Jacksonville library to host I-Cash event for unclaimed money seekers
Jacksonville residents can check $6.7 million in Morgan County unclaimed property Wednesday, and local student Mason Johnson also won a $1,000 Rotary scholarship.
More than $6.7 million in unclaimed cash and property is tied to Morgan County residents and businesses, and help is arriving this week at the Jacksonville Public Library. Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs’ staff will be at 201 W. College Ave. on Wednesday, June 24, from 4 to 7 p.m. for an I-Cash event aimed at matching people with money or property the state is holding.
The state’s unclaimed-property program, now called I-Cash and formerly Cash Dash, safeguards more than $5 billion in cash, stocks, jewelry and other items statewide. Treasurer’s office data says one in four Illinois adults who search the database finds property to claim, with an average claim of $1,000, which makes the Jacksonville stop a practical chance for residents to see whether the state owes them money, a refund or another forgotten asset.
Local numbers show why that matters. In Morgan County, an estimated 45,000 people and businesses have unclaimed property held by the treasurer’s office. The Jacksonville library event gives those residents a face-to-face way to search for missing money with staff from the treasurer’s office, instead of trying to figure it out alone.
The same local network of support was on display at the Jacksonville Sunrise Rotary Club, where Mason Johnson of Jacksonville received a $1,000 scholarship at the club’s June 2 meeting. Johnson plans to attend Culver-Stockton College in the fall and pursue a career in teaching.
Rotary’s scholarship program also includes the SSG Matthew Weikert Scholarship. For 2026, the Rotary Club of Jacksonville set its college-bound scholarship at $2,000, with applications due March 2, finalist interviews held the week of April 13 and winners notified by April 20. The club says scholarship funds are paid directly to the student’s chosen school.
For families watching every dollar, the two announcements point to the same kind of local value: one helps residents recover money already theirs, and the other helps a Jacksonville student move toward college and a future classroom.
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