The LLCC Dance Club: Express Your Seoul is holding a coffee and cocoa sale today from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in A. Lincoln Commons. The sale features a variety of creamers, including the seasonal favorite peppermint mocha, along with hot chocolate and all the toppings you can think of! Glazed, powdered and chocolate donuts will also be available for purchase.

Jacob Deters, student engagement coordinator; Heather Chuckley, class representative; and Janet Moulton, associate professor of nursing

Thank you to LLCC Nursing for a generous donation to the food pantry. The Nursing Fundamentals class collected items and challenged other classes to donate as well!

The donation will help the LLCC Food Pantry as it closes out the semester, but help is still needed. The pantry is low on the following items:

• Breakfast bars
• Oatmeal
• Fruit cups
• Applesauce
• Tuna and chicken pouches/cans (with or without crackers)

Please bring any donations to LLCC Student Life. Thank you in advance for your support!

Final numbers are in from the sixth annual Haunted Lab hosted by the LLCC Chemistry Club on Oct. 26! The event hosted a total of 195 attendees (112 kids and 83 parents). Both kids and club members were in costume for the event. During the event, a chemistry demo show was performed every 15 minutes in the chemistry labs, and kids participated in hands-on science activities in a classroom. Face painting was available for kids before and after the demos. A bake sale was held in the classroom as a fundraiser. In addition, parents were given a packet describing science activities they could do with their kids at home.

The LLCC Dance Club: Express Your Seoul will be holding a coffee and cocoa sale tomorrow, Nov. 28, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in A. Lincoln Commons. The sale features a variety of creamers, including a seasonal favorite, peppermint mocha, along with hot chocolate and all the toppings you can think of! Glazed, powdered and chocolate donuts will also be available for purchase.

LLCC Student Life is hosting a blood drive today, Nov. 15,  from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the student union, located in the lower level of Menard Hall. All donors are asked to please eat before donation and present a photo ID. Walk-ins are always welcome. To schedule an appointment, please call the Community Blood Center at 217-241-7550 or schedule online. All donors will receive a free T-shirt!

LLCC Student Life is putting out a call to action — asking faculty and staff to help build Thanksgiving baskets for the LLCC Food Pantry. While the primary purpose of the food pantry during the year is to provide ready-to-eat meals for our students, this time of year the food pantry is looking specifically for items that can help an LLCC student provide a wonderful Thanksgiving meal for their family. These specialty items will be collected through Thursday, Nov. 15. Students that are interested in requesting a basket, can come to the food pantry during regular hours to fill out the form.

Here is a list of items that are needed. Please make sure these items are non-perishable.

• Pumpkin pie or other pie filling
• Graham cracker pie crusts
• Canned vegetables (green beans, corn)
• Canned sweet potatoes
• Canned cranberry sauce
• Canned fruit
• Cream of chicken, vegetable, celery
• Boxed mash potatoes
• Boxed stove top stuffing
• Boxed macaroni and cheese

The food pantry is also in need of the following ready-to-eat items to help get us through the end of the semester:

• Juice packs
• Tuna with crackers
• Chicken with crackers
• Oatmeal
• Snack crackers – smaller serving pouches to go with tuna and chicken pouches
• Toaster pastries (i.e., Pop-Tarts)

Yesterday, LLCC honored veterans at its 23rd annual Veterans Day Ceremony. The event included American Legion Post 759 Color Guard posting the colors; LLCC Trustee Dennis Shackelford serving as master of ceremonies; the LLCC choir performing the national anthem and “God Bless America;” LLCC student Corporal Nathaniel Mayfield, U.S. Army, providing remarks; and LLCC alumni Kevin Kulavic playing “Taps.”

In addition, a featured piece from the World War I commemorative exhibit, “Have You Forgotten Yet? 100 Years Since the Armistice,” was on display at the ceremony. The full exhibit is available for viewing in the James S. Murray Gallery through Thursday, Nov. 15.

The event was sponsored by LLCC Student Life and honored all veterans including LLCC faculty, staff and students who served in the armed forces.

View more photos from the event.