Give A Christmas reaches goal, aims higher
James Boyle
It would not be the holiday season without some kind of miracle, and that’s what may have happened this week when the Give A Christmas fundraiser reached its $120,000 target more than a week before Christmas.
That’s the earliest the goal has been met in quite some time, according to Mary Berman, volunteer with the Levittown-Bristol Kiwanis Club and one of the organizers of the campaign.
“This year is definitely unique,” Berman said. “The Kiwanis group is very excited to realize how many we can reach in the community.”
The Levittown-Bristol Kiwanis Club partners each year with the Bucks County Courier Times to raise money for the Give A Christmas fundraiser. Money is then dispersed to struggling families looking to have a bright holiday. Families submit applications that are reviewed by Kiwanis Club volunteers and, if eligible, receive $25 vouchers that can be redeemed at participating area grocery and department
Bucks County Courier Times
We won t mince words. The editorial board of the Bucks County Courier Times and The Intelligencer supports Governor Tom Wolf s effort to beat back a COVID-19 resurgence with a set of restrictions that he says he plans to lift on Jan. 4, once we ve gotten through the holidays.
Pennsylvania has halted indoor dining, closed movie theaters, casinos, bowling alleys and fitness centers, paused high school sports and extracurricular activities, and imposed a 50% capacity restriction on in-person businesses, including retail.
Our board has consistently argued that, when it comes to stopping COVID, we have to take our medicine, however unpleasant it may be. But we know this is a bitter pill to swallow.
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Bucks County stepping up for Give A Christmas
James Boyle
Thanksgiving 2020 was supposed to be like every other year for the Bucks County Roadrunners.
The local running group had just come off the 30th anniversary of its Customers Bank Thanksgiving Five Miler, attracting the most racers ever and raising more than $15,000 for three local charities.
This year was promising to be even bigger, but the COVID-19 pandemic happened and the race was canceled.
“We had a lot of meetings during the pandemic,” said Bill Schaffling, president of the BCRR. “We tried to think of any way we could have the race, but it was just not possible because of the physical location. We would not be able to keep everyone separated.”
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