This document printed from the University
of Illinois Extension Tent Poles at http://www.extension.uiuc.edu/macon/
Taking in the areas programs, festivals, events and fun activities need not cost an arm and a leg..
September 24, 2003
Rexlyn Nicole
Community and Economic Development Program Coordinator
Macon County Unit 2535 Millikin Parkway
Decatur, IL 62526
Phone: 217-877-6042
FAX: 217-877-4564 rxnicole@uiuc.edu
If you are on a restricted budget you can still go and do things around central Illinois that can ease you into the coming fall and winter weather... Why not head to the festivals and check out the food... or perhaps just be a people watcher... perhaps you can catch a game at the local high school... join The Booster Club and be a volunteer and get in for free and help the school and team as well... or maybe you just want to stay out of the cold... head out to Rock Springs and see the sights indoors, or go to the public library and look for the presentations and classes that they are offering at no cost... but make the best of the weather that is coming... do not hide from it... and remember there are lots of free things in the area if you are on a limited budget... you just have to be open to new events and activities... get going... and enjoy!!
If you look at life as a tent, do you know the importance of tent poles? When putting up the tent, the tent poles are hard to deal with, they are cumbersome and yet without them, there is no tent. The tent poles are there for support. They are the backbone of the tent. They are the foundation of the cover against the storm while camping. Tent poles are in your every day life as well. They are there propping you up when times are tough. Do you know who and what your tent poles are?
