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<< December 2020 >>
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29 Newtown Turkey Trot 5K Virtual Race Toys For Tots Collection SHVFR Christmas Trees (and more) Sale FAITH Food Pantry open BY APPOINTMENT	30 Toys For Tots Collection Board of Finance virtual special meeting (agenda posted, participation options noted) Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale Commission on Aging special meeting (agenda posted, participation option noted) Weaving Newtown Booth Library Board of Trustees Finance Subcommittee virtual meeting (agenda posted, participation option noted) Borough Historic District Commission meeting Borough of Newtown Historic District Commission virtual meeting/public hearing (agenda posted, participation options noted)	1 Toys For Tots Collection FAITH Food Pantry open BY APPOINTMENT Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (morning-early afternoon hours) Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (late afternoon-evening hours) Public Safety Committee (DOC/Garner) virtual meeting (agenda posted, participation options noted) AA meeting (Closed Step) Police Commission meeting (AMENDED agenda posted, participation options noted) Legislative Council Charter Revision Interview Committee virtual meeting (agenda posted, participation option noted) Legislative Council Charter Revision Interview Committee virtual meeting (agenda posted, participation option noted) Board of Education virtual meeting (agenda posted, participation options noted)	2 Toys For Tots Collection Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (morning-early afternoon hours) Booth Library Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Special Committee virtual meeting (agenda posted, participation options noted) Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (late afternoon-evening hours) Alzheimer Family Support Group American Legion Post 202-Newtown meeting Legislative Council virtual meeting (REVISED agenda posted, participation option noted) Zoning Board of Appeals meeting CANCELED	3 Toys For Tots Collection Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (morning-early afternoon hours) American Red Cross Blood Drive FAITH Food Pantry open BY APPOINTMENT Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (late afternoon-evening hours) SHVFR Christmas Trees (and more) Sale “Dutch and Flemish Baroque: From Posed Portraiture to Captured Moments” (online lecture) Booth Library Long Range Planning Ad Hoc Committee virtual special meeting (agenda posted, participation option noted) Newtown Cultural Arts Commission virtual meeting (agenda posted, participation options noted) Planning & Zoning Commission meeting (agenda posted, EARLY START TIME) Water & Sewer Authority meeting CANCELED Board of Ethics meeting	4 Toys For Tots Collection Stuff A Van: Toys For Tots collection event Toys For Tots Drop & Drive Collection Ram Pasture Silent Stroll SHVFR Christmas Trees (and more) Sale	5 Toys For Tots Collection Senior Center Craft Boutique Pop-Up Store SHVFR Christmas Trees (and more) Sale Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale Drive-Thru Food Drive for FAITH Food Pantry Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale Toys For Tots Drop & Drive Collection NMS PTA Shoe Drive Holiday Make & Take Workshop: Holiday Ornament Winter Holiday Market 20th Annual Sandy Hook Tree Lighting
6 Toys For Tots Collection SHVFR Christmas Trees (and more) Sale NYFS Holiday Festival Event: “Elf Chats — Live from the North Pole!” NYFS Holiday Festival event: Festival of Trees NYFS Holiday Festival event: Road To Disney Scavenger Hunt “Secrets Your Parents Never Told You About the History of Christmas Carols” (online lecture/program) Jingle Jam For A Cause	7 Toys For Tots Collection Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale Board of Education Communications Committee meeting NYFS Holiday Festival event: "Elf Chats — Live from The North Pole!" Weaving Newtown NYFS Holiday Festival event: Bedtime Stories With Santa Board of Selectmen meeting	8 Toys For Tots Collection FAITH Food Pantry open BY APPOINTMENT Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (morning-early afternoon hours) Board of Education Curriculum & Instruction Committee meeting Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (late afternoon-evening hours) NYFS Holiday Festival event: "Elf Chats — Live from The North Pole!" Parks & Recreation Commission meeting AA meeting (Closed Step) Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers meeting Booth Library Board of Trustees meeting Conservation Commission meeting Board of Finance meeting Borough Board of Burgesses meeting Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Association meeting	9 Toys For Tots Collection Board of Education Policy Committee meeting Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (morning-early afternoon hours) Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (late afternoon-evening hours) NYFS Holiday Festival event: "Elf Chats — Live from The North Pole!" Borough Zoning Commission meeting CANCELED Design Advisory Board Commission meeting Inland Wetlands Commission meeting	10 Toys For Tots Collection Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (morning-early afternoon hours) FAITH Food Pantry open BY APPOINTMENT Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (late afternoon-evening hours) NYFS Holiday Festival event: "Elf Chats — Live from The North Pole!" SHVFR Christmas Trees (and more) Sale NYFS Holiday Festival event: Bedtime Stories With Santa Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial Commission meeting Storyteller Christian Hege: “Grýla — Not For Children” Water & Sewer Authority meeting CANCELED	11 HANUKKAH begins at sunset Toys For Tots Collection American Red Cross Blood Drive SHVFR Christmas Trees (and more) Sale NYFS Holiday Festival event: "Elf Chats — Live from The North Pole!" Holiday Drop & Shop	12 HANUKKAH continues Toys For Tots Collection NYFS Holiday Festival event: "Elf Chats — Live from The North Pole!" Senior Center Craft Boutique Pop-Up Store NYFS Holiday Festival event: Festival of Trees SHVFR Christmas Trees (and more) Sale Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale Newtown Lions Club Stay At Home Treasure Hunt Grand Finale Newtown Lights 2020
13 HANUKKAH continues Toys For Tots Collection SHVFR Christmas Trees (and more) Sale Garden Club of Newtown Holiday Greens Sale CANCELED Gingerbread House Workshop Jingle Jam For A Cause Polar Express Pajama Party Newtown Lights 2020	14 HANUKKAH continues Toys For Tots Collection Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale Weaving Newtown Interfaith 12/14 Memorial Gathering (online) Board of Finance meeting	15 HANUKKAH continues Toys For Tots Collection American Red Cross Blood Drive FAITH Food Pantry open BY APPOINTMENT Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (morning-early afternoon hours) Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (late afternoon-evening hours) AA meeting (Closed Step) Economic Development Commission meeting Board of Education meeting	16 HANUKKAH continues Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (morning-early afternoon hours) Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (late afternoon-evening hours) Bike & Trails Committee meeting Legislative Council meeting	17 HANUKKAH continues Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (morning-early afternoon hours) FAITH Food Pantry open BY APPOINTMENT Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (late afternoon-evening hours) SHVFR Christmas Trees (and more) Sale Sustainable Energy Commission meeting Pension Committee meeting Planning & Zoning Commission meeting	18 FINAL DAY OF HANUKKAH SHVFR Christmas Trees (and more) Sale 'Frozen II' Pool Party	19 SHVFR Christmas Trees (and more) Sale Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale
20 SHVFR Christmas Trees (and more) Sale Town Players of Newtown Virtual Holiday Fundraiser	21 WINTER SOLSTICE Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale Commission on Aging meeting Weaving Newtown Board of Selectmen meeting	22 FAITH Food Pantry open BY APPOINTMENT Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (morning-early afternoon hours) Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (late afternoon-evening hours) AA meeting (Closed Step) Conservation Commission meeting Public Building & Site Commission meeting	23 Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (morning-early afternoon hours) Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (late afternoon-evening hours) Inland Wetlands Commission meeting	24 CHRISTMAS EVE Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (morning-early afternoon hours) Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (late afternoon-evening hours) Board of Finance meeting CANCELED	25 CHRISTMAS	26 Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale
27	28 Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale Weaving Newtown Board of Fire Commissioners meeting Fairfield Hills Authority meeting	29 American Red Cross Blood Drive FAITH Food Pantry open BY APPOINTMENT Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (morning-early afternoon hours) Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (late afternoon-evening hours) AA meeting (Closed Step)	30 Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (morning-early afternoon hours) Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (late afternoon-evening hours)	31 NEW YEAR’S EVE Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (morning-early afternoon hours) Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (late afternoon-evening hours)	1 NEW YEAR’S DAY	2 Drive-Thru Food Drive for FAITH Food Pantry

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Wednesday, December 02, 2020

START TIME: 12:00 AM

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Toys For Tots Collection

START TIME: 9:30 AM

END TIME: 4:00 PM

Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (morning-early afternoon hours)

START TIME: 4:30 PM

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Booth Library Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Special Committee virtual meeting (agenda posted, participation options noted)

START TIME: 5:00 PM

END TIME: 7:00 PM

Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (late afternoon-evening hours)

START TIME: 6:00 PM

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Alzheimer Family Support Group

START TIME: 7:00 PM

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American Legion Post 202-Newtown meeting

START TIME: 7:30 PM

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Legislative Council virtual meeting (REVISED agenda posted, participation option noted)

START TIME: 7:30 PM

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Zoning Board of Appeals meeting **CANCELED**

Thursday, December 03, 2020

START TIME: 12:00 AM

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Toys For Tots Collection

START TIME: 9:30 AM

END TIME: 4:00 PM

Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (morning-early afternoon hours)

START TIME: 1:00 PM

END TIME: 6:00 PM

American Red Cross Blood Drive

START TIME: 4:00 PM

END TIME: 6:00 PM

FAITH Food Pantry open **BY APPOINTMENT**

START TIME: 5:00 PM

END TIME: 7:00 PM

Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (late afternoon-evening hours)

START TIME: 6:00 PM

END TIME: 9:00 PM

SHVFR Christmas Trees (and more) Sale

START TIME: 6:30 PM

END TIME:

“Dutch and Flemish Baroque: From Posed Portraiture to Captured Moments” (online lecture)

START TIME: 7:00 PM

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Booth Library Long Range Planning Ad Hoc Committee virtual special meeting (agenda posted, participation option noted)

START TIME: 7:00 PM

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Newtown Cultural Arts Commission virtual meeting (agenda posted, participation options noted)

START TIME: 7:00 PM

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Planning & Zoning Commission meeting (agenda posted, EARLY START TIME)

START TIME: 7:00 PM

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Water & Sewer Authority meeting **CANCELED**

START TIME: 7:30 PM

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Board of Ethics meeting

Friday, December 04, 2020

START TIME: 12:00 AM

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Toys For Tots Collection

START TIME: 2:00 PM

END TIME: 4:00 PM

Stuff A Van: Toys For Tots collection event

START TIME: 2:00 PM

END TIME: 4:00 PM

Toys For Tots Drop & Drive Collection

START TIME: 5:00 PM

END TIME: 10:00 PM

Ram Pasture Silent Stroll

START TIME: 6:00 PM

END TIME: 9:00 PM

SHVFR Christmas Trees (and more) Sale

Saturday, December 05, 2020

START TIME: 12:00 AM

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Toys For Tots Collection

START TIME: 8:00 AM

END TIME: 2:00 PM

Senior Center Craft Boutique Pop-Up Store

START TIME: 9:00 AM

END TIME: 9:00 PM

SHVFR Christmas Trees (and more) Sale

START TIME: 9:30 AM

END TIME: 4:00 PM

Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale

START TIME: 10:00 AM

END TIME: 12:00 PM

Drive-Thru Food Drive for FAITH Food Pantry

START TIME: 10:00 AM

END TIME: 2:00 PM

Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale

START TIME: 10:00 AM

END TIME: 12:00 PM

Toys For Tots Drop & Drive Collection

START TIME: 11:00 AM

END TIME: 1:00 PM

NMS PTA Shoe Drive

START TIME: 2:00 PM

END TIME: 4:00 PM

Holiday Make & Take Workshop: Holiday Ornament

START TIME: 2:00 PM

END TIME: 4:00 PM

Winter Holiday Market

START TIME: 6:00 PM

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20th Annual Sandy Hook Tree Lighting

Sunday, December 06, 2020

START TIME: 12:00 AM

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Toys For Tots Collection

START TIME: 9:00 AM

END TIME: 9:00 PM

SHVFR Christmas Trees (and more) Sale

START TIME: 9:30 AM

END TIME: 12:00 PM

NYFS Holiday Festival Event: “Elf Chats — Live from the North Pole!”

START TIME: 10:00 AM

END TIME: 6:00 PM

NYFS Holiday Festival event: Festival of Trees

START TIME: 1:00 PM

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NYFS Holiday Festival event: Road To Disney Scavenger Hunt

START TIME: 2:00 PM

END TIME: 3:00 PM

“Secrets Your Parents Never Told You About the History of Christmas Carols” (online lecture/program)

START TIME: 4:00 PM

END TIME: 7:00 PM

Jingle Jam For A Cause

Monday, December 07, 2020

START TIME: 12:00 AM

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Toys For Tots Collection

START TIME: 9:30 AM

END TIME: 4:00 PM

Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale

START TIME: 1:00 PM

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Board of Education Communications Committee meeting

START TIME: 5:00 PM

END TIME: 8:00 PM

NYFS Holiday Festival event: "Elf Chats — Live from The North Pole!"

START TIME: 6:00 PM

END TIME: 9:00 PM

Weaving Newtown

START TIME: 7:00 PM

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NYFS Holiday Festival event: Bedtime Stories With Santa

START TIME: 7:30 PM

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Board of Selectmen meeting

Tuesday, December 08, 2020

START TIME: 12:00 AM

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Toys For Tots Collection

START TIME: 9:30 AM

END TIME: 11:43 AM

FAITH Food Pantry open **BY APPOINTMENT**

START TIME: 9:30 AM

END TIME: 4:00 PM

Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (morning-early afternoon hours)

START TIME: 11:00 AM

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Board of Education Curriculum & Instruction Committee meeting

START TIME: 5:00 PM

END TIME: 7:00 PM

Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (late afternoon-evening hours)

START TIME: 5:00 PM

END TIME: 8:00 PM

NYFS Holiday Festival event: "Elf Chats — Live from The North Pole!"

START TIME: 6:00 PM

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Parks & Recreation Commission meeting

START TIME: 6:30 PM

END TIME: 7:30 PM

AA meeting (Closed Step)

START TIME: 6:30 PM

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Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers meeting

START TIME: 7:00 PM

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Booth Library Board of Trustees meeting

START TIME: 7:00 PM

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Conservation Commission meeting

START TIME: 7:30 PM

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Board of Finance meeting

START TIME: 7:30 PM

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Borough Board of Burgesses meeting

START TIME: 7:30 PM

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Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Association meeting

Wednesday, December 09, 2020

START TIME: 12:00 AM

END TIME:

Toys For Tots Collection

START TIME: 8:30 AM

END TIME:

Board of Education Policy Committee meeting

START TIME: 9:30 AM

END TIME: 4:00 PM

Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (morning-early afternoon hours)

START TIME: 5:00 PM

END TIME: 7:00 PM

Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (late afternoon-evening hours)

START TIME: 5:00 PM

END TIME: 8:00 PM

NYFS Holiday Festival event: "Elf Chats — Live from The North Pole!"

START TIME: 7:00 PM

END TIME:

Borough Zoning Commission meeting **CANCELED**

START TIME: 7:00 PM

END TIME:

Design Advisory Board Commission meeting

START TIME: 7:30 PM

END TIME:

Inland Wetlands Commission meeting

Thursday, December 10, 2020

START TIME: 12:00 AM

END TIME:

Toys For Tots Collection

START TIME: 9:30 AM

END TIME: 4:00 PM

Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (morning-early afternoon hours)

START TIME: 4:00 PM

END TIME: 6:00 PM

FAITH Food Pantry open **BY APPOINTMENT**

START TIME: 5:00 PM

END TIME: 7:00 PM

Friends of C.H. Booth Library Holiday Book & Gift Sale (late afternoon-evening hours)

START TIME: 5:00 PM

END TIME: 8:00 PM

NYFS Holiday Festival event: "Elf Chats — Live from The North Pole!"

START TIME: 6:00 PM

END TIME: 9:00 PM

SHVFR Christmas Trees (and more) Sale

START TIME: 7:00 PM

END TIME:

NYFS Holiday Festival event: Bedtime Stories With Santa

START TIME: 7:00 PM

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Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial Commission meeting

START TIME: 7:00 PM

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Storyteller Christian Hege: “Grýla — Not For Children”

START TIME: 7:00 PM

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Water & Sewer Authority meeting **CANCELED**

Friday, December 11, 2020

START TIME: 12:00 AM

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HANUKKAH begins at sunset

START TIME: 12:00 AM

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Toys For Tots Collection

START TIME: 9:00 AM

END TIME: 6:00 PM

American Red Cross Blood Drive

START TIME: 3:00 PM

END TIME: 9:00 PM

SHVFR Christmas Trees (and more) Sale

START TIME: 5:00 PM

END TIME: 8:00 PM

NYFS Holiday Festival event: "Elf Chats — Live from The North Pole!"

START TIME: 6:30 PM

END TIME: 9:00 PM

Holiday Drop & Shop

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As both a senior and a disabled vetern am not amused by this fee- since am elegible for a "free" Charter Oak Pass - which must pay for when registering a vehicle. Go figure.

Passport To Parks Fees To Restore State Property Benefits, But Is It Fair?

Ryan this is a typical argument that extrapolates a few issues into an argument that the system is faulty and thus we must keep an old fashioned system of voting. And we all know this is a from the top Republican effort to reduce not increase the number of people voting. I would prefer an argument that says we should make it as easy as possible to vote and to make sure its safe and secure. Remembering that in person voting has many of the same issue you are offering as reason not to expand votes by mail. "Remember Mayor Daily from Chicago familiar quote(Joke) "Vote for me and vote often." So the mail in system does not have to be perfect , or even need to be more perfect than the current in person system. We should strive for a system that maximizes voter participation, makes it easy to register, expand the number of days you can vote, ideally automatically send out absentee ballots, In short the opposite of what I hear you saying under your breath. You are on the wrong side of this argument, and time and history will prove that.

Expanded Absentee Voting Increases Abuse Opportunities

It is important to note that NONE of the donations to Toys for Tots go to Newtown. Never have. The Newtown Fund is where you should donate if you want to help your neighbors.

US Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys For Tots 2020 Holiday Program

Four trillion in new debt will not be paid by baby boomers, but by their grandchildren and great grandchildren, but I guess it is easy to run up the credit card when you are not the one paying it back. This as the first relief bill was not fully spent. As for the banks, banks lend money to businesses who employ people and support jobs. If you have an issue with the "Big Banks", look inward as they grew 40% over Obama's 8 years of literally printing money to give them, devaluing your and my personal wealth.

The ‘Sordid Underbelly’ Of The Nation

I am a user of the COVID Alert PA app, and even though I have not had COVID (and hopefully never will!), I check in every day. I think that all users of compatible phones should do the same. Many people would, if they knew about it. When the app (or actually just the idea of the tracking technology) was created, COVID was definitely serious, but people had not started taking the actions that they do now. I think many people have forgotten about the app (if they ever knew about it, or if their state had even created one at that point), and it is therefore not being used as much as it could be if people were reminded that it exists. And even people that do not become infected (which is obviously the goal) can greatly increase the efficiency of the app. If the states with an app, or that plan on soon releasing one, found a way to notify the public, I think it could greatly help with contact tracing.

COVID Alert App Is Newest Tool To Halting Spread Of COVID-19

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