Community

United Way forms partnership to serve at-risk seniors.

December 21, 2020

United Way forms partnership to serve at-risk seniors. HART — The United Way of the Lakeshore, Oceana County, announced the formation of a partnership to help senior shut-ins — the most at-risk population in Oceana County who are suffering from COVID-19 and holiday depression. Starting Monday Dec. 21, care bags are being distributed to 125 Oceana County seniors by volunteers…

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Service club rings in the holidays to help rescue Christmas.

December 21, 2020

Service club rings in the holidays to help rescue Christmas. By Ron Beeber, Contributing Writer.   PENTWATER — Small town post offices, like Pentwater’s, provide a real sense of community.  This was demonstrated Dec. 11 and 12 when volunteer bell ringers from the Pentwater Service Club set up a Salvation Army red kettle, and invited postal patrons and passersby to…

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Roy’s Kids program makes Christmas brighter for 40 families.

December 20, 2020

Roy’s Kids program makes Christmas brighter for 40 families. OCEANA COUNTY — Forty Oceana County families received Christmas gifts from local law enforcement officers Saturday, Dec. 19, thanks to the Roy’s Kids program. The charitable program was launched in 1994 by Roy Strait, who is the New Era police chief and a retired Oceana County sheriff’s deputy. Strait began the…

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Officers spread Christmas cheer and hope.

December 17, 2020

Officers spread Christmas cheer and hope. HART — Hart police officers met with members of the Evans family, who were recently displaced from their home due to an electrical fire, to bring some Christmas cheer and hope Wednesday evening, Dec. 16, at the Hart Community Center. The Hart Police Department, along with Santa himself, presented the Evans children with various…

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Plasma drive Jan. 8 to help COVID-19 patients.

December 16, 2020

Plasma drive Jan. 8 to help COVID-19 patients. HART — A plasma drive at First Baptist Church Jan. 8 will involve collecting plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients to help treat others diagnosed with the virus. This blood-related treatment — authorized by the FDA as an Emergency Use Authorized (EUA) product — could offer hope to the hundreds of patients who…

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