CHAMPAIGN, IL (Chambana Today) – Illinois Athletics will host FamILLY movie night at Memorial Stadium on Saturday night at 5:30 p.m. Attendees can meet the Illini players and get autographs, followed by the movie Kung Fu Panda 4 on the videoboard.
Head football coach Bret Bielema his family, and the Illinois football team launched the FamILLy Backpack and School Supply Drive in conjunction with FamILLy Movie Night. Coach Bielema and his wife donated the first 150 backpacks to Champaign-Urbana schools.
Fighting Illini fans can donate school supplies during Illinois’ FamILLy Movie Night. For every school supply donated, fans will receive a free bucket of popcorn to enjoy during the movie (first 250 donations, limit two per family). A school supply donation at FamILLy Movie Night will also enter fans into a raffle for free season tickets. Four sets of four season tickets to the Fighting Illini’s 2024 campaign will be drawn prior to the movie starting.
Illini fans’ school supply donations at FamILLy Movie Night will be delivered to local schools together with the Bielema family’s backpacks donation.
Outside food and beverages, as well as chairs, are NOT allowed in the stadium. Concession stands and food trucks will be available. Free parking can be accessed in Lot 31.