Elkins shoe box collections set for Nov. 16-23
It looks like Santa has workshops popping up all over Elkins, as local businesses, churches and homes prepare to serve as collection points for Operation Christmas Child. Soon, with the help of Elkins volunteers, the sites will be brimming with festively wrapped shoe boxes full of gifts. Through Operation Christmas Child, the world’s largest Christmas project, Elkins residents are packing shoe box gifts for children in more than 100 countries suffering from natural disaster, war, terrorism, disease, famine and poverty. From Elkins, the shoe box gifts will be sorted and sent using whatever means necessary — sea containers, trucks, trains, airplanes, boats, camels, even dog sleds — to reach children in need around the world. Operation Christmas Child uses tracking technology that allows donors to “follow your box” to the destination country where it will be hand-delivered to a child in need.
» Full StoryHelvetia community planning Feast of St. Nicholas
Feast of St. Nicholas will be Dec. 5 in the Helvetia Community Hall. Dinner will be at 5:30 p.m. Those attending are asked to bring a covered dish and one wrapped child’s gift.
» Full StoryTCF awards top $400,000
The board of directors for the Tucker Community Foundation (TCF) conducted its fall meeting Oct. 21 at the Parsons Senior Citizen Center. The main order of business was determining 2009 competitive grant award recipients.
» Full StoryRESA VIII trains Life Skills teachers
RESA VIII trained staff in the WVDE Life Skills program at Capon Bridge Middle School Oct. 20. Teachers attended from Pendleton, Grant, Hardy, Hampshire, Mineral, Berkeley and Jefferson counties.
» Full StoryLiberty Mountain Snowflex Centre to help Snowshoe Resort kick off winter season
Snowshoe Mountain Resort and the Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre have partnered for the region’s most unique start to the winter season.
The Snowshoe Open at Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre will take place Nov.
Local sculptor to demonstrate at Art Co-Op
The Main Street Art Co-Op is a growing group of West Virginia artists that share a similar goal: Expanding opportunities for artists in Appalachia.
Since the inception, the Art Co-Op has been experiencing steady weekends of sales.
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