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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
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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
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12pm- 7pm
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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.
O p e r at i on C h r ist mas
Child has been an annual
project of Samaritan’s Purse
since 1993. The project has
delivered gift-filled shoe-
boxes to more than 124
million children, in more
than 150 countries and ter-
ritories. For information
on how to pack a shoebox,
visit www.samaritanspurse.
org/occ.
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