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AUGUST OVERFLOW: For the 18th consecutive year, Abundant Life Fellowship, 46469 State Route 46, New Waterford, is sponsoring August Overflow, a one-day community outreach event with distribution of school supplies, clothing, food and more.
The event will be noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. The event includes free distribution of school supplies, clean used clothing, produce and baked goods and grill food and side dishes served on the premises. Also available are bounce houses, games and a barrel train ride for children.
School supplies are available first to students in the Beaver Local, Columbiana (including Heartland Christian), Crestview, East Palestine, Leetonia and Lisbon districts as well as those who attend any of the 4C's (Crestview Churches Community Concerns) churches. Besides Abundant Life, those include East Fairfield and New Waterford Methodist, Middleton Friends and Zion Lutheran. Home schooled students in the district also qualify. All who show up for supplies will be served, even if from other districts.
Families will register for the school supplies when they arrive on a first-come, first served basis. As in the past, each student will be given tickets to select the specific school items needed. Typically, more than 325 students have received goods. Students do not necessarily need to be present, though parents are asked to bring the most recent report card for each child and a driver's license to show proof of residency. No school supplies will be distributed after the event is over.
August Overflow is funded through the church and through business and personal sponsors.
Any business or individual who would like to contribute can send a check to the church and be included in a trifold color brochure distributed to all participants the day of the event.
August Overflow started in 2009. Any questions about Overflow or the church can be answered during weekday office hours from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at 330-457-7317.
SUMMERFEST: Liberty Arms Assisted Living, 1353 Churchill Hubbard Road, Liberty, will have a Summerfest 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The event will include basket raffle, crafts, food trucks, games and a petting zoo.
PONY RIDES: The Girard Free Library, 105 E. Prospect St. will have pony rides 10 a.m. to noon Friday. There will also be a petting zoo, face painting and fire trucks,
The library will also offer a program for teens Lost World Book Nooks at 3 p.m. today.