Monday, November 12, 2012
Organization collecting toys, school supplies and hygiene products for children in need.
- VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS
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Monday, November 12, 2012
While most people in the United States are preparing for holiday activities, volunteers with Operation Christmas Child—the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind—are filling shoe box gifts with toys, school supplies and hygiene items for needy children overseas. This year-round project of international Christian relief and evangelism organization Samaritan's Purse, headed by Franklin Graham, is ramping up as local businesses, churches and community groups prepare to collect 45,000 gift-filled shoe boxes during National Collection Week (Nov. 12 – 19). Anyone can drop off a packed shoe box at the collection site. Then, using whatever means necessary—trucks, trains, boats, bikes and even elephants—the shoe box gifts will be hand-…
Thursday, November 1, 2012
With damage to airports and flooding rampant, Holiday travel could be difficult this year.
It's safe to say that the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy will be felt for a long time up and down the Eastern Seaboard. One of the most immediate effects of the storm may be difficulties in holiday travel arising from flood and storm damage. Marci Zied of Canton's A Love of Travel travel agency doesn't see too many problems for holiday travelers as a result of Hurricane Sandy; in fact, she is leaving for Spain on Friday through New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. "We were worried because JFK was closed earlier, but it will be open to international flights by the time we leave," she said. "By Thanksgiving it shouldn't be an issue." Zied did say that New York's LaGuardia Airport, which handles more domestic flights, is closed due…
From Black Friday to Christmas, keep these shopping safety tips in mind this holiday season.
- POLICE & FIRE
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
The hustle and bustle of the holiday shopping season is right around the corner, and not far behind are the thieves and cons who show up in full force this time of year to make a quick buck. To protect yourself, keep in mind these safe shopping tips from the National Retail Federation:
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
If trick-or-treating left you with mounds of Mounds, donate some to soldiers overseas and the needy in Cherokee.
Two businesses have opened up to accept donations of Halloween candy for worthy causes. Cherokee Children’s Dentistry will buy back current patients’ candy for $1 per pound up to five pounds. Donations from non-patients are accepted, too. The candy will be mailed directly to Marines in Afghanistan and Iraq from one of the office managers whose brother is in the service. You can drop by Cherokee Children’s Dentistry from now until Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., with the exception of 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. when the workers go on break. After one day, office managers for the dentistry said they have collected almost 10 pounds of candy for the troops. MUST Cherokee is also taking donations of candy to hand out with their food orders, said Dale Cooper…
Tom Wood
8:28 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012
That is a good question and the answer remains to be seen. We have plans to be in the Big Apple one week before Christmas...we will see how it all shakes out. more ›