MATTOON — Washington Savings Bank donated $600 to Sarah Bush Lincoln’s mobile mammography unit as part of a fundraiser for Breast Cancer Awareness month.
With over 220,000 women in the United States diagnosed with breast cancer each year, it is important for everyone to educate themselves.
Washington Savings Bank held a decorated pumpkin contest at multiple locations, where customers could leave donations in a jar for the pumpkin they liked the most. All proceeds were donated to Sarah Bush.
Tracy Albin, senior vice president of Washington Savings Bank, said the bank is happy to support the mobile mammography unit.
“It’s an important service to local communities,” she explained. “We have a lot of fun doing this contest. We had some staff members get mammograms this year, so it’s great to support this cause.”
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The Sarah Bush Lincoln mobile mammography unit travels to area health departments, businesses and SBL’s extended campus locations to provide greater access to women throughout East Central Illinois.
Recognize these Mattoon-area locations?
Darby Pipe Shop
1984: Larry Kniepkamp weighs custom-blended tobacco for a customer of the Darby Pipe Shop. He custom builds briar pipes for his customers.
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Depot
1980: Mattoon railroad depot.
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Dodge Grove Cemetery
1987: This city backs its patriotic reputation with plenty of granite and bronze. For its size, 20,000 population, Mattoon has an unusually large number of monuments dedicated to those who died or served in wars. There are about 20 such memorials in or near Mattoon.
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Dodge Grove Cemetery mausoleums
1988: the last major repairs on the mausoleum in Dodge Grove Cemetery were done in 1938. Since then, time and vandals had taken their toll.
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Dodge Grove Cemetery tombstone
1973: A small white marker tells all that is known for sure about the occupant of this grave in an isolated corner. This year the small Confederate flag that usually stands next to the American flag was missing. The reason for its disappearance is not known.
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Friendship Garden
1987: Do Homann displays one of the garden’s fixtures. For 25 years Friendship Garden has been a haven for a variety of birds, trees, flowers and plants. The garden founded by Helen Douglas Hart, takes up a quarter-city-block south of downtown.
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General Electric
1984: Tami Shull, as facilitator, keeps the discussion on track in the quality circle at the General Electric Lamp Plant in Mattoon.
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General Electric
1987: General Electric’s Mattoon Lamp Plant.
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Housing Trailers
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Hulman Warehouse fire
1981: The former Hulman & Co. warehouse near downtown Mattoon was destroyed.
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