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Russian orphans in June
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Feb. 19 at Misericordia
Through a unique partnership
with Kidsave International, a
Washington, DC based non-prof-
it child-welfare organization,
Volunteers of America is seeking
families to host orphan children
coming to Northeast PA from
Russia.
The program, called “Summer
Miracles,” is a six-week program
in which orphan children, ages 5
to 13, travel to the United States
and Canada to live with host
families and experience life out-
side of an orphanage.
Over the past four summers,
Kidsave has brought nearly 850
to 30 communities
hildren
@.-. North America. Of
these, nearly 95 percent have
been adopted.
“Summer Miracles demon-
strates the many small miracles
that occur when children with-
out families are given the love
and care they so desperately
need,” said Bill Jones, Vice Pres-
ident/Chief Operating Officer of
Volunteers of America.
Kidsave International has rec-
ognized the outpouring of sup-
port Northeast PA demonstrated
last summer in helping the Ack-
erman family of Dallas adopt the
fourth sibling of the three Russ-
ian children they adopted in
2000.
“It is an honor that Kidsave re-
quested that Northeast PA be a
host community for these at-risk
children. Our reputation as a
caring community has once
again been noticed. Volunteers
of America is proud to serve as a
coordinating agency.” Jones
said.
Gina Ackerman, mother of the
four children from Russia,
knows firsthand the impact of
Summer Miracles. “Many of the
children, like two of my children,
come here for six weeks with not
much more than the clothes
they are wearing and a tooth-
brush. When they leave to go
back, they go back with love and
hope for the future,” Mrs. Acker-
man stated.
Tentative plans are for the
children to arrive in late June
and stay through mid-August. In
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Alyosha Ackerman, 5, of Dallas played basketball with Bill Jones,
VP of Volunteers of America as Lynda Frushon, Coordinator of
Summer Miracles, looked on. Alyosha was adopted last summer
from a Russian orphanage and was united with his three older sib-
lings Irina, Masha and Yuri.
addition to host families, volun-
teers and donations are critically
needed. Events and activities
planned for the children require
time, effort and money.
Anyone wanting to be a host
family or willing to help with ac-
tivity planning or offering finan-
cial assistance can call Lynda
Frushon at Volunteers of Ameri-
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Brownie Troop 600 visits supermarket
Brownie Troop 600 of Ross Elementary School recently visited Mountain Fresh Supermarket to learn
and understand how products are sold. Norma Mazaika, owner of Mountain Fresh, guided Brownie
Troop 600 through her store. She explained how to read labels for nutrition guides and showed how dif-
ferent products are stored. During the tour, Mazaika gave tips on how to sell Girl Scout Cookies, how to
display them and the importance of good manners.
rom left, first row: Brinley Williams, Rebecca Rosser, Laura Casterline, Sierra Pall, Felecia Nevel.
econd row: Abby Culver, Meghan Maccarone, Sarah Stacey, Katrina Patla, Evie Whittaker, Kaityln
Mitchell, Ashley Rood.
Absent from photo: Sarah Bedford and Emily Kropa.
Troop 600 leaders are Ellen Maccarone and Amy Blaski.
Troop 232 goes on winter weekend
Troop 232 from Gate of Heaven recently had their annual ski-
snowboard and snow tubing weekend. Scouts stayed Jan 24-26 at
Trout Lake camping cabins at Jack Frost.
Scouts attending: Nick Latosek, Zachary Walik, Ian Herron, Pat
Foley, Neil Bellanca, Chris Taylor, Ben Zamojski, Alex Zamojski,
Steven Levandoski, Sean Deats, Assistant Scoutmaster Pat Deats
and Scout Master Steven Jones.
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Senior Citizens Centers spon-
sored by the Area Agency on ag-
ing for Luzerne and Wyoming
Counties offers hot noon meals
Monday through Friday to peo-
ple 60 years of age or older. Do-
‘nations from participants are
gratefully accepted and needed
in order to expand this program.
e following is the menu for the
ek of Feb. 13-19. All menus
include margarine, milk and cof-
fee. The local Senior Center is
located at 22 Rice St., Dallas.
THURSDAY: Baked ham
w/fruit sauce, sweet potatoes,
wax beans w/dill, whole wheat
bread, orange juice, vanilla pud-
ding.
FRIDAY: Valentine's Day Spe-
cial Dinner - stuffed chicken
breast, stuffed baked potato, ro-
man vegetable medley, dinner
roll, cherry pie.
MONDAY: Centers closed in
observance of Presidents Day.
TUESDAY: Veal cordon bleu,
oven roasted potatoes, brussel
sprouts, whole wheat bread,
mixed fruit.
WEDNESDAY: Fresh ham
w/brown gravy, whipped pota-
toes, roman vegetable medley,
dinner roll, grapefruit juice,
bread pudding w/custard sauce.
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ca at 829-3288. A meeting of all
interested host families will be
held on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 7
p.m. in the Banks Student Cen-
ter at College Misericordia.
Girl Scouts open ‘cookie shops’
The Girl Scouts of Penn's
Woods Council will open troop
“Cookie Shops” now through
March 15 in communities
throughout the Council area.
“The troop Cookie Shops are
very important to the overall suc-
cess of the Girl Scout Cookie
Sale,” said Barbara Naranche,
Executive Director for the Girl
Scouts of Penn's Woods Council.
“It really offers girls the chance to
further develop their self-confi-
dence, sense of community and
business skills.”
All of the net proceeds earned
by Cookie Shops and the general
Girl Scout Cookie sale remain
within the Council area to sup-
port local Girl Scout activities like
camping, outdoor education, sci-
ence workshops, travel, commu-
nity service, sports clinics and
more.
All eight types of Girl Scout
Cookies are available at Cookie
Shops. Cookies are $ 3 per box.
For more Cookie Shop informa-
tion, log onto the Girl Scouts of
Penn's Woods Council website at
www.pennswoodsgirlscouts.org
and click on “COOKIES,” or call
the toll free Cookie Hotline at 1-
888-6KOOKIE.
Cookie Shop locations
in the Back Mountain:
Feb. 16, 9-11 a.m. — Gate Of
Heaven Church, Dallas.
March 1, 10 am.-2 p.m. —
Back Mt Feed & Seed, Dallas.
March 1, 8, 15: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. -
— CVS, Dallas.
March 1, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m.;
March 23, 9 a.m.-? — Mountain
Fresh Market, Pikes Creek.
Lions’ Night at the Races March 1
The Dallas Lions Club is holding their annual fund-raising event,
“A Night at the Races” on Saturday, March 1 at the Idetown Fire Hall
at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the door. Cost is $5 per person and
includes refreshments; however, admission is free with the purchase
of a horse for $10.
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