🌱 How Bethel volunteers quietly transform medical trips for homebound seniors

Hi Bethel! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How Bethel volunteers quietly transform medical trips for homebound seniors

Also on today's calendar: Peace, Love & Lights and 5 more events.

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Today's riddle: The doctor told me to drink carrot juice after a hot bath. - Did it help? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Variable cloudiness, with a high of 39 and low of 21 degrees.
• Thursday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, temps: high: 39, low: 35.
• Friday: Afternoon flurries, with a high of 51 and low of 17 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!

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📰 News we're reading

• Transporting homebound seniors (riverreporter.com) — A longtime Sullivan County Office for the Aging volunteer helps homebound seniors get to medical appointments and offers them much-needed conversation and comfort along the way. Volunteers were recently honored at a luncheon held at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, underscoring the town’s role in recognizing this vital service. His story highlights how local residents can support vulnerable neighbors.
   

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📸 Around Bethel

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bethel

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday December 18

• Bethel Buds
  Bethel Buds, 1577 NY-17B, White Lake
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday December 18

• Peace, Love & Lights
  Bethel Woods Center for the Arts , 200 Hurd Rd , Bethel
  5:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Feast of the 7 Fishes Dinner Experience (21+)
  Bethel Woods Center for the Arts , 200 Hurd Rd , Bethel
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Holiday Market Pop-Up
  Bethel Woods Center for the Arts , 200 Hurd Rd , Bethel
  12:00 pm
• Dinner with Santa
  Bethel Woods Center for the Arts , 200 Hurd Rd , Bethel
  4:00 pm
• Comedy at The Woodstock Way
  The Woodstock Way Groovy Eatery , 951 NY-17B , Mongaup Valley
  8:00 pm

Sunday December 21

• Santa's Workshop
  Bethel Woods Center for the Arts , 200 Hurd Rd , Bethel
  4:00 pm

Monday December 22

• Peace, Love & Lights
  Bethel Woods Center for the Arts , 200 Hurd Rd , Bethel
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday December 17

• Narrowsburg Playgroup
  Western Sullivan Public Library - Tusten-Cochecton Branch , 198 Bridge St , Narrowsburg
  10:15 am
• Storytime & Play
  Albany Public Library - Delaware Branch , 331 Delaware Ave , Albany
  10:30 am
• Grades 5-6 Winter Concert
  LHS Auditorium
  6:30 pm
• Nutcracker Dance Public Performance
  Monticello High School , 39 Breakey Ave , Monticello
  6:30 pm

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The Home Depot, Inc. posted a job opening for Customer Service/Sales in Monticello. Apply here.
• Touro College & University System posted a job opening for Adjunct Teacher in Monticello. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bethel here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Monticello

• The importance of books (riverreporter.com)
• Vote for the Varsity 845 boys basketball players of the week for Dec. 8-14 (recordonline.com)
• New York Ski Area Suffers Second Fire Of This Year (unofficialnetworks.com)

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Ok Bethel! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don’t know. I can never finish drinking the hot bath!
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