Prayer Service for Departing Guardsmen Today at Hospital Chapel

A reminder of the short prayer service planned today in the chapel at HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital on behalf of the men and women from the Illinois Army National Guard 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment who are being deployed in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel.

The brief service will begin at noon. All community members are invited to attend.

A reminder, too, of a mobilization send-off ceremony today at the Banterra Center at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. Families are asked to arrive at 1:30pm, the ceremony will commence at 2pm, and the ceremony will conclude at 3pm.