5 Things: Trains, Rain and Hygiene Kits

 1. Train time. The Bedford Boomers will be having their 30th-annual model train show at McKelvie School in Bedford on Sunday, Nov. 4. Click here for more information.

2. Rain in the forecast. According to Weather.com, Bedford residents can expect partly- to mostly-cloudy skies with a slight chance of a rain shower 20-percent chance of rain. The forecasted high today is 53 degrees.

3. “NH Open Doors” Craft Shop. The Bedford Craftworkers’ Guild will be open today through Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission and parking. Many new and veteran juried member artisans participating in the seasonal shop located in the historic Kendall House, 5 Meetinghouse Road off Route 101, behind the Bedford Library. For additional information, please contact the Guild at craftworkersguild@gmail.com or click here.

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5. Local non-profit collecting hygiene kits for Sandy victims. In the past decade, the Bedford family foundation, Color My World has donated over $33,000 in goods to families affected by the Indonesian Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, Kate Earthquakes in Haiti, China, Chile and aid for Africa.  Color My World has also distributed over $20,000 locally to projects and families in need in New Hampshire supporting Angie's Shelter and New Horizons in Manchester. Currently the foundation is shipping hygiene kits to help people affected by Sandy.  Color My World is accepting part or complete Hygiene Kits consisting of:

• 4 Toothbrushes
• 2 Bar of Soap
• 2 Hand Towel
• 1 Tube of Toothpaste
• 2 Combs
• Packed in a 1 gallon zip lock bag

The organization is in major need of toothbrushes and toothpaste.

The project will run until November 1-15, 2012.  Drop off locations include the Bedford Library, YMCA Goffstown, YMCA Manchester, Trinity High School, Bedford Positively at the Bullock Agency, 11 Meetinghouse Road in Bedford (a box will be placed outdoors for “drive-by drop-off” Saturday, Nov. 3 through Nov. 15), Girl Scouts of America Swift Water Council.  If you see the Model T with Bedford Positively signs and want to drop something there, you are more than welcome to do that as well.

Color My World Foundation of Bedford is a non-profit 501(c)3, tax deductible organization operated solely by The Hughes Family of Bedford, NH.  More information can be found at www.colormyworldkids.org

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