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“Community Connection” (6:30 a.m. Sunday, WFMJ Channel 21; and 7 p.m. Wednesday, Time Warner Cable Channel 15 in Trumbull County): Angels of Easter Seals will present the 22nd annual “Magic of the Angels Christmas” Nov. 8. Phyllis Bacon and Julie Costas will join host Madonna Chism Pinkard to discuss the fundraising event and the Easter Seals organization.

Next, Geri Kosar and Michelle Grant from the Rich Center for Autism at Youngstown State University will discuss their benefit fundraiser, “Napa Valley to the Mahoning Valley,” an art, wine and live auction to take place Nov. 15 at Stambaugh Auditorium Ballroom.