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…
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…
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…
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…
Pentwater Women’s Club to collect donations for families in need. PENTWATER — The Pentwater Women’s Club will collect monetary donations from members Friday, Dec. 11, at 1 p.m. on the Village Green. The money raised will go to families in need distributed by the Centenary United Methodist Church of Pentwater. Donations can also be mailed to: PWC, PO Box 1104,…
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