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Howe Community Library hosting Book Fair
wide range of topics, including physical care, care of the caregiver, emotional concerns, and questions to ask their physician
“The thing that caregivers are most frightened of is the unknown,” said Dr Ronald VanBuskirk, Medical Director of Home Hospice “They long to be prepared for what is going to happen; the more information, guidance, and support we can give them, the less anxiety and stress they will be burdened with in their role as a caregiver”
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The Caregiver Support Group will be offered Tuesdays, February 21, 28 and March 7, 14, 21, and 28 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm at the Howe Community Library at 315 South Collins Freeway Howe,
Texas 75459 The support group is open to anyone in the community who is caring for a loved one
Please contact Melinda Kyle at 903868-9315 for more information or to RSVP
Home Hospice of Grayson, Cooke and Fannin Counties is a 501(c)(3) local community-based organization founded in 1982 and serving our communities for 35 years As the oldest and most trusted local hospice organization, our mission is to provide the best care and support enhancing the Quality of Life of our patients and their families To learn about other community outreach programs offered by Home Hospice, please visit wwwhomehospice org or visit our Facebook page at wwwfacebook com/ homehospiceofgrayson
Howe Community Library will host a Scholastic Book Fair to benefit Howe Middle School The fair will be open from 8 to 5 each day Monday through Friday, February 6 through 10 The school will receive up to 55% of each dollar spent at the fair The books are beautiful and make great birthday and Christmas gifts!
Each year Scholastic Book Fairs, in partnership with schools across the country, hosts more than 129,000 book-sale events that give more than 40 million students and their families’ access to thousands of affordable books and educational products, helping foster a lifelong love of reading
School and parent volunteers work with Scholastic Book Fair representatives to organize these weeklong events at school, where children can peruse and purchase their favorite books From its nationwide network of more than 50 warehouses and customer service facilities, Scholastic delivers its fairs to schools, with the majority of books arranged in mobile, easy-toaccess cases Books are displayed face-front and grouped by age or grade-level, so it’s easy for kids to find characters and subjects they love and want to read about Scholastic also provides planning materials, promotional tools and merchandising displays to help the school create an exciting bookstore environment
Scholastic Book Fairs’ team of book experts former educators, booksellers and book fair veterans – reviews thousands of titles from hundreds of publishers each year, and every Scholastic Book Fair offers a new assortment of books for the fall and spring seasons and consistently includes the latest award winners and most popular books, often in exclusive book faironly editions
At the end of the fair, the school is awarded either a percentage of the revenue or books and educational materials. In 2014-2015, Scholastic Book Fairs helped generate more than $195 million in funds for school projects and classroom materials