RSVP unites seniors and youth
A PLACE TO GO — Retired gym teacher Janet Benzo times Abby Lewis, 10, facing the camera, and Meile Morris, 8, both of Follansbee, as they stack cups in a game played during the Brooke-Hancock-Ohio-Marshall Senior Volunteer Program’s After-school Adventures program in the gym at the former St. Anthony School.
-- Warren Scott
FOLLANSBEE — At a time when both parents in many households are working and there are an increasing number of homes headed by single parents, a large number of children are home alone after school. But the senior volunteers and leaders of a local nonprofit program are offering parents a place where their children can go to receive help with their homework, take part in a variety of activities and partake of a hot meal. Angela Kocher, executive director of the Brooke-Hancock-Ohio-Marshall Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, said response to the After-school Adventures program has been outstanding, thanks to a faithful group of talented volunteers and the support of several groups. The program was begun as an experiment last year by Kocher and a handful of RSVP members. Funded by the Corp. for National and Community Service, RSVP matches senior and retired volunteers with non-profit organizations they can help.
» Full StoryWellsburg Chamber to hold Christmas events
WELLSBURG — The Wellsburg Chamber of Commerce will help to ring in the Christmas season with two special events.
The most familiar, the chamber’s annual Christmas parade, will begin at 4 p.m.
Area marks Veterans Day
Follansbee, Wellsburg and Weirton were among communities that marked Veterans Day with programs paying tribute to those who have served in the military and continue to serve.
» Full StoryLegion visits nursing home
FOLLANSBEE — Members of Emrys Watkins American Legion Post 45 and its auxiliary visited Brightwood Center to present hats, lap blankets and dessert to veterans living there.
» Full StoryDolls to be sold for charity
STEUBENVILLE — An upcoming fundraiser will offer a look at the many types of dolls, from the turn of the 20th century to the present, that have rested on the shelves of toy stores or beneath the branches of Christmas trees over the years.
» Full StoryBrooke briefs
Firefighters to collect canned goods
FOLLANSBEE — The Follansbee Fire Department will be going door to door to collect canned goods and other non-perishable food from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
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Students decorate