Thanks for Giving project STEUBENVILLE Mount Carmel Community Baptist Church will hold its second-annual Thanks for Giving, home-cooked, holiday dinner pr
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Members of Wellsburg Elks Lodge 1553 presented a donation to volunteers behind the Follansbee R.E.A.C.H. Program, a local food pantry. The donation is part of a $3,500 Elks National Foundation Beacon Grant the lodge secured and divided among the Brooke County Public Library, A Child’s Place Court-Appointed Special Advocates, the Brooke County Salvation Army and the St. John Catholic Church food pantry in Wellsburg. On hand for the presentation were, from left, Bruce Cionni, Wellsburg Elks exulted ruler; R.E.A.C.H. volunteer Karen Hager; Bonnie James, the food pantry’s director; and Katy O’Connell, the lodge’s treasurer.
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Members of Wellsburg Elks Lodge 1553 presented a donation to volunteers behind the Follansbee R.E.A.C.H. Program, a local food pantry. The donation is part of a $3,500 Elks National Foundation Beacon Grant the lodge secured and divided among the Brooke County Public Library, A Child’s Place Court-Appointed Special Advocates, the Brooke County Salvation Army and the St. John Catholic Church food pantry in Wellsburg. On hand for the presentation were, from left, Bruce Cionni, Wellsburg Elks exulted ruler; R.E.A.C.H. volunteer Karen Hager; Bonnie James, the food pantry’s director; and Katy O’Connell, the lodge’s treasurer.
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LOCAL SUPPORT â The Wellsburg Elks Lodge presented funds for the Brooke County Public Libraryâs summer reading program from a $3,500 Elks National Foundation Beacon Grant it secured for the library and four other charities. On hand for the presentation were, from left, Elks Jeff Cionni and Katy OâConnell; Alex Schneider, the libraryâs director; and Kim Harless, the libraryâs director of educational programs.
WELLSBURG The Brooke County Public Library has received a boost from Wellsburg Elks Lodge 1553 at a time when it’s finding new ways to reach readers of all ages.
Members of the lodge recently presented to the library a portion of the $3,500 Beacon Grant they secured from the Elks National Foundation for it and four other charities: A Child’s Place Court-Appointed Special Advocates, the Brooke County Salvation Army and the food pantries operated by the Follansbee R.E.A.C.H. Program and St. John Catholic Churc