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Angel Tree event

WARREN

Northeast Ohio Adoption Services is inviting donors and volunteers to an annual Angel Tree Open House from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Dec. 1 at 5000 E. Market St., Suite 26. A holiday tree will be set up and decked out with gift-wish lists from more than 350 deserving young people served by NOAS and the child-welfare services. Each child’s wish list will be attached to a paper angel on the tree. Those willing to help with the project are asked to select an angel off the tree, purchase a gift and get it to a social worker by Dec. 6 for distribution in time for Christmas.

To get an adoption information packet by mail or to become an Angel Tree donor, visit www.noas.com, or call 800-686-6627, ext 126.

Recycling winners

WARREN

“Move over, trash can, it’s recycle time” is the new recycling slogan for the Geauga-Trumbull Solid Waste Management District, and it was written by Rebekah Stanhope from Joseph Badger Middle School in Kinsman. The slogan was selected from 450 entries submitted during a contest in September and October among children in grades four through eight across Trumbull and Geauga counties. The slogan has been printed on Solid Waste Management District tote bags made from recycled plastic bottles that were distributed to students at the schools that produced the top-three slogans.

Second-place winner was Sydney Velotta of Robert C. Lindsey Elementary in Chesterland, and third place was Ahlam Esmail of L.E.A.D. Academy in W.S. Guy Middle School, Liberty.

Christmas tree sale

New SPRINGFIELD

Springfield Township Fire Department Station 21, 10720 Struthers Road, will have its 30th annual Christmas tree sale. The firefighters will begin selling the trees at 1 p.m. Nov. 29. Hours after that will be 5 to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 7 p.m. Sundays. Four varieties will be available: Fraser fir, blue spruce, white pine and Scotch pine. Proceeds will help buy equipment for the department.