Arts and Hearts Night

Local community organizations will set up on the square and highlight their organizations by providing fun activities and giveaways! Groups participating include Relay for Life, Central Illinois Honor Flight, Unit 40 Mentoring, 911 Communications, TREC, National Road Association, Arts Connection of Central Illinois, and more!

A live Art Auction featuring works of art from regional artisans and local ARC consumers will be auctioned off to the highest bidder, with all proceeds going to the ARC art program.

TREC will host tricycle races on Fourth Street with races will including celebrity races, corporate challenge races, and children's races. Click here to register.

Canstruction^® -- the most unique food charity in the world -- will join this year's event. Local teams will build sculptures out of canned goods, which will then be donated to the Catholic Charities Food Pantry. Four teams in the community will be participating, and everyone is invited to vote for his or her favorite creation during the event. Canstruction projects will be located in the Jefferson Street Plaza and Brooms Furniture, both located on Jefferson Avenue.

Children of all ages are invited to decorate the sidewalks of downtown Effingham with sidewalk chalk. Pam Frye of Frye Pottery will be joining the children and joining them in decorating the sidewalks in a Jungle theme.

Grab a bite to eat while enjoying an evening on the downtown square. Partcipating restaurants include Martin's IGA, the Firefly Grill, and Homewood Grill.