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SIUSLAW NEWS | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2019 | 3A Community News FREE EVENT Did you just fi nd out your doctor will be out-of-network starting in January? Join Scott Sims and Mike Whitty as they explain what your options are going forward into 2020. Keep your low co-pays and keep your doctor. Call to reserve your seat at NO COST informal presentation. Saturday November 23rd from 10:30am-1:30pm OR Sunday November 24th from Noon to 3:00 pm. Location: Florence Senior Center Scott Sims Licensed Independent Broker 1570 Kingwood St., Florence. Sims Insurance Medicare Plans ** Medicare Advantage, Dental/Vision/Hearing Plans, Cancer Insurance, Hospital** Turning65withScott.com facebook: Sims Insurance 541-915-0939 Christmas with On The Coast Charles Suniga and the Angels Community invited to free Thanksgiving Dinner T he Kiwanis Club of Florence pres- ents the annual Community Free Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 28, from noon until 2 p.m. at the Florence Elks Lodge, 1686 12th Street. Food donations for Florence and Mapleton Food Share, as well as cash donations, are gratefully accepted. Free Transportation to/from the Elks Lodge to destinations within the city limits is provided by River Cit- ies Taxi. Please call 541-997-8520 to schedule in advance. The free Thanksgiving Dinner is organized by the Kiwanis Club of Florence and hosted by Elks Lodge SIUSLAW NEWS #1858. FILE PHOTO For information about volunteer- ing or attending a Kiwanis meeting, Florence Kiwanians and community members gather each year to serve a free Thanksgiving Dinner at the Florence Elks Lodge. visit www.florencekiwanis.org. Donate food to the 19th Pounding for Florence Food Share Saturday , December 14th • 6pm Florence Events Center Charles Suniga a Florence native, Siuslaw High School Alum, and two time grammy nominee brings his classic holiday cheer back to the coast. Charles will be backed up by the “Angels” Audrey Breznikar, Jeannine Harwood, and Julia Weiss along with returning guest vocalists performing many of the holiday tunes we all grew up with. For more information or to charge by phone, call the Florence Events Center’s ticket offi ce at 541-997-1994 or visit their website at www.eventcenter.org Tickets for the performance are $20 each Sponsored by: LOFY CONSTRUCTION, LLC The 19th annual Pound- ing to benefit Florence Food Share will be held at Gro- cery Outlet on Saturday, Nov. 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Founded and hosted by local businesswoman Cin- dy Wobbe, this annual food drive aims to fill the food bank’s pantries with much needed canned, boxed and frozen food items in time for the holiday season. Started in 2001 and held the Saturday just before Thanksgiving, the Pound- ing is modeled after the ear- ly tradition often practiced There’s a seat for you. Take advantage of it. 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Lee Martin Lee Martin Leslie Hoffmeister Licensed Sales Sales Representative Representative Licsensed Licsensed Sales Representative 503-508-2685, TTY 711 503-508-2685, TTY711 503-724-4268 UHCMedicareSolutions.com UHCMedicareSolutions.com UHCMedicareSolutions.com For accommodation of persons with special needs at sales meetings, call 503-508-2685, TTY 711. Plans are insured through UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company or one of its affi liated companies, a Medicare Advantage organization with a Medicare contract. Enrollment in the plan depends on the plan’s contract renewal with Medicare. Grocery Outlet is again the host site for the annual Pounding for Florence Food Share on Nov. 23. in small communities when ence Food Share to keep a new family or preacher from going hungry each would move to town. month, and that need is not “To help folks get their going to go away. This food feet firmly planted, every- drive has been a godsend one would join together year after year.” and contribute a pound Last year’s event raised of food to fill the pantry. a record 14,752 pounds, Someone would bring a pushing the total Pound- pound of flour, another a ing donations over the last pound of sugar, and some- 19 years to over 120,000 body else a pound of beans. pounds. When everybody chips in, For the third year, Top we can fill those shelves Hydraulics, Inc. has an- pretty quickly,” said Wobbe. nounced that it will also “Over 650 families in our match the total number of community rely on Flor- pounds donated. “I’m thrilled for Food Share!” says Wobbe. “This corporate match means that for every pound we re- ceive, Top Hydraulics will donate an additional $1. It’s a significant and generous gift and that will impact so many who are in need.” Wobbe will be joined by local radio personali- ty Wayne Sharpe of KCST Radio, who has conducted a live radio remote on lo- cation every year since the beginning. Florence Grocery Outlet will mark specials through- out the store of items most desperately needed at the food bank and plans to have extra staff available during the event to help with push- ing grocery carts, loading boxes of canned foods and ringing in customers at the check stands. Grocery Outlet is located at 2066 Highway 101. The Pounding will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23, and continue in the store until 2 p.m. Nov. 18 to 25 is Operation Christmas Child Gift Collection Week in Florence Florence Evangeli- cal Church is once again the area collection point for Operation Christmas Child, the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind. Florence residents, fam- ilies, churches and groups can help spread joy to mil- lions of children around the world by filling shoe- boxes as Christmas gifts for them. The gifts can include school supplies, clothing, toothbrushes and toys for children ages two to 14. (No liquids, lotions, candy, or gum please.) From the distribution WEDNESDAY THURSDAY sites, boxes are flown to countries around the world, and then delivered to communities by trucks, and even donkeys, camels or canoes. This year’s National Col- lection Week is Monday, Nov. 18, to Monday, Nov. 25. Florence project coor- dinators hope to collect at least 500 shoebox gifts this year at Florence Evangelical Church, 1318 Rhododen- dron Drive. Collection hours are Monday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Plus, on Wednesday, Nov. 20, from 5 to 8 p.m., and Monday, Nov. 25, from 8 to 10 a.m. For questions about drop- ping off shoeboxes, call the church 541-997-2523. Donations to help with postage are also appreciat- ed. 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