Miles 4 Mercer

05/14/2026

If interested in sponsoring the ride this year please reach out to one of us!

05/11/2026

Calling all local small business owners, we are looking for sponsors for this years Wheelin For Wendy ALS ride! $100 gets your name and logo on the back of our ride shirts, all money is donated to ALS United Of Illinois, and it is a tax write off! Please reach out to us or any M4M member if you are interested!

03/20/2026

Rest in peace, Chuck Norris.
From Airman to icon—thank you for your service.

01/26/2026

01/25/2026

While we were thrilled with the turn out of our 2025 ride we hosted, but we are also excited for the 2026 ride. We are eager and in the planning stages. Its going to be a busy year for us, stay tuned!

12/15/2025

Thank you to everyone who showed up, donated, and supported us in our journey to make this our fourth great year of doing this and helping the families and children of mercer county be able to enjoy christmas with a little less stress. It is greatly appreciated and without each and every one of you we wouldn’t be able to do this. Stay tuned for the next event we have and learn how you can help us support the community!

🎄💙 Thank You, Miles 4 Mercer! 💙🎄

The Mercer County Family Crisis Center would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Miles 4 Mercer for their fourth consecutive year of generosity and support. Because of you, our Christmas baskets were filled with toys, hygiene products, food, and clothing—bringing comfort, dignity, and joy to families in our community during the holiday season.

Your continued commitment makes a meaningful difference in the lives of those we serve, and we are deeply grateful for your compassion and partnership. Thank you for helping us make the holidays brighter, year after year.

12/06/2025

Come see us today from 10-2 as part of the viola Christmas in the village. We will be open and accepting donations to our toy drive and veteran hygiene drive! Were located at 1605 14th street viola.
We have Kelly Mae House chili and chips all for free until gone!

12/02/2025

There is still time to donate!! Come see us during the village of viola Christmas walk this Saturday, or donate to any of the locations listed! Let’s give the Mercer County Family Crisis Center the best year of items yet!

11/20/2025

We were very grateful and thankful to be able to host this ride along with MERCO 1913. The support from the community brought in $3,128 we were able to provide to help family’s and individuals living with this cruel disease. Thank you to all of our sponsors, our hosts, everyone that donated a basket, and to everyone who took part in this ride. We look forward to hosting again next year and every year after that!

11/11/2025

Today starts our fourth annual “HOLIDAYS FOR HEROES” and our fourth annual “TOY DRIVE”. The past few years have been a huge success and we have been able to donate several truck loads of items and we look forward to another successful year. The toy drive items can be dropped off at the Dollar General locations in Viola or Aledo, and hygiene products can be dropped off at either location, and City Limits in Viola!! The Mercer County Family Crisis Center, where the toys are donated to has asked this year for help with more items geared towards teens, but we will accept all toys. Some items they are in need of are listed below.

Gift cards
Wireless headphones
Socks
Water bottle
Family board games (Uno, Monopoly, etc.)
Neon signs
Oversized blanket hoodie
Bluetooth speaker
Portable phone charger
Cute purse
Cute claw clips
Lego set
Video games
LED light strips
Beanie
Nice wallet
Coloring or paint set
Skin care products

11/09/2025

Come on up to the Viola community center for the Veterans soup Luncheon. We were glad to be invited back again so we are here serving up a meaty chili. Here until 1pm