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Volume 04 • Number 12
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Traveling Closet takes care of kids in need Local mother, other volunteers create care network By Gail Peckler-Dziki CORRESPONDENT
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United Methodist Church Pastor Bill Landis, left, applies some elbow grease in order to polish his vintage 1951 Chevrolet pickup truck for Evie and Don Skidmore during the Classic & Custom Car Show held at the Brook Bandshell in Antioch on Thursday. In addition to the nearly 150 vintage vehicles on display and the sunny weather, the large crowd in attendance also enjoyed the final It’s Thursday concert of the year featuring the popular Blooze Brothers.
Many young mothers have a circle of friends, neighbors and acquaintances that pass hand-me-downs around. And often that same circle is there to offer other needed help. Lisa Fisher, of Antioch, is one such young mother who has widened her circle to include folks she doesn’t know. And she has drawn more than 200 others into that circle to offer help to other young moms and families in need. It all started when Fisher heard a story that touched her heart. “I was having coffee with a friend of mine who teaches at one of the local grade schools,” Fisher said recently. “She told me about how one of her students was very excited to have spent the last three evenings until bedtime at McDonald’s,” Fisher said. The grade school student
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was indeed excited, but when Fisher learned the reason, she was very unhappy. “The electricity in that child’s home was shut off,” she said. Fisher heard that the child’s home life was difficult and Fisher was moved to compassion so she worked out a plan with her friend, the teacher. “I decided to provide things to make this child’s life a little easier,” Fisher said, “so when I found useful things, I gave them to my friend who passed them on.” Useful things included clothing, toiletries and simple food items. This child and Fisher never met, the child never learned Fisher’s name and she was fine with that. A few years later when Fisher was told the family was
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