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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.
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