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DECEMBER 7, 2011 • NORTHWEST PRESS • B5
Fill the Truck holiday donation drive circles city
Soup to be served after hikes this winter The Winter Hike Series is a very popular event that offers challenging hikes along beautiful trails in five different parks. These hikes are a great opportunity to kick that cabin fever and enjoy the great outdoors with friends! Hikes will be held on consecutive Saturday mornings at10 a.m. and will cover four to 5.5 miles of nature trails. Each hike will pay off with a hot bowl of soup and beverages at the end of the journey. The following are the dates and locations for the hikes and the menu: Jan. 7 – Winton Woods; bean soup with cornbread Jan. 14 – Sharon Woods; chicken noodle soup Jan. 21 – Miami Whitewater; forest chili soup and crackers Jan. 28 – Woodland Mound; chicken and wild rice soup
Feb. 4 – Shawnee Lookout; vegetable beef and barley soup Registration is required at GreatParks.org by Tuesday, Dec. 20. The Winter Hike Series is $5 per person, per hike. Children 12 and under may hike for free and must be accompanied by a registered adult. Space is limited and hikes are available until full. Pets are prohibited and drop-ins are not accepted. A valid Hamilton County Park District Motor Vehicle Permit ($10 annual; $3 daily) is required to enter the parks. For additional information, please visit GreatParks.org or call 513-521PARK (7275). Also, be sure to check out the district’s Facebook page and follow it on Twitter to find out more about what’s happening at the parks.
Northland Blvd. in Springdale. » Spring Valley Bank is hosting a truck for Valley Interfaith Food and Clothing Center. The truck is parked at 1206 Springfield Pike in Wyoming. » Planes Moving and Storage Co. is hosting a truck for Reach Out Lakota. The truck is parked at 9823 Cincinnati Dayton Road in West Chester. » Centerville Coin and Jewelry is hosting a truck for Hannah's Treasure Chest. The truck is parked at 38 W. Franklin St., in Centerville. » George J. Hust Co. is hosting a truck for CAIN, Churches Active in Northside. The truck is
Nye to sign books in Tristate Cincycostsavers.com, is bringing Beverly Nye to the Tristate area for several book signings. She will be featuring her republishing of her two best sellers, “Family Raised on Sunshine” and “Rainbows,” the combined issues. Nye was a regular on the Bob Braun show in the1980s, making weekly appearances, and she also hosted her own syndicated program produced in Cincinnati called "The Great American Homemaker,” which was sponsored by Procter and Gamble. She was the nation-
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“Senior Holiday Social” Especially for our Senior Citizen Community
Please join us at Colerain High School for the Senior Holiday Social. We want you to see our awesome facility, meet our PTA members and students and enjoy a variety of breakfast items made for you by our students & PTA. Events will include musical performances by our Band and Choir, a robotics demonstration, fabulous student artwork, special guest speaker and more! This is a FREE event for our senior citizen community and we hope you can join us.
It’s going to be a lot of fun!
When: December 20, 2011 Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Location: Colerain High School - Gymnasium 8801 Cheviot Road There will be sign up sheets at Atria Northgate Park, Colerain Twp. and Green Twp. Senior Centers, or you may R.S.V.P. by phone to Debbie Potzner at 741-5048.
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» Clippard Instrument Laboratory Inc. is hosting a truck for SON Ministries. The truck is parked at 7390 Colerain Ave. » Clippard Instrument Laboratory is also hosting a truck for One Way Farm. The truck is parked at 4141 Thunderbird Lane in Fairfield. All of the trucks are on loan from Planes Moving and Storage in West Chester Township. Donations will be accepted on-site, or through the initiative's website, www.fillthetruck.org. The website offers information about wishes, charities and sponsors. Regenold said he plans to wrap up the holiday drive by Dec. 22.
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parked at 3900 Spring Grove Ave., in Cincinnati. » Camp Bow Wow is hosting a truck for Matthew 25 Ministries. The truck is parked at 4955 Creek Road in Blue Ash. » Walgreens is hosting a truck for Brighton Center. The truck is parked at 3104 Dixie Highway in Edgewood, Ky. » Walgreens is hosting a truck for Inter Praish Ministry. The truck is parked at 719 State Route 125 in Union Township, Clermont County. » NAACP is hosting a truck for Frederick Douglass School. The truck is parked at 2239 Reading Road in Cincinnati.
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The Hamilton County Park District is offering winker hikes, and a bowl of soup after the hike. PROVIDED.
Overwhelming response to a call for holiday donations in last year has grown more than tenfold. When Frame USA parked a semi truck in its Springdale lot in December 2010, owner Dan Regenold asked the public to Fill The Truck. Within two weeks, it was overflowing. So how could he top that? Encircle I-275 with trucks. He reached out to sponsors and ended up with 11, parked at various locations throughout Greater Cincinnati: » Frame USA is hosting a truck for The Healing Center in Springdale. The truck is parked at 225
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