The Taylorville Kiwanis Club heard from the manager at the Christian County Farm Bureau, and accepted a check from WRAN for the Kiwanis Radiothon, at the club’s weekly meeting on Tuesday at the Taylorville Moose Lodge.

Tuesday’s program speaker was Alec Myers, manager of the local Farm Bureau, who gave Kiwanis members his background and shared the many things the local Farm Bureau does for its members and non-members.

Myers, a 2015 graduate of Taylorville High School, went on to college at Lake Land College in Mattoon, then earned his bachelor’s degree at Illinois State University.  He then enrolled in the Illinois Farm Bureau’s manager program, and was selected to be the manager of the Greene-Jersey Farm Bureau, then was hired by the Christian County Farm Bureau as its manager.   

Myers talked about issues the local Farm Bureau is providing information to its members about, including the citing of solar C-O-2 projects.  He added the local Farm Bureau and its Foundation raises a lot of money to give towards agriculture’s future, providing 8 15-hundred dollar scholarships to graduating high school seniors going to college focusing on agriculture.   Myers added the local Farm Bureau Young Leaders Committee recently held a food drive and also raised some 5-thousand dollars for the local Farm Bureau Foundation.

Among the many efforts the local Farm Bureau supports, are the "Ag in the Classroom" and "Adopt a Legislator" programs.

Myers said the Christian County Farm Bureau has some 25-hundred members, with 8-hundred of those as farmer members.

In other business, Miller Media Group president Randal J. Miller (center) presented Kiwanis president John Gardner (left) and Kiwanis Radiothon chair Chuck Martin (right), a check for 13-hundred 25-dollars as half the total ad sales from Tuesday’s WRAN groovy 97.3 Kiwanis Radiothon.  Monies raised go to the local Kiwanis Foundation funding many projects for children and youth including Kiwanis Park, Coats for Kids, YMCA and high school scholarships, and the local CEO program.

The Taylorville Kiwanis Club is part of a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.  Weekly meetings are held Tuesdays at noon at the Taylorville Moose Lodge.  For information on the club, go to taylorvillekiwanis.com.