Do your kids love to have a bedtime story read to them? Ours do!
Thanks to CIBM Bank for providing these nightly bedtime stories. The health and well-being of their clients, employees, and communities is paramount at CIBM Bank. They are closely monitoring as the situation evolves, and understand the concern we may be experiencing regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19). They are dedicated to doing all they can to be responsive to the needs of their clients.
Being stuck at home, we find that we are reading all.the.time (which is awesome). However, your kiddos may want to listen to someone else read them a story. But with social distancing rules, we can’t go to school, grandma’s, or our best friend’s house, so……’what to do,’ we asked ourselves?!?!
Champaign-Urbana is full of amazing people: teachers, librarians, fire fighters, police officers, doctors, and other essential workers — our heroes in the middle of the pandemic. So, we asked them to read us all a bedtime story.
Each weeknight at 7 p.m. we have a #chambana celebrity read us a bedtime story on our Facebook page.
If you missed any, no worries — we’ve gathered them all below.
Since we have no idea when this will all end, we are looking for more readers. If you’d like to read a bedtime story, or know of someone who would be a great fit, please fill out this form.
No matter how far apart we are, we are thankful for online opportunities to connect.
Good Night #Chambana with Jason Rector from the City of Champaign
Good Night #Chambana with Erin Tarr from Be the Benchmark
Good Night #Chambana with Justin Spring from Fighting Illini Men’s Gymnastics
Good Night #Chambana with Illinois State Senator Scott Bennett
Good Night #Chambana with Mayor Deb Feinen from the City of Champaign
Good Night #Chambana with Dr. Joseph Wiemelt from Urbana School District 116
{reading in English & Spanish}
Good Night #Chambana with Jeff Scott from the Stephens Family YMCA
Good Night #Chambana with Lacey Elliott from Judah Christian School {reading in Spanish}
Good Night #Chambana with Miss Cherie from Lodgic Everyday Community
Good Night #Chambana with Sue Grey from United Way of Champaign County
Good Night #Chambana with Jaime & Lisa Roundtree from Champaign Unit 4 Schools
Good Night #Chambana with Dr. Sean Fullan from Carle
Good Night #Chambana with Josephine Tritsch
Good Night #Chambana with Kristen Long
Good Night #Chambana with the Easter Bunny
Good Night #Chambana with the Derrick Stevens from Arrow Ambulance
Good Night #Chambana with the Easter Bunny
Good Night #Chambana with Natalie Monterastelli from Bubbles Academy
Good Night #Chambana with Tania Swigart
Good Night #Chambana with Josh Whitman
Good Night #Chambana with Krystal Young
Good Night #Chambana with Mr. and Mrs. Trueblood
Good Night #Chambana with Good Night #Chambana with Jacqui Simmons from R.A.C.E.S
Good Night #Chambana with Megan Hunter
Good Night #Chambana with Kelsey Outlaw
Good Night #Chambana with Kelly Ryan
Good Night #Chambana with Mark Wolters of Wolters World
Good Night #Chambana with Crystal Vowels of Urbana Early Childhood Center
Good Night #Chambana With Dr. Susan Zola from Champaign Unit 4 Schools
Good Night #Chambana with Elliott McGill from Illinois Swimming
Good Night #Chambana with Diane Ducey of Stevie Jay Broadcasting
Good Night #Chambana with Sarah Kaper
Good Night #Chambana with Lorie Erhard
Good Night #Chambana with Jocelyn Wolters of Wolters World
Good Night #Chambana with Michael Ujcich
Good Night #Chambana with Mariel Huasanga of the Champaign County Economic Development Corporation
Good Night #Chambana with Stacey Clementz of the Champaign County Forest Preserve District
Good Night #Chambana with Dr. Preston Williams, Retired Superintendent of Urbana School District #116
Good Night #Chambana with Trent Meacham
Good Night #Chambana with Katie Snyder of the Champaign County Forest Preserve District
Good Night #Chambana with Mr. Tumnus and Heather Ochs, Champaign Unit 4 Schools
Good Night #Chambana with Kevin Burnside of I-Power School of Gymnastics
Good Night #Chambana with Dr. Stefanie Schroeder
Good Night #Chambana with Kris Ehler of Ehler Brothers Co.
Good Night #Chambana with Anant Naik
Good Night #Chambana with Dr. Leonard of Carle
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