Above: Josh Akers unloads pre-packed box lunches at the Dekalb County Housing Authority. Occasionally we receive donations too large for us to store or sometimes items that we cannot use. We are happy to play the “middle man” and pass these on to other great organizations in our community that can get them in the hands of [...]
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Sue Lyon Memorial Book Sale
In 1995, Sue Lyon started a used book sale to raise money for the addition to the Sycamore Public Library with the help from many longtime friends. After Lyon died in 2004, her grandchildren, April and Brandon Lyon, and friends decided to keep the sale going in her memory. This year’s 17th annual Sue Lyon [...]
