Altamont After School Program Receives Grant

(BACK ROW: RYAN ECKHARDT, EFFINGHAM COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION REPRESENTATIVE, PRESENTED A $4,000 CHECK TO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR JO ELLEN TAPPENDORF AND DIRECTOR VERNON SPILKER. FRONT ROW: DAWN HUNSAKER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, LACEE SCOTT, ANA FULK, KALLIANA BECKER, LAUREN WALKER, BRAYDEN ELAM {front} AND PAYTON HAMILTON)

The Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altamont recently accepted a $4,000 grant from the Effingham County CommunityWorks Fund to assist in funding a free program for Altamont School District students in need of supervision after school.

The after school program is available to children from grades kindergarten to 6th grade, as well as Altamont Lutheran School families. The purpose of the program is to offer a safe, comfortable, Christian environment for children who would otherwise be home alone and have no access to affordable, supervised after school care for their children.

The Effingham County CommunityWorks Fund is one of several funds administered by the Effingham County Community Foundation, an affiliate of the Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation. For more information visit www.enrichingourcomunity.org or contact Joedy Hightower, President/CEO of the Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation, at 217-342-4988.

For more information regarding the Immanuel Lutheran Church, contact Vernon Spilker at 618-267-3414.