Thursday, November 12, 2015
N/Warren Town and County News
CHURCH and SOCIAL
Operation Christmas Child ’
Central Iowa families,
churches and groups are
not waiting until Thanks-
giving Day to express
gratitude. Instead they are
giving back now by lov—
ingly packing gifts of joy
for children around the
world living in extreme
poverty or affected by war,
disease, and natural disas-
ter. For many of these chil-
dren, it'will be the first gift
they have ever received.
Thousands of Central
Iowa residents will pack
shoebox gifts filled with a
“Wow” item—like a doll
or soccer ball—and other
fun toys, school supplies,
hygiene items and notes of
encouragement. Opera-
tion Christmas Child, a
project of the international
Christian relief and evan-
gelism organization
Samaritan’s Purse, will de-
liver the gifts to children in
need overseas. In the Cen-
tral Iowa area, 17 sites will
serve as collection points
for shoebox gifts to be
dropped off November 16
— 23 by local residents.
Residents can go to:
wwwsamaritanspurseorg/
occ and type in their zip
code to find the nearest
drop off location.
After being dropped
off at Central Iowa collec-
tion sites, these boxes will
make the long journey
overseas, traveling by any
means necessary—boat,
plane, train and even el—
ephant—until they reach
the hands of children in
need. In 2015, Operation
Christmas Child hopes to
collect enough shoebox
gifts to reach more than
11 million children, with
over 26,000 coming from
the Central Iowa area.
Since 1993, the project has
delivered shoebox gifts to
more than 124 million
children in over 150
countries and territories.
It’s not too late to get in-
volved, and anyone can
participate in this life-
changing project for chil-
dren around the world. Al-
though this week is Na-
tional Collection Week,
shoebox gifts are collected
year—round at the
Samaritan’s Purse head-
quarters in Boone, NC.
With a computer or mo-
bile device, anyone can con—
veniently pack a personal-
ized Operation Christmas
Child shoebox gift on the
Samaritan’s Purse website.
These gifts of hope will go
to children in some of the
hardest-to-reach countries.
Go to samaritanspurse.org/
occ to select toys and gift
items, write a note of en-
couragement, and “pack”
them in a shoebox.
Participants can follow
their box online to discover
where in the world their
gift is delivered by using
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Free Thanksgiving Dinner at
Norwalk Methodist Church
Members of N orwalk United Methodist Church will
"Give Thanks” by hosting their Annual Free Thanks-
giving Dinner, Thursday, Nov. 26, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
at the church, 1801 Sunset Dr.
Those in the community are cordially invited to at-
tend the event and enjoy the meal and fellowship.
Teen Retreat
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach; War-
ren County, in partnership with Polk, Dallas and Madi-
son counties have scheduled a Teen Retreat at Wesley
Woods Camp and Retreat Center in Indianola.
Learn the secrets to become a leader. Featured pre-
senter is Jodie Beach. Ms. Beach is a national speaker
from Van Meter, Iowa and author of "Power, Presence
8: Style." Jodie will show teens how to project more
power, confidence and credibility.
This event, for youth grades 7th through 12th will be
held from a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29 through 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 30. The cost is $85 per teen, but the
first five Warren County 4—H’ers to register will pay only
$60. Register now at http://bit.ly/Warren4HTeenRetreat,
call extension at 515-961-6237 or email Andrea Palmer,
County Youth Coordinator at ampalmer@iastate.edu.
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Serendipity
Spaghetti Dinner
Serendipity Preschool
will host their Second An—
nual Spaghetti Dinner Fri-
day, Nov. 13, from 5-7 p.m.
at the Norwalk United
Methodist Church, 1801
Sunset Dr. Tickets are $5
for single or $20 for a fam-
ily of five. You may eat—in
or take-out.
All proceeds benefit"
Serendipity Preschool,
which has been serving the
Norwalk Community
since 1974. For more infor-
mation call 981—0901.
Ackworth,
Garden Club
The November meeting
of the Ackworth Garden
Club will be held Wednes-
day, Nov. 18, at the Annett
Nature Center. The busi-
ness meeting will begin at ‘5»
11 a.m. A cooperative
lunch follows the meeting
the donation form found at Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth,
the egg With ‘3 Progfam at 1
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Fri. 5-9; Sat. 9-5; Sun. 10-4
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FOX VALLEY
SHERIFF’S
REPORT
Disclaimer: All defendants are
innocent until
proven guilty in a court of law.
ACCIDENTS
October 29 — 8:50 a.m.,
US 69: Emilyn Kitner, 25,
Osceola, vehicle/deer.
October 31 — 12:52 a.m., --l"
43 MM I35: Pedro
Rodriguez, 23, Osceola,
was southbound on Inter-
state 35. The driver was
tired and dozed off. The
vehicle traveled into the
median and struck the
cable barrier. Several posts
for the cable barrier were
destroyed, however, the
cable did not break.
Rodriguez stated he did
not have insurance for the
vehicle. The driver was is-
sued a citation for no in-
surance. 5‘
November 2 — 7:32
p.m., Hwy R45: Todd
Johnson, 51, Saint Charles,
vehicle/deer.
November 3 — 10:11
p.m., Hwy 823: Ashley
Druckenmiller, 32, Lucas,
vehicle/deer.
November 4 — 5:53
p.m., Hwy G24 and R57/
Hwy: Wendy Smith, 33,
Norwalk, vehicle/deer.
November 5 ~ 12:01
a.m., Interstate 35: Mae
Diann, 49, Cannon FallsS '
MN, vehicle/deer.
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