. Sunday, December 20, 2009 PAGE 5 THE DALLAS POST Gate of Heaven parishioners make holiday brighter through ‘Giving Tree’ A Giving Tree, erected in the Gate of Heaven Church vestibule and decorated with sets of four colored “angel” wish cards, was e attraction from Thanksgiving 0 December 13. The wish cards contained holi- day wishes of children who, oth- erwise, would go without gifts. The wish cards also contained the child’s first name and gender. Each color represented one of the following groups or organiza- tions which were recipients of the gifts: Birthright, Wyoming Valley Children’s Association, Mental CIVIC BRIEFS Police Assn. will hold coat drive today ©The Back Mountain Police As- sociation will hold a coat drive from 1 to 3 p.m. today, Dec. 20, in the parking lot of the Shavertown Shopping Center. Association members will col- lect coats, hats and gloves from the public to be given to needy children. ‘A Christmas Carol’ presented at Music Box “A Christmas Carol,” an origi- nal musical version of the classic Dickens’ tale written by Kevin costley and Ted Anderson, will @ today, Dec. 20, at the Music Box Dinner Playhouse, 196 Hughes St., Swoyersville. ¢ For more information, call 283- 2195. Blood drive set ~ An American Red Cross Blood Drive will be held from noon to 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 21, at the Dallas American Legion. The double red unit is scheduled to be at this drive. There will be a drawing from all donors of the Northeast Penn- sylvania region in the month of December. The following items will be awarded to the lucky win- ners: 40" Sony Bravia HDTV LCD, three Apple IPod shuffles, a Garmin GPS syst camera. {110d AflSL [I HL Legion to meet "Harveys Lake American Le- gion Post 967 Sons of the Amer- ican Legion will meet at 8 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 21, at the post home. Food will be served. Music Box slates auditions * Auditions for “American Stars of Tomorrow,” an original musi- cal revue written and directed by Debbie Zehner, will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 28, and Tuesday, Dec. 29, at the Music ox Dinner Playhouse. All children and young adults ages 7-20 may audition and asked to bring sheet music of their choice. An accompanist will be provided. - Performance dates are January 22, 23 and 24. Contra dance planned A New England Contra dance sponsored by the Chicory House and the Folklore Society will e Held at7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 2, at the Church of Christ Unit- ing, Sprague Avenue, Kingston ¢ For information, call 333-4007. a a FEDERAL CREDIT UNION CROS s "VAL L LEY WWW.closValla¥tcite org “Solutions For Your Financial Life” Health/Mental /Retardation, Tree. It was a simple and effective Head Start and Children of Gate way for the parishioners to enrich of Heaven Parish. their own lives by helping others. The parishioners removed the 350 wish cards, purchased and re- turned their gifts to the Giving Giving Tree Co-chairpersons were Rose Schmid, Joan Gilbert- son and Sunny Cesarini. Parishioners at Gate of Heaven Church in Dallas recently shared the spirit of the season by participating in A Giving Tree. From left, first row, are Joanna Wallce, Rachel DeCesaris, Sean McMo- nagle, Courtney McMonagle, Eryn McMonagle. Second row, Pam Scales, Anthony DeCesaris, Dorothy Koscielski, Dorothy Ko- lankiewicz and Jim McMonagle. Third row, are Sunny Cesarini, Jonathan Wallace, Bette Gillespie and Whitey Gillespie. Yoo oo offen i te e forgel lo count our blessings wnt! 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