🌱 How a Meredith garage pantry grew into a lifeline for hundreds

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Meredith garage pantry grew into a lifeline for hundreds

Also on today's calendar: Reservations Deadline for Free Christmas Dinner.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Partly sunny and not as cold, with a high of 30 and low of 16 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Wednesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 38, low: 23.
• Thursday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 38 and low of 32 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Operators of small food distribution programs see a greater need for their services (inklink.news) — Right in Meredith, neighbor-run nonprofit Restoration Acres is scrambling to meet surging demand for free meals as SNAP cuts and the long federal shutdown strain local families. Founder Kathy Sorrell now feeds hundreds monthly from sheds and a greenhouse beside her home, while similar grassroots food programs across New Hampshire report the same relentless need.
   

📸 Around Meredith

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Meredith

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• Reservations Deadline for Free Christmas Dinner
  First United Methodist Church of Gilford-Laconia, Inc., 18 Wesley Way, Gilford
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• Lakes Region Detachment Monthly Board and Membership Meeting
  Meredith Community Center , 1 Circle Dr , Meredith
  6:30 pm

Friday December 19

• Jack and the Beanstalk
  50 Reservoir Rd , Meredith
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• Fiction Book Group
  Laconia, NH Calendar , 695 N Main St , Laconia
  10:00 am
• Drop-In Tech Help
  Laconia, NH Calendar , 695 N Main St , Laconia
  10:00 am
• Blood Drive
  Granite VNA , 780 North Main Street , Laconia
  1:00 pm
• Red Cross Blood Drive
  Granite VNA Office , 780 North Main Street , Laconia
  1:00 pm
• Mug Painting
  Laconia Public Library
  3:30 pm
• Prescott's Florist - Deck the Table: Holiday Centerpiece Design at WORK Lakes Region
  Lakes Region Chamber , 51 Elm St Suite 107 , Laconia
  5:30 pm
• Story Sampler: New Year, New Book
  Laconia, NH Calendar , 695 N Main St , Laconia
  6:00 pm
• Planning Board Meeting
  Laconia, NH Calendar , 45 Beacon Street East , Laconia
  6:30 pm

Wednesday December 17

• ACA Marketplace Open Enrollment
  Lakes Region Chamber , 383 S Main St , Laconia
  8:00 am
• Wee Ones Wednesdays
  The Children's Museum of New Hampshire , 6 Washington Street , Dover
  9:15 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• McDonald's posted a job opening for Part-Time Custodian and Maintenance in Meredith. Apply here.
• New Hampshire Staffing posted a job opening for 4:00 am - 11:00 am Team Member Shifts in Meredith. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Meredith here.

🗞 Nearby News

Laconia

• NHTI receives medical equipment donation for student learning (theconcordinsider.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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