🌱 How you can sponsor a Loves Park family facing childhood cancer

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In today's newsletter:

• How you can sponsor a Loves Park family facing childhood cancer

Also on today's calendar: Shattered – Loves Park, IL.

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Morning rain; cloudy, windy, with a high of 45 and low of 11 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Friday: Breezy and much colder, temps: high: 25, low: 20.
• Saturday: Breezy with variable clouds, with a high of 39 and low of 14 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• K-cancer baseball team seeks sponsors for annual toy drive (mystateline.com) — A local youth baseball nonprofit based in Loves Park is urgently seeking more sponsors and volunteers for its annual Christmas Eve toy drive supporting families facing childhood cancer. Organizers say community members can sponsor a family, help buy and wrap gifts, or assist with delivering presents in a fun “ding-dong-ditch” style. Volunteers stress that every bit of involvement helps kids feel less alone during the holidays.
   

📸 Around Loves Park

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Loves Park

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday December 23

• PMP Certification 4 Days Classroom Training in Rockford, IL
  Rockford Business Center, 2990 N Perryville Rd, Rockford
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday December 27

• Shattered – Loves Park, IL
  Shattered , 5440 N 2nd St , Loves Park
  8:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Mechanical Board Meeting
  Rockford, IL Calendar , 425 E. State Street 1st Floor , Rockford
  7:30 am
• Police Pension Fund Meeting
  Rockford, IL Calendar , 425 E. State Street 2nd Floor , Rockford
  8:00 am
• Drop-in Softball
  Indoor Sports Center , 8800 E. Riverside Blvd. , Loves Park
  10:00 am
• Golf Driving Range
  Indoor Sports Center , 8800 E. Riverside Blvd. , Loves Park
  10:00 am
• Senior Moments
  Cherry Valley Public Library District , 755 E State St , Cherry Valley
  10:30 am
• Diamond Art
  2141 Henry Luckow Ln , Belvidere
  3:00 pm
• RYSL Fall Indoor Session
  Indoor Sports Center , 8800 E. Riverside Blvd. , Loves Park
  5:00 pm
• Raptors Soccer Training
  Indoor Sports Center , 8800 E. Riverside Blvd. , Loves Park
  5:00 pm
• Civilian Oversight Board Meeting
  Rockford, IL Calendar , 425 E. State Street 2nd Floor , Rockford
  5:30 pm
• Bloom: 1st and 5th Winter Concert
  Bloom Elementary School , Brendenwood Road , Rockford
  6:00 pm

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to the local businesses for making Loves Park PatchAM possible:

• Mike’s Mowing & More Inc — (815) 721-4464
  Property Maintenance, Tree Removal, & Landscaping

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• For anyone in Loves Park or NE Rockford...
  what's with all the TRAIN horns today?? Not complaining, just curious about the rare activity? (Nextdoor Pebble Creek)

• Valvoline, Inc. posted a job opening for Assistant Service Center Manager in Loves Park. Apply here.
• Costco Wholesale Corporation posted a job opening for Loss Prevention Clerk in Loves Park. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Loves Park here.

🗞 Nearby News

Machesney Park

• Harlem School District announces next steps for addressing a multimillion dollar deficit following a proposed consolidation plan (wrex.com)
• Village of Machesney Park President and Board of Trustees met Dec. 15 (rockfordsun.com)

Roscoe

• Death notices for the far Stateline: Dec. 15, 2025 (roscoenews.com)
• Community partners with Old Stone Church Food Pantry to assure local families have a happier holiday season (roscoenews.com)
• Health officials warn of increasing flu cases in Illinois (mystateline.com)

Rockford

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I haven’t heard the last report.
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