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Beulah Baptist Church
will have their Christmas
program Sunday, December
23. at 3 p.m. Rev. Willie Paul
Jr .• is the pa tor.
'Community Wesleyon
Church will have their
Christmas program Sunday.
December 23. at 3 p.m. Rev.
Cleophus Culp i the pastor.
Mt. Herman Zion Bapti t
Church will have their
Christma program Sun�ay,
December 23, at, 3:30 p.m.
Rev. David McIntosh is the
p tor.
·St. Lute Baptist Church
ill have their Chri tmas
proaram Sunday, December
23. during Momina Worship
Service. Rev. Isaac Moffett is
the pa tor.
St. John Church of God in
Christ ill have their
Chri tma program Sunday,
December 23. at 6 p.m. Rev.
Leon rd Neeley is the pa tor.
Volunters needed!
The Southwestern
Michigan Volunteer Center is
in need of voluntee . To find
aut bout the e or other
volunteer opportunitie,
pie c call 983-0912 in the
St. Joseph-Benton Harbor
area or 683-5464 in the Niles
area.
To arr nge an appoint
ment, please call ahead. Ap
pointment do not constitute
any obligation to accept a
vol unteer opportunity.
- Berrien General Ho pi
tal would etcome gift of
time thi holiday eason.
Variou services, including
Gift Shop, Patient Menu Ser
vice, Popcorn Sales, Informa-
tion Desk and Visitor
Service' in Long Term Care,
need vol untee r support
during the holiday and
through-out the year.
- Curiou Kids' Mu eum
in downtown St. Jo eph is a
hands-on scientific, cultureal
and hi torical experience for
children of all ages. Teen
volunteers between the age
of 15 and 18 are needed to
help on week-end .
- Don't forget Operation
De e rt Shield during the
holid y. If you would like the
addre of a local service
member so that you may be a
corre pondent with Volunteer
Wri tc-Ovcr, please call the
Friendship Bapti t Church
will have their Christma .
program Sunday, December
23, at 6 p.m. Rev. Richard
Hague ii the pastor. ,
Two area students recently
wa . awarded a Michigan
Education Tru t MET Con
tract from the Debbie Farhat
Educatiqn Fund in the Mu -.
kegon County Community
Found'tion. .
The award went to
Kenyatta Shepherd, 10 years
old, and a 5th grader at
Volunteer Center today.
- The Easter Seal Society
is seeking a volunteer driver
to pick up nd take back
home individuals who attend
the adult meetings on
Thursday afternoon in the
agency's van. The volunteer
would work on an on-call
basi and might not be
needed three weeks out of
four.
- Do you travel and think
you have no time to volun
teer? When staying in hotel
while out of town, please
ave all the complimentary
mall boule , tubes or bars of
toi lc tries offered at mo t hos
tel ric . When you have ac-
ADD sponsors Poster Contest-
Mothers Against Drunk petition, to tudents in
Driving (MADD) i sponsor-' Grade 4-12.
i ng the 1'991 MADD The contest theme i
Po tcr/Es ay Conte t for stu- . "Driving Straight Into The
dents in grade chool through '90", recognizing MADD'
hi 'h chool. The po ter com- tenth anniversary year.
petition is open to students in The de dline for student
Grade 1-12; the e say com- e ntr i es in the MADD,
-nd �Clur n me, oddr
Michigan contest is January
II, 1991.
Schools and organizations
arc encouraged to work with
local MADD chapters in con
ducting a contest whenever
possible, or to conduct their
own competition.
If there is no local contest,
individual students are in
vi ted to ubmit their entrie
directly to the state conte 1..
State winning entries are
entered into the national con
test. To date, Michigan has
had four national winners.
Not only does the contest
provide many opportunities
for tudent to win cash
prizes, but each student in the
tate event i cknowledged
for his or her effort by a letter
of recognization and a par
ticipation ribbon!
The contest is designed to
give tudents an opportunity
to exercise their creativity
while raising awarenes
among their peers to the
danger of drunk and drugged
driving and offer students
with varied abillues and in
terest to be throughful and
expressive in writing and/or
the visual art .
To obtain the official rules
and an entry form contact the
MADD. Michigan State Of
fice at: P.O. Box 2238, Mid
land, MI 48641-2238; or
phone (517) 631-MADD.
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Edgewood School and
Gregory Flowers, 11, a fifth
grader at Glendale Elemen
tary School.
The MET contract, p r
cha ed in Kenya ua's a �d
Gregory's name will pay for
their first year o,f tuition at
Mu kegon Community C l
lege when they are ready Ito
use the gift.
Former State Repre-
e ntative, Debbie Farhat,
created this fund in 1989 with
monies remaining from h r
political campaign. Stude ts
cumulated a sizable' numbe ,
please see that the Salvatio
Army, The Link Crisis Inte -
vention Center, Bmergenc
Shelter Services or the Fam -
ly Crisis and Communicatio
Center (or other appropriat
agency) get them.
- The Salvation Army i
conducting a number of
sevice project to help out
resident of the area. Thi
year, vol unteers are bei n
ought to participate i
Dress-A- Bear, a project i
which volunteers pick up
mall stuffed bear trom Arm
headquarter and dre it i
new (purchased 0
homemade) clothing 0 that i
may be given a a gift to
needy child in the area.
Volunteer group are al 0
needed for the Adopt-a- ami
ly Christma has ct project
wherein individuals, familie
or grop may arrange to pro
vide a ba ket of food and '
few gift for a needy family.
Volunteer bell-ringers ar
needed every day but Sun
day to help with the Army'
ketUes located in h pping
areas in Benton Harbor an�
St. Jo cph.
. Call the Volunteer Center
if you, your family or your
service gorup can help.
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cho en to win the award need
to be in the fifth grade, living
in the 97th Congres ional
Di trier, ble to demonstr te
some financial need and able
to how the strength of char:
acter and academic potential
to attend college.
An Advisory Committee,
chosen by the administrators
of the Fund selected Kenyatta
and Gregory to be the first
recipitions of thi 'award.
Kenyatta i the daughter of
Mr . Linda Shepherd and
Gregory i the on of Mr.
Billy Black and Mrs. Vickie
Flowers.
Congratulation to both of
you.
1991 Black
Mistory plans
'underway
By V.era White
Plan are now underway
for the Three Rivers 1991
Black Hi tory Fe tival. The
theme i , "Unity In The Com-
munity". .
For information call,
Savannah Caldwell, Coor
dinator, at 616-273-8514.
Other committee member
include: Mike Flecken te in.
. Mayor f Three Rivers; Chris
Bryne. Director of Three
River Area Ch mber of
Commerce; Maeten Lewi ,
Activi r: Waneta Kirk, Three
River Ci ty Commis ioner;
Mildred Packard, Committee
Secretary; Tom Lowry, Ex
ccutive director of Carnegie
Center for the Art; Mary
Criddcll, Curator, Creator of
Black History; Pari
Mitchell, Activist: and Vera
Wh i ic, Publ ici ly Chai rpe r
son.
Additional in ormation
will he announced t a later
date.
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