Friends of the Sangamon Valley

Our Wednesday Wishes for this week is for a farm gate. A VERY large tree fell along our lane destroying our cable ‘gate’ which was attached to said large tree. Unfortunately our cable ‘gate’ was not strong enough to hold the tree up! 🙁 If anyone has some fence panels or an old field gate laying around in the barnyard,…

Wednesday Wishes… some folks have asked how they can help the FOSV with our volunteer efforts, our daily functions, etc. Every Wednesday we’ll post an item and/or service that we need. Thinking ahead to cooler days we need a chimney sweep! We have a fantastic wood stove at our headquarters and it would be nice to be able to use…

Great job by the folks of the Menard County Trails and Greenways. Also kudos to Mayor Rick Snyder and Kerrigan’s Automotive, both of Petersburg. See following entry for details

The Sangamon River is a little cleaner now thanks to the Menard County Trails and Greenways (MCTG) volunteers who spent yesterday morning cleaning up litter in and around the river near Hurie Park. About 10 volunteers picked up garbage, including tires, a rusty barrel, a boat seat, carpet, plastic bottles, and miscellaneous other river garbage. The garbage is a health…

Wednesday Wishes… some folks have asked how they can help the FOSV with our volunteer efforts, our daily functions, etc. Every Wednesday we’ll post an item and/or service that we need. Our abundance of groundhogs can’t keep up! Looking for a lawn service or volunteer that loves mowing (zero turn mower available) to help out with mowing the immediate grounds…