Santa has mailboxes in communities
GREENFIELD – Local communities are encouraging children to mail their letters to Santa in special mailboxes to get a reply.
The mailbox in McCordsville Town Hall is located in the lobby, 6280 W. 800N. The letter should include a return address for a reply. The building is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays.
Greenfield Parks and Recreation is also encouraging letters. Any child who writes a letter and includes a self-addressed stamped envelope and drops it in a designated mailbox may get a response mailed back. Santa mailboxes are located at Depot Street Park and the Patricia Elmore Center in Riley Park. The deadline to place a letter in the mailbox is Sunday, Dec. 18.
Art gallery accepting donations for soup kitchen
GREENFIELD – The Twenty North Gallery is a collection point for the Kenneth Butler Memorial Soup Kitchen this month.
The gallery, at 20 N. State St., is open 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. The gallery is featuring photography and Christmas exhibits this month as well.
For a list of donation requests for the soup kitchen, visit kbmsk.org/wish-list.
Reading companion dogs at libraries this weekend
HANCOCK COUNTY – Stop by a local library this weekend and children can read to dogs.
Bentley’s Buddies and Friends, a nonprofit organization that encourages and builds reading skills through the ears of listening canines, will be at three local libraries. The dogs will be at the Fortville-Vernon Township Public LIbrary from 10:30a.m. to noon today, Dec. 17 at 625 E. Broadway St., Fortville.
The dogs will be at both locations of the Hancock County Public Library from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18. The main branch is located at 900 W. McKenzie Road, Greenfield. The Sugar Creek branch is located at 5731 W. U.S. 52. Walk-ins are welcome; there is no need to sign up.
