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November 22, 2017
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The first City of Churches Tour in 2016 visits St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, which will be open again during the 2017 tour.
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City of Churches Tour adds 5 stops
By Louisa Danielson For IN|fortwayne publications
On Friday, Dec. 8, at 6 p.m., 17 churches in the
downtown Fort Wayne area will open their doors to visitors who want to explore a little bit of Fort Wayne history.
Second harvest Gleaners gather excess produce for the hungry By Megan Knowles mknowles@kpcmedia.com
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Anthony Murray examines a pumpkin during a Community Harvest Food Bank gleaning at the Kurtz farm in New Haven on Oct. 25.
rapport with the Kurtz farm so we’ve been buying corn and green beans from them all summer,” Wolf said. “They had a good
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A partnership between Community Harvest Food Bank and local farmers is helping bring fresh produce to those most in need in northeast Indiana. Community Harvest has been participating in crop gleaning for the past two years, CEO John Wolf said. The process is simple: After farmers have finished harvesting their crops for the year, Community Harvest is invited to come in and pick what’s left. While the process has only been formally going on for the past two years, the idea for one family has gone back generations. “We’ve donated excess produce or second-grade produce that we can’t sell to Community Harvest for years now. My grandpa started taking it in 20 years ago,” Matt Kurtz said. “We’ve got a pretty good
Some churches will be decorated for Christmas, offering the perfect time
Just mention “Night of Lights” to generations of Fort Wayne residents and visitors, and they will list the holiday traditions that play out on Thanksgiving Eve. Downtown will light up again on Wednesday, Nov. 22, as iconic symbols begin glowing for yet another HolidayFest. Santa and his reindeer will dash across the wall of the PNC Bank Building, just one of a dozen highlights of the evening. Downtown churches will offer the Ringing of the Bells at 7:30 p.m. Parkview Field spectators will lift their eyes to holiday fireworks at 7:45 p.m. Also this year, Ash Brokerage joins the lighting ceremonies with Holiday Illumination at 6:40 p.m. Family-friendly lighting ceremonies and indoor and outdoor holiday activities will take place throughout the late after-
noon and evening. Warm up with cocoa and carols at the Allen County Courthouse. Enjoy a special outdoor holiday concert with Renee Gonzales and her Merry Musicians at I&M Power Center Plaza, presented by Wells Fargo. Take in the kickoffs of both the Festival of Gingerbread at the History Center and Festival of Trees at the Embassy Theatre. Participate in activities like Cookies & Cocoa with Santa at Salin Bank, Santa’s Workshop at the Community Center, the Holiday Open House at the Grand Wayne Convention Center, Create a Scarf at the Allen County Public Library or Santa at the Train Station at the Baker Street Train Station. The Downtown Holiday Window Decorating Contest returns this year. Visitors will stroll past the decorated windows of participating businesses
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