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DECEMBER 28, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXX • NO 47
An Act Of Kindness BY FRANCINE FULTON
When Tom Phillip brought his wife, Geri, to the Snack Shack at Shady Maple Farm Market, it was not just about enjoying homemade food for lunch. Rather, the activity provided a form of socialization for Geri, who has Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s disease. Tom and Geri, who are lifelong residents of Honey Brook and have been married for more than 54 years, visited Shady Maple every day until recently, when Geri was placed in hospice care at their home. The Snack Shack employees noticed their absence, which prompted them to surprise Tom and his wife with meals and goodies, which were delivered to their home. See Kindness pg 5
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Boy Scouts (from left) Joseph Coull, Wesley Jones and Kevin Bolt, along with their friend Tim Le, took part in the Scouting for Food effort.
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Scouting For Food BY FRANCINE FULTON
couting for Food is a national program of Scouts BSA, through which local troops collect nonperishable food donations in their communities to benefit area food banks. As part of the program, Scouts
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Local Troops Collect Donations For Helping Harvest place door hangers in local neigh- the containers. Locally, Berks County Scout borhoods explaining about the food drive on one weekend and troops participated in Scouting for then return a week later to collect Food by collecting nonperishable the donations left outside near food items and monetary donafront doors and mailboxes. Resi- tions for Helping Harvest, formerly dents are asked to place donated known as the Greater Berks Food items in plastic grocery bags or Bank. Scouts BSA Troops and Cub boxes and attach the door tag to
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Packs 37, 529, 543, 543G, 595 and 597 collected food from the Amity, Monocacy, Birdsboro, Robeson, Gibraltar, Elverson and Morgantown areas. The groups are part of the Hawk Mountain Council in the Frontier District, which serves Berks, Schuylkill and Carbon counties. See Scouting For Food pg 2
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