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Outreach, Events & Veteran Spotlight

Offsite hours, community events, and how to nominate a Veteran

Upcoming Outreach & Offsite Hours

Offsite hours & community events will be posted here.

Schedule to be added — check back, or call the office for the events and offsite locations nearest you.

We regularly hold offsite hours around the County so Veterans don't have to travel to Carlinville. We also take part in regional VA outreach, PACT Act screening events, and enrollment drives.

Community Calendar

One place for everything: Board meetings, our offsite hours, VSO post events (American Legion, VFW, AMVETS), PACT Act and enrollment drives, and key deadlines — enrollment windows, appeal deadlines, and the property-tax filing date.

 

Dates & times per posted agendas — office-closure days shown in maroon. On a phone, scroll the calendar sideways to see the full month. View the always-current calendar →

Upcoming Meetings & Events

Color key:VAC BoardCity CouncilCity Finance/Public LandsCounty BoardCounty FinanceConferences & Training
VAC Board

Board of Commissioners

📅 2:00 p.m. · Mt. Olive VFW Post, 21294 Route 138, Mount Olive

Upcoming 2026: Jul 8 · Sep 16 · Nov 10

Open to the public; agenda posted at least 48 hours prior.

City Council

Carlinville City Council

📅 1st & 3rd Mondays, 7:00 p.m. · City Hall, 550 N. Broad St.

Upcoming 2026: Jul 20 · Aug 3 · Aug 17 · Sep 8 · Sep 21 · Oct 5 · Oct 19 · Nov 2 · Nov 16 · Dec 7 · Dec 21

Time per posted agenda. Open to the public. (217) 854-4076.

City Finance

Carlinville Finance / Public Lands

📅 2nd Monday, 5:30 p.m. · City Hall, 550 N. Broad St.

Upcoming 2026: Jul 13 · Aug 10 · Sep 14 · Oct 12 · Nov 9 · Dec 14

Chair: Ald. Jody Reichmann. Meets the Monday between council meetings — confirm on posted agenda.

County Board

Macoupin County Board

📅 2nd Tuesday, 6:00 p.m. · County Board Room, 215 S. East St, 2nd Floor

Upcoming 2026: Jul 14 · Aug 11 · Sep 8 · Oct 13 · Nov 10 · Dec 7

Open to the public. macoupinminutes.com.

County Finance

County Finance Committee

📅 ~1st Tuesday, 6:00 p.m. · County Board Room, 215 S. East St, 2nd Floor

Upcoming 2026: Aug 4 · Sep 1 · Oct 6 · Nov 3 · Dec 1 (+ budget-season dates)

Chair: Jon Payne. Open to the public.

Conferences

Professional Conferences & Training

📅 Annual VSO/VAC training conferences

IACVAC Annual Training / CEU — Sep 14–18, 2026.  NACVSO Annual Conference — Jun 13–18, 2027 (Greensboro, NC).

Dates as posted by each association. IACVAC: veteransbenefitsillinois.org · NACVSO: nacvso.org.

Board meeting dates →  ·  Submit an event for the calendar →

Submit an Event — For Our Posts & Partners

American Legion, VFW, and AMVETS posts and community partners: send us your fundraisers, ceremonies, dinners, and service projects, and we’ll add them to the Community Calendar. Submissions come to our office for a quick review before they post.

Who’s Submitting
Event Details

Submitting opens an email to macvac@macvac.org with your event — just press send. To include a flyer, attach it to that email.

Thank you — your email should now be open and addressed to macvac@macvac.org. Please press send to submit your event, and attach a flyer if you have one.

Veteran Spotlight — Nominate a Veteran

Veteran Spotlight

Know a Macoupin County Veteran whose story deserves recognition? Nominate them and we may feature them in our Veteran Spotlight. We'll contact you (and the Veteran or family) before publishing anything.

News & Announcements

Office closures, new clinics and benefits, deadline reminders, and VAC updates.

BOARD MEETING

Next Board of Commissioners meeting — July 8, 2026

2:00 p.m. at the Mt. Olive VFW Post, 21294 Route 138, Mount Olive. Open to the public; agenda posted at least 48 hours in advance. All meeting dates →

FREE SERVICE

Free PACT Act toxic-exposure screenings

Call the office to schedule a free screening with a Veterans Service Officer — (217) 854-5249.

Get Involved

Our member posts — the American Legion, VFW, and AMVETS across Macoupin County — host events and service projects year-round. Find a post near you and get involved.

See our member posts →