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SAHOPPING NEWS CELEBRATING 50 YEARS
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WEDNESDAY, DECEmbEr 23, 2015
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VOLumE L, NO. 37
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6th Annual Stockings For Soldiers Collection
Around Town Also see our complete calendar of events in The Bulletin Board, in this section!
Look in this week’s Things To Do section beginning on page 17A for more events, including: • Fivepointville Fire Company New Year’s Day Pork & Sauerkraut Dinner • West Earl Fire Company Free Christmas Dinner • Lifetree Café “Schindler’s Youngest Survivor Speaks”
WEDNESDAY, DECEmbEr 23 The Adamstown Area Library, 3000 North Reading Road, Adamstown, will hold Bedtime Stories at 6:30 p.m. For more information or to register, call 717-484-4200.
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Many soldiers serving the country in Kuwait, Afghanistan and Iraq will have something to smile about this Christmas as a result of the generosity of Blue Ridge Communications and Pencor offices who embraced the Keystone Military Families’ Stockings for Soldiers project. Keystone Military Families, for-
merly Keystone Soldiers, a nonprofit organization, founded by Kyle Lord (a military mother of a soldier (who served five tours of duty) began the project in 2002. This year over 7,500 stockings will be stuffed and over 35,000 holiday cards will be sent from communities to the dedicated soldiers who will not be able to enjoy the comforts of home during this
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese holiday season. “We appreciate your support for our troops, stated Kyle Lord, Founder of Keystone Military Families. I would like to thank the Pencor family for their amazing efforts for this project and for our troops. We have never worked with a group of people who
embraced our project with such commitment and vigor. It has been a wonderful experience and is appreciated from the bottom of my heart. This project would not have happened without your support. The employees and donors at Blue Ridge Communications (Continued On Page 2A)
Ephrata Lions Club helps To Spread holiday Cheer
St. John’s United Church of Christ, 659 South 4th Street, Denver, will hold a Christmas Eve Service, at 7:00 p.m.
ThurSDAY, DECEmbEr 24 Peace United Church of Christ, 37 East Swartzville Road, Denver, will host a Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, at 7:30 p.m. Babysitting available.
mONDAY, DECEmbEr 28 The Eastern Lancaster County Library, 11 Chestnut Drive, New Holland, will hold a Teen Book Club at 7:00 p.m. For grades seventh through twelfth. For more information or to register, call 717-354-0525.
The Shopping News will be closed Thursday, December 24, Friday, December 25 & Friday, January 1.
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese The Ephrata Lions Club helped make Christmas a little more special for local children who otherwise might not get a present this year by donating more than 76 toys to Ephrata Area Social Services’ (EASS) Santa Room. Lions members donated items as well as the club budgeting money for this yearly event. The goal of the program is to try and make sure no child goes without Christmas. Shown in the photo, from left to right, are Barry Rupp, Jeff Donahue, Lisa Shaver (EASS Services Coordinator), Mike Cisney, Bill Peters and Michele Cisney.