CLEAN-UP PROJECTS WILL SPRUCE A.V. LOCATIONS.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer Collecting food for a church food pantry, refurbishing a building to serve as a teen center and sprucing up picnic tables A picnic table (or sometimes a picnic bench) is a modified table with benches expressly for the purpose of eating a meal outdoors (picnicking). In the past, picnic tables were typically made of wood, but modern tables can be made out of anything from recycled plastic to and church pews are part of Make a Difference Day, scheduled Oct. 24. The Salvation Army Salvation Army, Protestant denomination and international nonsectarian Christian organization for evangelical and philanthropic work. Organization and Beliefs The Salvation Army has established branches in 100 countries throughout the world. will be collecting for Edwards Air Force Base's food bank, which assists airmen with groceries when they are short on money. The Salvation Army will have two collection points - one at its trailer next to Fire Station 2 and the other at the base commissary COMMISSARY. An officer whose principal duties are to supply the army with provisions. 2. The Act of April 14, 1818, s. 6, requires that the president, by and with the consent of the senate, shall appoint a commissary general with the rank, pay, and emoluments . ``We wanted to do something for the community,'' said Kathleen Lambert, one of three Salvation Army workers on base. ``We're hoping to collect 300 or 400 items.'' Make a Difference Day is a nationwide volunteerism campaign, sponsored by USA Weekend USA WEEKEND Magazine is a national publication distributed through more than 600 newspapers in the United States. It reaches 49 million [1] readers in 23 million households [2] every weekend. magazine, a publication that runs in nearly 500 newspapers, including the Daily News. The Points of Light Foundation and CivicSource are the other major sponsors. Volunteers also will be working to renovate a building next to the base post office that will be used for a teen center, hopefully by mid-November. ``Teen volunteers will be there filling holes and painting and doing all the self-help things that they can do,'' said Judy Morrow, the base's volunteer coordinator. Girl Scout troops on base will be out in force performing a variety of clean-up activities. Some 175 girls are expected to participate in the event. Daisy troops 65 and 158 will be cleaning the playground of Bailey Elementary School elementary school: see school. . Brownie brownie, in Celtic folklore, household spirit associated with farmsteads. Brownies help with chores, but, if criticized, they will make mischief, such as spoiling crops. If payment other than food is offered a brownie, he vanishes from a farm forever. Troop 156 will be picking up trash along the bike trail from Edwards' housing area to the main base, while Troop 183 will be cleaning picnic tables at Forbes Elementary School, and Troop 388 will be cleaning base church pews. Brownie Troop 86 will be making get-well cards Noun 1. get-well card - a card expressing get-well wishes card - a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures); "they sent us a card from Miami" get-well card n → for hospital patients. Juniors Troop 179 will be washing windows at the base thrift store; Troop 482 will clean playground toys; and Troop 495 will clean church pews, assisted by Cadette Troop 800. |
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