Motorcycle club raises $1,000 for Christmas for Kids

Motorcycle club raises $1,000 for Christmas for Kids
By JUAN MUÑOZ
The Brownsville Herald

The Hermanos Unidos motorcycle club on Sunday presented the Brownsville Police Department with a check for $1,000 as a contribution to the annual Christmas for Kids toy drive held in December.

The presentation was held at C&C Wings in Brownsville after Police Chief Carlos Garcia drew the winning raffle ticket.

“We’re glad other organizations give money to our department for the kids,” Garcia said, adding that Christmas for Kids is a real benefit for needy children in Brownsville.

The winner got four passes to Schlitterbahn Beach Water Park, a $75 gift card dinner at La Jaiba Seafood Restaurant on the Island, a two-night stay at La Quinta Inn & Suites Beach Resort and $100 in spending money.

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Add a Touch of Magic to Your Christmas Party

Add a Touch of Magic to Your Christmas Party

With the temperature in the 90’s and the holiday season well and truly underway, now is the time to start thinking about………..planning your Christmas Party !!

If you’re looking for some unique and memorable entertainment, David Hawkins has the perfect answer. David is a Member of The Magic Circle and one of the top Close-Up Magicians in the country. Over the past 16 years he has provided magical entertainment for a huge range of corporate and private events throughout the UK such as awards banquets, product launches, trade shows, sales meetings, wedding receptions and so on.

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Christmas a hot idea at museum

Christmas a hot idea at museum

27 July 2006

It's holiday time at Great Yarmouth's Elizabethan House Museum!

People across the borough are slipping into a lower gear, easing up

on the work load and getting into the mood of the season - the Christmas season that is.

Staff at the South Quay Merchant's house are busy preparing a range

of Christmas crafts on a Victorian theme to entertain youngsters during the long hot summer.

Volunteers hit on the idea as “something different” to educate

and amuse children who are learning about festive food, decorations, Christmas cards and Christmas greenery.

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Rare Beatrix Potter Christmas Cards to be Auctioned

Rare Beatrix Potter Christmas Cards to be Auctioned

SWINDON, England, Jul 26, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Four rare, hand-made, Beatrix Potter Christmas cards are expected to bring in about $76,000 at an auction in Swindon, England.


The watercolor cards made by the creator of "Peter Rabbit" were found in an envelope in a trunk hidden among boxes hoarded by relatives of two sisters who shared great-grandparents with the artist, Britain's Telegraph reported Wednesday.

Rare Beatrix Potter Christmas Cards to be Auctioned

Pulaski County's Christmas Store seeks donations
The Pulaski County program is trying to get a summertime head start on the holiday season.
By Paul Dellinger(276) 228-4752
Pulaski County Christmas Store
Address: P.O. Box 2464, Pulaski VA 24301.
Telephone: 250-4960
What applicants should bring: proof of residence (drivers license, water bill, or anything like that), identification of children in their care (such as school IDs or Social Security cards), sizes and ages of children, and verification of income.
Where and when to apply:

Sept. 9: Central Gym, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sept. 14: Riverlawn School, 6 to 8 p.m.

Sept. 23: Central Gym, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Sept. 30, Dublin Library, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Oct. 14: Central Gym, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

PULASKI -- Christmas in July?
Well, at least the Christmas spirit is evident in Pulaski County, where the county Christmas Store is trying to get a head start on its shopping funds for December.
More than 450 letters have been mailed out seeking donations now and asking for volunteers at the Christmas store later in the year.
"And today Hoover Color delivered us a case of crayons," said Sally McCarthy, the store's president.

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Christmas in July for Ottumwa Senior Center

Christmas in July for Ottumwa Senior Center
City, county pledge combined $14,000 to senior center

By SCOTT NILES and MATT MILNER Courier staff writers


OTTUMWA — Ottumwa’s senior center received two big boosts Tuesday and a spokesman said it would be the last time the center sought government assistance.


The Wapello County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday agreed to take $6,000 earmarked for the Seneca Area Agency on Aging from the county’s budget and gave it directly to the Ottumwa Senior Center. The county currently contributes $2,000 to the center. City Council members pledged $8,000 to the center

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