Charitable cornucopia: Free Christian puts giving in Thanksgiving
Sharing Thanksgiving meals was a big part of a day of service by the members of the Free Christian Church in Andover last weekend. Church spokeswoman Maureen Smith said volunteers worked on about 17 different projects around Merrimack Valley.
"We had high school boys working on conservation land with the town of Andover, other teens raking at the ABC (A Better Chance) house on Main Street, lots of volunteers packing Thanksgiving food boxes at Lazarus House in Lawrence and at Neighbors in Need warehouse in Dundee Park, served breakfast at Cor Unum Meal Center in Lawrence, collected turkeys in our parking lot and lots of families raked leaves for seniors in Andover," said Smith. "We hosted a townwide children's clothing drive to benefit Cradles to Crayons which most of the Andover schools, some of the temples and churches, the library and town hall have been part of. Last Saturday morning, volunteers were in the lower hall of our church sorting and packing these clothes for needy families."
- Judy Wakefield
