DECATUR — The overnight rain showers were long gone by the time the first donation arrived at the WSOY Community Food Drive early Friday morning.
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Photos: Preparations for the 2026 WSOY Community Food Drive
Senior education major Lane Thomann picks out items at Millikin University’s Millikin Market food pantry in Decatur on Thursday, Aug. 6.
Millikin University student Yui Srichantamit shops for free food items at the Millikin Market food pantry in Decatur on Thursday, Aug. 6.
Food items are stocked at Millikin University’s Millikin Market food pantry in Decatur on Thursday, Aug. 6.
Brian Byers announces details for the 2026 WSOY Community Food Drive during a press conference at the Airport Plaza Kroger in Decatur on Wednesday, Aug. 5. The event will be Friday, Oct. 2.
Salvation Army Major Randall Summit talks to Millikin University President Dean Pribbenow after the 2026 WSOY Community Food Drive news conference at the Airport Plaza Kroger in Decatur on Wednesday, Aug. 5.
A pre-bagged selection of non-perishable food items is bought and donated to the WSOY Community Food Drive at the Airport Plaza Kroger in Decatur on Aug. 5.
Karen Forbes rounds up her total for the WSOY Community Food Drive at the Airport Plaza Kroger in Decatur on Aug. 5.
Tina Mitchell asks a customer to donate to the WSOY Community Food Drive in the self-checkout at the Airport Plaza Kroger in Decatur on Aug. 5.
Manager Jeff Tate organizes the pre-bagged non-perishable food items for sale that will be donated to the WSOY Community Food Drive at the Airport Plaza Kroger in Decatur on Aug. 5.
Jacque Wrigley uses food boxes to make art during the Cans for Collage class at the Decatur Area Arts Council on Thursday, Sept. 24. The event raised awareness and collected donations for the WSOY Community Food Drive.
Executive director Jami Fawley collects donations for the WSOY Community Food Drive from the Cans for Collage art class at the Decatur Area Arts Council on Thursday, Sept. 24.
Emma Morrison makes a piece out of cardboard food boxes during the Cans for Collage class at the Decatur Area Arts Council on Thursday, Sept. 24.
The 23 different Macon County departments are competing to collect the most donations before the Friday, Oct. 2 WSOY Community Food Drive in Decatur.
The various Macon County departments in the Macon County Office Building display their donations for the WSOY Community Food Drive in Decatur on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026.
The Macon County Sheriff’s Department moves donations for the WSOY Community Food Drive at the Macon County Office Building in Decatur on Monday, Sept. 28.
Nonperishable food items are collected from the various Macon County departments in the Macon County Office Building for the WSOY Community Food Drive in Decatur on Monday, Sept. 28.
The various Macon County departments in the Macon County Office Building display their donations for the WSOY Community Food Drive in Decatur on Monday, Sept. 28.
Nick Davis, Jeff Quick, and Dustin Chapman set up a tent in the Airport Plaza Kroger parking lot ahead of the WSOY Community Food Drive in Decatur on Wednesday, Sept. 30.
Gage Lindahl, with BlueRock Event Solutions, sets up a tent in the Airport Plaza Kroger parking lot ahead of the WSOY Community Food Drive in Decatur on Wednesday, Sept. 30.
Gage Lindahl, Jeff Quick, and Nick Davis set up a tent in the Airport Plaza Kroger parking lot ahead of the WSOY Community Food Drive in Decatur on Wednesday, Sept. 30.
Contact Donnette Beckett at (217) 421-6983. Follow her on Twitter: @donnettebHR
Donnette Beckett
"Together Decatur" Columnist and Food/Drink Reporter
