Octorara /townlively
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXX • NO 41
we are so thankful for our readers and the local businesses and organizations that help to make our communities thrive Christmas On Main Set In Parkesburg BY FRANCINE FULTON
Kevin Salada, a Navy veteran, helped the Christiana and Parkesburg Lions Clubs last year by stopping by the post office to drop off boxes that the clubs collected as part of the Adopt a Soldier Project
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Lions Clubs Participating In Adopt A Soldier Project BY FRANCINE FULTON
he Parkesburg and Christiana Lions Clubs are once again participating in the Adopt a Soldier Project. As part of the program, boxes filled with gifts and personal care items are being sent to a battalion of soldiers that is serving overseas. Boxes will be mailed to the unit in time for Christmas. Past Lions district governor Nany Gauthier, chair of the Pennsylvania Lions Adopt a Soldier
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Project, said that the packages collected locally will be sent to an address that was provided by a Pennsylvania state command officer at Fort Indiantown Gap. “Their names cannot be released due to security reasons and they are in a remote area away from any services at all,” she noted. “They are protecting a highly volatile area overseas, and all of the service members are men and women from Pennsylvania.” Gauthier is collecting the boxes at her home in Parkesburg and
fellow Lions Club members and friends will prepare the boxes for shipping. “Last year we were fortunate enough, with the help and generosity (of the community), to be able to ship out 93 boxes,” she noted. To adopt a soldier, community members are asked to fill a box and to donate the $15.05 needed for postage. “The box needed is a priority mail medium-size flat-rate box the square-shaped one,” explained Gauthier. “You can get the box from the post office.”
Items that should be placed in the boxes include food/snacks, such as hard candy, beef jerky, trail mix, sunflower seeds, crackers and travel-size peanuts; toiletries, such as baby wipes, lip balm, travel-size soap, shampoo and hand lotion; and miscellaneous items, including puzzle books, magazines, board games, handheld video games, decks of cards and DVDs. The boxes should be unsealed. “The boxes need to be inspected for customs to ensure they don’t have any restricted items,” said Gauthier.
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Packing boxes for the Adopt a Soldier Project last year are (from left) Christiana Lions Club member Ed Baylor, past district governor Nancy Gauthier of the Parkesburg Lions Club and Christiana Lions Rick Groff and Jim Groff.
The Parkesburg Action Committee (PAC) will present Christmas On Main, a holiday open house that will highlight local businesses, on Saturday, Dec. 5, from noon to 5 p.m. in downtown Parkesburg. The event will also feature displays by craft vendors and community groups, several food trucks, Christmas caroling and more. Activities will take place on Main Street, as well as on First Avenue. “This year we have expanded,” said PAC member Jenny Alexander, one of the event organizers. “(Previously), it was just on Main Street. This year we are partnering with businesses on First Avenue.” She noted