Wyoming Valley
The 42 Rotary Clubs of District 7410, which support and help fund community projects in all or part of 10 counties in northeast Pennsylvania, are sponsoring a virtual silent auction online starting on Monday, Feb. 1, and culminating at 5 p.m. Sunday, March 14, with numerous donated items up for bid throughout the process. The lists of items include jewelry, vacation or weekend getaways, ski passes, tickets to professional sporting events and professional services such as an attorney, an insurance agency and others. Visit Trellis.org/RotaryAuction to see the variety of items up for bid. Once the bidding starts on Feb. 1, bidders and prospective bidders may return to the site for a real-time appraisal of the bidding for items of interest until the bidding ends at 5 p.m. March 14. Participation from the public is welcome.
Officials of the Pittston Memorial Library have been been working on several initiatives that relate to the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren( GRG) demographic in the Pocono-Northeast. A grant program from the AllOne Foundation includes several activities that are important to serving the GRG community, including a new website established several months ago to meet the needs of GRG families. The website is grgnepa.org, and includes information that can benefit regional GRG families. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania started the hotline, Kin Connector, in the state, which facilitates opportunities to engage in efforts to meet the needs of GRG families. The All One Foundation grant program will also help expand the number of support groups in the region, publish a directory of services for GRG families, expand the number of coalition participants, organize and hold at least five focus group meetings to extend the role of the coaliation, use a new brochure to market the work of the coalition and extend information about GRG families in the region, prepare news releases for print and electronic media, and more. For information on GRG, contact Howard Grossman, 570-262-3443 or email [email protected].
Al-Anon meets at 7 p.m. every Thursday at the Brick United Methodist Church, Foote Avenue, Duryea. This is a 12 step program for friends and relatives of addicts and alcoholics. There are no dues or fees. All are welcome.
Back Mountain
The Back Mountain Food Pantry is open and continues to serve residents of the Dallas and Lake-Lehman school districts. The Back Mountain Food Pantry works in conjunction with CEO and the Weinberg Food Bank. The food pantry is located in the lower level of the Trucksville Methodist Church Educational Building, Knob Road, Trucksville. Call 570-696-2917 for information. Donations of nonperishable food may be dropped off at Hilbert’s Tractor Store in Dallas, Cook’s Pharmacy in Shavertown, and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Dallas during regular business hours. Persons interested in volunteering are encouraged to contact the pantry.
Wyoming area
West Pittston Borough residents are advised of changes to the recycling pickup. Recyclables will now be picked up on Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday’s pickup includes both sides of Montgomery Avenue south to the Exeter line, and Thursday’s pickup will be the remainder of the town.
