2020 Hometown Heroes

Page 172 2020 Hometown HEROES Magazine LINCOLN DAILY NEWS May 14, 2020 Chris and Amanda Doherty delivered the meal from Chestnut on Good Friday. As they traveled to Lincoln it occurred to them that there could be staff who were observing Lent and would not be able to eat the food provided, so they swung in to Jimmy Johns when they got to town and bought a bag of tuna fish subs for those staff members. Cyrulik plans to keep the momentum of FLAG 2020 - Lincoln going as long as she has donors, and from the looks of it, that will be quite a while. She is also looking to reach out to more and more restaurants and asks that if any restaurant wants to be a part of the project they can contact her through her Facebook page. This has been a great movement in our community and sets an example of how one person can set the wheels in motion and then watch it gain momentum and blossom into something that involves the entire community. If you want to get involved, the best place to start is on FLAG 2020 – Lincoln, IL Facebook page. (https://www.facebook.com/ groups/509795709694609/ ) We encourage you all to log into the page, read the comments from the workers who have received food, look at the number of people who have donated and the see for yourself the magnitude of the impact this is having. You don’t have to donate a lot, that is the whole idea, a little bit from everyone will add up to something big. We thank Angie for doing this for all our local front-liners and local restaurants. More than likely in their eyes and definitely in ours, she is a hero in her own right. [Nila Smith]