2016 Charity Newsies Events

: Lancaster-Fairfield County Charity Newsies

December 23rd:
Pack >432 Christmas Food Baskets
(6:00 p.m. warehouses of Jerry & Ken Sprague’s Hamburg Fireworks, 2240 Hornsmill Rd., Sugar Grove).

December 24th:
9:00 a.m. deliver >432 Christmas Food Baskets
(meet/depart warehouses Hamburg Fireworks).
Each basket generally contains enough food for a typical family of four for about two weeks; retail value of the basket and its contents exceeds $135. Ken & Jerry Sprague, co-chair our food baskets project. Charity Newsies thank Dan Bay and Carnival Foods!

In addition to clothes your local Charity Newsies purchased ‘teacher recommended, grade specific’ school supplies and will deliver to any Fairfield County classroom teacher requesting same. This project is chaired by Stephanie Brown, Charity Newsies area schools coordinator.

Participating Newsies in the clothing effort, in addition to Bowes and Bowland were: Gale Barry, Stephanie Brown, Bill Clemens, Pinky Cook, Caitlin Dean, Jim and Jeanne Draper, Tammy Drobina, Jim Iles, Jim Lehman, John Little, Mike Purcell, Lou Ellen and John Reef, Bill Rhonemus, Greg Russell, Fred Strawser, Bob Williams, Mike Wohrer and Kevin Yeamans.

For Newsies assistance, please call 211.

September 11th:
Lancaster-Fairfield County Charity Newsies
Vic Sabo Memorial Men’s Invitational Golf Tournament:
Lancaster Country Club, Country Club Road, Lancaster. Bill Shonk, chair.

Watch for our annual ‘NEWSIES HEARTS’ program co-chaired by Bill Clemens, Greg Russell and Bob Williams.

Lancaster-Fairfield County Charity Newsies Meet
7:00 p.m. the LAST Wednesday of each month at American Legion Fairfield Post 11, 279 Canal St., Lancaster.

Newsies thank Dan Bay and Carnival Foods; U.S. Corrugated (Lancaster); Lancaster Eagle Gazette; Lancaster-Fairfield County Board of Realtors for their year round partnership with Newsies.