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Together we can bless those who hunger To the Editor: Our Annual Meat Canning Project is complete. We canned 36,000 pounds of chicken which produced 22,827 cans of product. The number puts our total to 815,178 cans of meat since our beginning in 1975. May God bless and keep all who have supported, and all […]

Free health screenings offered LEWISTOWN — Walmart will offer a Wellness Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Customers will be able to receive free health screenings for glucose, cholesterol, BMI and blood pressure screenings as well as affordable immunizations like COVID-19, flu, RSV, tetanus, hepatitis and HPV. Customers can also receive free COVID-19 […]

BELLEVILLE — Having access to basic necessities like food and water is a luxury many take for granted. When the founders of the Central Pennsylvania World Hunger Association were on international mission trips, they saw this first hand. These mission trips inspired them to help those less fortunate, thus beginning an annual meat canning drive, […]

From Staff Reports BELLEVILLE —The Central Pa. World Hunger Association will hold its 50th Annual Meat Canning Project at the Chief Logan Fire Company, Main Station, Lewistown on Feb. 5-8. Organizers expect to can 30,000 pounds of chicken this year. There is a possibility of canning pork on one of the canning days, depending on […]

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Editor’s note: The Sentinel offers nonprofit and other community organizations an opportunity to promote upcoming events for free in this community calendar f

Esh: We only have half of funds required so far Dec 29, 2020 LEWISTOWN — The Central Pennsylvania World Hunger Association will conduct its 47th meat canning project from Feb. 1-4 at the Chief Logan Fire Company, in the building that was formerly East Derry Fire Company. With COVID-19 safety precautions in mind, a new procedure for canning has been implemented this year. That includes not having host families for the canners, larger breaks between canning projects, fewer canning sites, a maxi...