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Youth Groups Keeping Kids Engaged During Shutdown

Covid-19

The Illinois stay-at-home order has now entered its fifth week.  And recently Governor Pritzker said that all public and private  schools will remain closed for the rest of the school year.

To counteract the boredom and learning loss that can set in, youth groups are ramping up their programs to keep the kids learning.

On this feature we will hear from Matt Hupe. Hupe is the Cubmaster of Cub Scouts Pack 77 in Carterville, Kim Vrooman, Director of Communications of the Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois, and Tina Carpenter, Executive Director of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Illinois.

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