Some good news, too
There’s never a shortage of bad news to report, but this week’s newspapers had much good news, too.
On Wednesday, we reported Washington High School employees were cooking meals at the Masonic Lodge for residents of the City Mission, an example of a community cooperating to help the needy. And we introduced readers to Lexi Phillips, a 12-year-old girl who has spent her free time while teachers in Peters Township are on strike by assembling 46 shoeboxes with items for disadvantaged children in 100 countries. And throughout the week there were stories of churches and other organizations cooking Thanksgiving dinners for the hungry and unfortunate.
We were most pleased to report, too, this year’s 2000 Turkeys campaign not only reached its goal of raising $100,000 to provide Thanksgiving meals for 19,000 people; it blew past it with a total of $129,813. That was achieved in no small part by the gas company Range Resource and its employees, who raised and donated $67,000.
These are great demonstrations of generosity and a fitting introduction to the Christmas season.