Independent Living Center Of SEMO

12/25/2025

Warmest wishes from our team to yours this christmas. We hope everyone enjoys a joyous and peaceful holiday. We look forward to another year of serving our community and all the wonderful people in it.

Have a merry christmas everyone! 🎅 🧑‍🎄

12/15/2025

ILCSEMO will be closed for the week of Christmas for our holiday break. 🎄 12/22/25 - 12/26/25. We will re open the following Monday 12/29/25.

During this time we will only be available for emergency's, if such an event arises please use your provided contact information from our staff to reach out for assistance.

We hope everyone has a wonderful and safe Christmas this year as temperatures get colder. Please be careful if you are traveling this holiday season as road conditions may worsen if we are impacted with winter weather.

We look forward to returning to the office as we start a new year assisting our community with their journeys towards regaining and maintaining their independence.

Have a wonderful holiday season! ⭐🎅🌲🎄❄️

~ILCSEMO

12/12/2025

The Bread Shed will open overnight Dec. 13–14 as an emergency warming center, offering cots, security and free sleeping bags for anyone needing safe refuge from the cold.

12/08/2025

Southeast Missouri Food Bank has increased the number of mobile food pantries in December to help families facing hunger during the holiday season. We know this can be an especially challenging time for our neighbors.

Distributions are open to residents of the county where they are held. If your county isn’t listed below, you can view our full calendar at semofoodbank.org/mobile-food-pantries/.

🥫BUTLER COUNTY
11 a.m., Fri., Dec. 12 at St. Vincent DePaul, 215 S. Broadway, Poplar Bluff. 🚶

1 p.m., Fri., Dec. 12 at New Life Christian Church United, 301 N. Main St., Poplar Bluff. Sponsored by New Life Christian Church United. 🚗

8:30 a.m., Sat., Dec. 13 at Bread Shed, 203 N. D St., Poplar Bluff. Sponsored by Bread Shed. 🚶

🥫CAPE COUNTY
6 p.m., Fri., Dec. 12 at St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 804 N. Cape Rock Dr., Cape Girardeau. Sponsored by St. Andrew Lutheran Church. 🚗

🥫DUNKLIN COUNTY
11 a.m., Wed., Dec. 10 at Cardwell Community Center, 110 Loeb St. 🚶
‼️Must be Cardwell or Arbyrd resident; proof of address required; must be present. ‼️

🥫MISSISSIPPI COUNTY
4 p.m., Mon., Dec. 8 at East Prairie First Church of God, 322 N. Washington, East Prairie. Sponsored by East Prairie First Church of God. 🚗

🥫REYNOLDS COUNTY
10 a.m., Thurs., Dec. 11 at Fellowship Baptist Church of Lesterville, 471 Main St., Lesterville. Sponsored by Fellowship Baptist Church of Lesterville. 🚶

🥫PEMISCOT COUNTY
10 a.m., Mon., Dec. 8 at We Care Ministries, 101 Power St., Steel. 🚗

🥫STODDARD COUNTY
8 a.m., Sat., Dec. 13 at Bloomfield Assembly Church, 20034 State Hwy. E, Bloomfield. Sponsored by Bloomfield Assembly Church. 🚗

12/07/2025

🥶 WINTER IS HERE 🥶

Confidence is growing for a bitter blast of Arctic air this coming weekend. Starting Friday of this week, we will see temperatures well below average for a few days.

The National Weather Service office in Paducah is now on board with the forecast, single-digit to sub-zero wind chills are expected across much of the region.

While no wintry precipitation is anticipated, the extreme cold will be enough to trigger warming shelters throughout the area to help protect residents. Please plan ahead, check on neighbors, and stay tuned for updates as we get closer.

📌 Safety Tips:

Indoors: Check heating systems, run a trickle of water to prevent frozen pipes, and have an emergency kit ready.

Outdoors: Dress in layers, cover exposed skin, and limit time outside—especially for kids and the elderly.

More details to come as we get closer.

12/02/2025

At this time , ILCSEMO plans to open later at 9:00 am Dec 2nd , due to potential travel issues. We have many staff and consumers who travel from various locations who may experience different degrees of safety hazards from the winter weather.
We encourage you to be safe and wait till daylight to travel if you need to venture out .

With the continued winter weather potential throughout the night , please check back in with our page in the morning . We may change our open status to remote if travel is hazardous once we are better able to judge the roads. If there is a need to change our in office status to remote , we will post by 7:30 am.
Thank you and be safe 🙂

12/01/2025

🌡️ WARMING CENTERS – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

If you or someone you know needs a safe place to warm up or cool down, these community locations are available:

Butler County Health Department
📍 1819 N. Main Street
🕒 Monday–Friday, 8 AM–5 PM

Poplar Bluff Library – Main Branch
📍 318 N. Main Street
🕒 Open during regular library hours

Poplar Bluff Library – Ridgel Branch
📍 3398 Kanell Blvd
🕒 Open during regular library hours

❄️ EMERGENCY SHELTER (Below 20°)
Bread Shed
📍 203 N. D Street
🍽️ Food & 🛏️ Bed
🕒 Open 7 PM–7 AM

Please share to help keep our community safe.

12/01/2025

Winter weather to impact our area tonight, make sure you have ample supplies at home and be careful if you must travel during this time if road conditions become hazardous.

If you must travel make sure you have emergency supplies in your vehicle such as an emergency blanket, first aid kit, phone charger, and jumper cables.

12/01/2025

Southeast Missouri Food Bank has increased the number of mobile food pantries in December to help families facing hunger during the holiday season. The recent SNAP disruptions added extra stress for many neighbors, and these expanded distributions aim to provide the food and support households need at this time.

Distributions are open to residents of the county where they are held. If your county isn’t listed below, you can view our full calendar at semofoodbank.org/mobile-food-pantries/.

🥫CAPE COUNTY
5 p.m., Wed., Dec. 3 at Cape G, 1730 N. Kingshighway, Cape Girardeau. 🚶

4 p.m., Fri., Dec. 5 at Fruitland Community Church, 6040 US Hwy. 61, Jackson. Sponsored by Rotary Club of Southeast Missouri Service. 🚗

9 a.m., Sat., Dec. 6 at Randles General Baptist Church, 112 N. Henderson, Randles. Sponsored by Randles General Baptist Church. 🚶

🥫CARTER COUNTY
9:30 a.m., Sat., Dec. 6 at Ellsinore General Baptist Church, 12 E. Broadway, Ellsinore. Sponsored by Bread Shed. 🚗

🥫MADISON COUNTY
10 a.m., Thurs., Dec. 4 at Faith Family Worship Center, 600 Sargent Drive, Fredericktown. 🚗

🥫RIPLEY COUNTY
10 a.m., Tues., Dec. 2 at Lean On Me, 202 W. Highway St., Doniphan. 🚗

🥫SCOTT COUNTY
3 p.m., Mon., Dec. 1 at Chaffee High School, 517 Yoakum, Chaffee. 🚗

🥫WAYNE COUNTY
5 p.m., Tues., Dec. 2 at Country Pickins - Piedmont, 323 Business HH, Piedmont. Sponsored by Clearwater Ministerial Alliance. 🚗

3 p.m., Thurs., Dec. 4 at Faith Baptist Church, 16350 Wayne Route D, Wappapello. Sponsored by Friends Ministry. 🚗

11/26/2025

ILCSEMO will be closing at noon today and closed Thursday Nov 27 for the Thanksgiving Holiday to allow staff time to travel to be with family and friends .

We wish each and everyone a wonderful holiday and hope that you are able to share with family and friends.

We at ILCSEMO are THANKFUL for our consumers and community that we get to work with to further the goal of independence for all.

11/23/2025

11/17/2025

With many of our neighbors still waiting for their SNAP dollars to arrive—and Thanksgiving just around the corner—we’ve expanded our mobile pantry distributions throughout our service area. Our goal is to ensure families across southeast Missouri have a little extra food and support during this difficult time.

Distributions are for residents of the county where it is being held. If your county is not listed, find the full calendar at semofoodbank.org/mobile-food-pantries/

🥫BOLLINGER COUNTY
4 p.m., Mon., Nov. 17 at Patton Outreach Chuch, 13 RR 5, Patton. Sponsored by Patton Outreach Church. 🚗

5 p.m., Thurs., Nov. 20 at Zalma General Baptist Church, 9369 Maple St., Zalma. Sponsored by Zalma Church. 🚗

🥫BUTLER COUNTY
1 p.m., Fri., Nov. 21 at New Life Christian Church United, 301 N. Main St., Poplar Bluff. Sponsored by New Life Christian Church United. 🚗

🥫CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY
10 a.m., Sat., Nov. 22 at New Bethel Missionary Baptist, 1029 S. Benton, Cape Girardeau. Sponsored by New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church. 🚗

🥫DUNKLIN COUNTY
4:30 p.m., Wed., Nov. 19 at Senath Community Center, 100 S. Market St., Senath. Sponsored by Senath Health Coalition. 🚗

🥫MISSISSIPPI COUNTY
4 p.m., Thurs., Nov. 20 at C.F. Bowden Civic Center, 700 Sy Williams Ave., Charleston. Sponsored by Freshstart Self Improvement Center. 🚗

🥫SCOTT COUNTY
4 p.m., Tues., Nov. 18 at Scott City First Assembly of God, 312 Dearborn, Scott City. Sponsored by Scott City Ministerial Alliance. 🚗

🥫STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY
1 p.m., Thurs., Nov. 20 at Elks Lodge Ste. Genevieve, 19603 Molasses Hollow Road, Ste. Genevieve. Sponsored by Heavenly Hope. 🚗

🥫STODDARD COUNTY
9 a.m., Sat., Nov. 22 at Bernie City Park, Highway 25, Bernie. Sponsored by Bernie Ministerial Alliance. 🚗

🥫WAYNE COUNTY
9 a.m., Tues., Nov. 18 at Patterson Baptist Church, Old Highway 34, Patterson. Sponsored by Clearwater Ministerial Alliance. 🚗