Community Corner
Operation BBQ Relief Serving Up Hope As Aroma Park Residents Recover From EF-3 Tornado
When Mother Nature brings her worst, people like Larry Musch bring their best. He's a volunteer cook with Operation BBQ Relief.
March 17, 2026
Nearly a week after a tornado ravaged Kankakee County, Illinois, help continues to pour in.
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One multi-agency resource center is now set up after moving into a church in Aroma Park, as nonprofits have rolled in from all over the Midwest.
The local forest preserve office is serving as the home base for one of the nonprofits, Operation BBQ Relief. The smoker has helped provide hot meals for hundreds of people over the weekend and again on Monday.
