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🌱 How Effort families are getting help filling stockings this Christmas

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  • How Effort families are getting help filling stockings this Christmas

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

Weather forecast:

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  • Tuesday: Cold with clouds and sun, with a high of 30 and low of 21 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Clouds and sun; not as cold, temps: high: 43, low: 23.
  • Thursday: An afternoon shower in spots, with a high of 40 and low of 36 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Families in the Poconos receive Christmas gifts and winter essentials through Angel Tree distribution (wnep.com) — Effort parents are among 160 local families receiving Christmas gifts and warm winter gear through Pleasant Valley Ecumenical Network’s Angel Tree program in nearby Sciota. With prices rising, the nonprofit and Monroe County Toys for Tots are stepping in so children from Effort and surrounding communities have toys, coats, hats, and gloves waiting under the tree.
   

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    American Legion Riders Post 927 Christmas Party. Wrapping up a year of comradery and community service.. (Nextdoor Birch Hollow Estates)
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    If you need your driveway done im your guy prices starting at 30 per driveway and up from there depending on size of driveway this includes sidewalks… (Nextdoor Birch Hollow Estates)
  • Dunkin' posted a job opening for Restaurant Manager in Effort. Apply here.
  • Target posted a job opening for 4am Inbound (Stocking) (T1260) in Stroudsburg. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Effort here.

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