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West Side Elementary students each received a new book thanks to the generosity of First United Methodist Church Jacksonville.
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Jacksonville firefighters pick up Christmas gifts donated by generous residents to the Children s Christmas Tree program.
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Troup High School National Honor Society members deliver and sort canned goods at the Troup Community Food Pantry.
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The Christmas spirit perseveres despite all that has occurred in 2020. The spirit of unconditional love and selfless giving is evident all across Cherokee County, if one only looks.
Communities have decorated street poles and
Looking for Longshots in the Malibu and La Brea
Looking for Longshots in the Malibu and La Brea
23 December, 2020 11:26 PM
By J. Keeler Johnson ( Keelerman ) Twitter: @J Keelerman
Horse racing in the U.S.
will take its annual day off on Friday, Christmas Day. But the sport will
return with a bang on Saturday when Santa Anita Park opens for its prestigious winter
meet.
Three Grade 1 races are on
the schedule, including the
$300,000
Malibu (G1) and the
$300,000 La Brea
(G1). These important 7-furlong sprints serve as final opportunities for elite
3-year-olds to face their own age group before stepping up against open company
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NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) First Responders Children s Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports children of first responders and their families, delivered over $200,000 worth of holiday toys to The Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia to be distributed as part of their annual Dream Tree for Kids event. The Foundation, which is a longtime partner of Greenbrier, used its Toy Express to support the resort s continuing efforts to serve needy children in the community. Dream Tree for Kids was started in 2011 by the Justice family, which owns the resort, as a means to give toys to children across the state and region who would otherwise go without for the holidays. Each year $1 million worth of toys are distributed, and this year the First Responders Children s Foundation was proud to be a significant contributor.
LOGAN â With a slight change of pace this year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Abundant Life Worship Center and City of Loganâs annual Team Santa toy giveaway was held in downtown Logan this past Saturday, Dec. 12.
2020 marked the third year the city has partnered with Abundant Life for the Team Santa event, although the city had held it prior to that. According to the churchâs pastor, Gary Wilson, the event has provided toys to anywhere from 1,500 to 2,000 area children in its previous two years.
Due to COVID-19 guidelines, this yearâs Team Santa was held as a drive-up style event, with Santa and Mrs. Claus on hand in the state buildingâs lot for any child who wanted to get out and take a photo. A team of volunteers included Abundant Life church members, city employees, festival queens and others