Highland Area Community Foundation

06/02/2026

05/13/2026

𝐄.𝐋. 𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐍𝐒
𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐄𝐋𝐒 𝐅𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐑
𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘, 𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝟏𝟖𝐓𝐇 𝟓 𝐏𝐌 - 𝟗 𝐏𝐌

𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐎 𝐄.𝐋. 𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐍'𝐒!!☘☘☘☘☘☘

04/30/2026

𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳.𝑼.𝑵.𝑪.𝑯. 𝑩𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒃𝒚 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒕 𝑷𝒊𝒛𝒛𝒂 𝑯𝒖𝒕 𝑻𝑶𝑵𝑰𝑮𝑯𝑻! 𝑺𝒑𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏'𝒔 𝑪𝒍𝒖𝒃. 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕!!!!!

04/07/2026

HACF Accepting 2026 Grant Applications.
The Highland Area Community Foundation will be seeking applicants for its 2026 grant awards on May 1st. Grants are awarded for not-for-profit purposes to organizations or groups that provide community services within the Highland Community Unit School District, St. Jacob and Marine townships, and St. Rose Township.
Since its beginning in 1996, the Foundation's Grant Programs has come a long way. In its first year, three grants were awarded totaling $1,500.00; and in 2025,
76 grants were awarded totaling $176,188. In the last 30 years, a total of $1.6 million has been awarded in grants benefitting 100 plus various groups in the Foundation's service area.
The Foundation seeks to make grants awards in reponse to current and emerging needs or gaps in needed services and to strengthen voulunteer participations and citizen involvement in community concerns.
Grant applications may be obtained from the Highland Area Community Foundation at 1008 Laurel St., Highland, by calling 618/654-4727, emailing [email protected], or downloading from the Foundation's website, www.hacf.org.
Specific criteria are listed on the grant application form.
Deadline for submittal is June 30th.

Support Highland Illinois community well-being through donations & grants. From Highland Area Community Foundation. Helping build a stronger community!

01/14/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 Highland, IL Chamber of Commerce 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑱𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝟏𝟑𝒕𝒉. 𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟖 𝑳𝒂𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒍. 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒃𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝒖𝒔!

01/01/2026

We wish everyone a Happy New Year! Please visit us on Tuesday, January 13th at our new location. Our new address is 1008 Laurel Street.

12/23/2025

𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑪𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆, 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒆.
𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆:
1008 𝑳𝒂𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒍 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒕
𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒚 𝑱𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚 1. 𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒄𝒄𝒖𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒚 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝑱𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚 13, 2026.
𝑾𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆. 𝑰𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑲𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒏 𝑯𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏 𝒂𝒕 618-977-7526.
𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏.
𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚,
𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏
𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆

11/25/2025

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝑾𝒆𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 26, 2025 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 27, 2025 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒂𝒚.

10/23/2025

Come to Eddie's Rise N' Dine tonight and support the Highland Meals on Wheels program.