iKide . r t % This Thanksgiving, Share With Kids In Need LOU ANN GOOD Lancaster Farming Stall LITITZ (Lancaster Co.) Thanksgiving is a lime set aside to be thankful for the many good things that you have. You’re prob ably thankful for your mom and dad, a warm bed to sleep in, and plenty of food to eat The day after Thanksgiving, seems to be the time when every one starts thinking of Christmas. ' For many of you, it is a time to compile a Christmas list of the things you want. During this time, you may forget to be thankful for the things you have and focus on your wants instead. The intention of the Christmas season was never to make one self ish. Christmas started with the birth of Baby Jesus. In recognition of God giving his very best gift to the world, people give gifts to each other. Christmas is a good time to give to those in need. There are many children throughout the world who do not have enough food to eat. Perhaps you’d like to give them some food, but you don’t know how. There is a program called Living Gift Fair. One of these fairs is held evety year, the first Saturday after Thanksgiving. At tills fair, parents and their children can purchase an animal such as a goat, rabbit, chicks, or duck to be given to those who are in need. Maybe you wonder how such a gift will help those who arc hungry? Here’s how: Goats thrive in poor condidons. They give as much as four quarts of milk a day so dial children can have milk to drink. * Rabbits need little space and little food. They muldply rapidly, providing families with meat to eat. Chickens supply up to 200 eggs a year. One egg supplies the daily protein needed by a small child. Ducks and geese are easy to raise. They don’t require much shelter and can adapt to cold or hot weather. They dispose of weed seeds and gobble up insets, slugs. Ben and Carrie Fitzkee feed a goat to be used as a Living Gift. Goats are one of the most needed gifts. For families who have no refrigeration, a goat provides just the right amount of milk daily. A goat can be raised on steep terrain and doesn’t need much land. and snails. Ducks and geese pro vide eggs and meat. There are more than two dozen animals to choose from at the Liv ing Gift Fair. In addition, toys, clo thing, and baked goods will be sold with the profits going to buy more animals for those in need. At the Living Gift Fair, special events will be held for children. These include live animals to see and touch, puppet shows, face Visit Toy Train Exhibit HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) - Recapture the innocent joy of childhood wonder at the Toy Train exhibit at Fort Hunter Park in 'Harrisburg. The Toy Train exhibit will be open on Saturdays and Sundays form Saturday, November 28 through Sunday, December 28 from 12:30 to-4:30 p.m. in the Fort Hunter Centennial Barn. SEEKSFIND FIND THESE WORDS IN THE PUZZLE SELOW. BALL JACKS SWINGS BJKE SLED TEA SET BLOCKS SLINGSHOT TOP DOLL SQUIRT GUN YO-YO THE WORDS REAP UR DOWN AND ACROSS. painting, balloons. The Living Gift Fair will be on Nov. 28 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lilitz Church of the Brethren, 300 W. Orange St Lititz, across from the Warwick High School. Returning for their third year the Keystone Model Railroad Historical Society will exhibit HO gauge trains on an 8x24 feet layout which is available for viewing from all sides. Old and new trains will be displayed and each week members of the Keystone Model Railroad Society will bring different trains for the exhibit, adding additional interest. G F S J L E I R N Y G B S W H J O L T E K E / * I •' and helium-filled F *
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