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From: REAL Life Community Services <sunny@reallcs.org>
Date: Mon, Jan 1, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Subject: Happy New Year from REAL Life!
To: <philandkelly@gmail.com>

January 2024

REAL Life Community Services wishes you a Happy New Year!

REAL Life is gearing up for our 2024 REAL Life Real Hope Banquet. This year we are so excited to welcome Marie Monville as she shares her testimony of her life beyond her first husband and the Amish schoolhouse shooting. The banquet is on March 21st at 6:30 and registration opens February 1st. Click here for sponsorship opportunities.

Remember to save these dates:

5/17 - Unruh Car Show/Smoked Meat Event

6/5 - 2nd Annual REAL Golf Tournament

Ho, ho, ho!

We hope you had a wonderful holiday season! Our Project Christmas Presents blessed over 175 children in over 90 families. The Neighborhood Santa Christmas party was a highlight for families new to our services this year. With the help of 10 volunteers both in view and out of sight, 30 children were able to enjoy a giant bag of gifts, as well as lots of cookies and crafts. As each child opened a gift with Santa, It was so heartwarming hearing "This is exactly what I've been wanting!" We owe a big thanks to everyone who helped make this happen.

Can you believe we raised $300,000 in our first Thanks4Giving campaign?! With this accomplishment Rod Redcay will be doing a backflip into a freezing cold pond (Polar Plunge) at noon on New Years Day.

Thank you to all who gave. If you didn't get a chance to give, donations can be given online by clicking here , or mailed to:

REAL Life Community Services

240 Main Street, Suite B

Denver PA 17517

Thinking Thursdays

Starting January 4th

Mark your calendar for these upcoming Thinking Thursdays! Each weekly event is open to everyone in the community. From January through May, we host community gatherings with a different theme each week. Thinking Thursdays are targeted for ages 12 and up. Events start at 7 pm and end at 8 pm.

Parking is available across the street in the parking lot of Gehman's Feed Mill. Please enter through the side door of the Lighthouse Community Center.

1/4 – BINGO!

1/11 – Healthy Eating Habits

1/18 – Real Estate

1/25 – Valentines Day Craft

2/1 – Preparing your child for Kindergarten

2/8 – Prepare to prepare your taxes workshop

2/15 – Decluttering and Proper Packing

2/22– Pop Culture Trivia

2/29– Casseroles or Desserts with Donna

UPCOMING EVENTS

January 5th 3-5PM

First Friday Food Drive

Click here to visit the event link.

Mondays, 8-9PM

Alcoholics Anonymous

at the Lighthouse Community Center

All are welcome!!!

Tuesdays, 6:30-8 PM

Momentum Youth Development Program

Wednesdays, 9 - 11AM

Young at Heart

All events are free and are for individuals that are 60 and older. Coffee, chatting, games, speakers and MORE! Come out and get to know others in your community! Learn more here.