Post office event to help with packages for troops

Post office event to help with packages for troops

YOUNGSTOWN — The last call for sending holiday cards and gifts to the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan is Thursday, the U.S. Postal Service reminds the public.

Residents are encouraged to go to the main Youngstown Post Office, 99 S. Walnut St., downtown, from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday with any items they’d like to send loved ones who are overseas in the armed forces.

Large “America Supports You” Flat-Rate boxes, packaging tape, mailing labels and international customs forms will be supplied at the event for free. All the personal hygiene items, snacks, food, clothing , etc. that can be stuffed into the large APO/FPO flat rate boxes can be shipped to any APO or FPO address for only $10.95.

Volunteers will help residents properly package their items.

Raffle to raise funds for scholarships

SHARON, Pa. — Penn State Shenango Women’s Commission is sponsoring a raffle to raise funds for scholarships for female students attending the Shenango campus of Pennsylvania State University.

The raffle winner will be treated to a night’s lodging at Tara, with champagne upon arrival, a fruit and cheese tray, afternoon tea and breakfast for two in the sunroom overlooking the gardens, and will receive a Swedish massage at the Buhl Mansion Spa.

Raffle tickets will be sold from noon to 1 p.m. daily through Dec. 10 at the Great Hall on the Shenango campus, where the drawing will be at noon Dec. 11.

For more information, contact Gail Mancuso, (724) 983-2876.