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Greater Hershey Area ALSO SERVING HUMMELSTOWN AND MIDDLETOWN

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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954

VOL XXXIII • NO 20

Donations Sought For Operation Christmas Child Hope Springs Farm, 201 Trail Road, Hershey, is again taking part in Operation Christmas Child (OCC), an annual program that provides shoeboxes full of gifts for children in need throughout the world. The public is invited to participate in the effort by obtaining a cardboard or plastic shoebox or picking up an OCC box at the farm, filling the box with small gifts and returning it to the farm. Someone from the farm will take the donated boxes to Encounter Church of Palmyra from Tuesday, Nov. 17, through Thursday, Nov 19. The church will send the boxes to Samaritan’s Purse, the Christian relief organization that oversees the OCC program. Participants are asked to fill their box with gifts for a girl or boy in one of three age categories: 2 to 4, 5 to 9 and 10 to 14. Suggested shoebox gifts include combs, flip-flops, sunglasses, hair bows, friendship bracelets, tote bags and purses, foam balls, finger puppets, plastic dinosaurs, play cars, interactive toys with batteries, coloring books and crayons, stickers and watercolor painting sets. It is recommended that each box contain a “wow” item. “Wow” items include a soccer ball with a manual air pump, a stuffed animal, an outfit of clothing or a small musical instrument such as a harmonica or recorder. A complete list of gift suggestions can be found at www.samaritans purse.org/operation-christmas-child/what-goes-in-my-shoeboxsuggestions. Samaritan’s Purse also offers an opportunity for people to donate a shoebox gift online. Details about that program are available at www.samaritans purse.org/operation-christmas-child/buildonline. Hope Springs Farm offers opportunities for adults who have intellectual and developmental disabilities and autism. For more information, readers may call 717-298-1845, email information@hopespringsfarm.org, visit Hope Springs Farm in Hershey is seeking donations for Operation Christmas Child, which prowww.hopespringsfarm.org or search for “Hope Springs Farm” on Facebook. vides shoeboxes full of gifts for children in need around the world.

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volley and the playing of taps. Wreaths will be available in most sections, and visitors may place any of these wreaths on the graves of veterans, including loved ones.

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Neighborhood Chatter . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Classifieds . . . . . . . .10 Clyde R. Snyder plays taps after a previous year’s Wreaths Across America ceremony at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery. Snyder is a Vietnam veteran and the founder of Vet 21 Salute Honor Guard, which has presented military honor at the cemetery for nine years.

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Local residents are invited to sponsor wreaths at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery or other cemeteries as part of the annual Wreaths Across America initiative, which honors veterans. Sponsors are needed for 43,000 wreaths at Indiantown Gap. The cemetery will take place on Saturday, Dec. 19, at noon, and attendees are advised to arrive early. Attendees will be bused from the parking area to the memorial area. The ceremony will include the introduction of Gold Star Mothers and Blue Star Mothers, a rifle Wreaths were laid on veterans’ graves atIndiantown Gap National Cemetery.

Let us show you the difference a caring neighbor can make. Rothermel-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. Palmyra | 717-838-9211 Travis S. Finkenbinder, Supervisor

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Sponsors Needed For Wreaths

Miller-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory Elizabethtown | 717-367-1543 Thomas W. Ford, Supervisor

Fager-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. Middletown | 717-944-7413 Alana A. Ace, Supervisor


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