Honesdale Area Jaycees

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Thank you to all who came out and helped & participated in our annual Easter Egg Hunt yesterday! The Easter Bunny again made his rounds through Honesdale and it was such a blast for all who were involved. Through the community support of our various events throughout the year we are able to make events like these happen. Here’s to hoping 2021 is the best year yet and last year is finally behind us!

The hunt is on this morning!

EASTER EGG HUNT MARCH 27 - Hunt begins @ 10AM 2 age groups: ~5 & Under... ~ 6 to 11 years old Hundreds of eggs per age group! The Easter Bunny will be making an appearance and pictures will be allowed!!! Depending on weather, the hunt will either take place in the parking lots of Stourbridge & Lakeside schools, or on the grounds. Following the hunt, the Easter Bunny will again be traveling through Honesdale! He will depart from the Stourbridge and hop through the streets of Honesdale! Be sure to keep a look out for him!

Beautiful raised garden bed up for raffle. Tickets are $10 a piece. See any Jaycee member to purchase your ticket today! Thank you so much to our sponsors Reining Portable Sawing and Apple Day Spa

The Christmas Shopping Tour is an annual tradition for the Honesdale Area Jaycees. Due to the current pandemic, we were unable to go through with the project as normally planned. We put their heads together and came up with an alternative idea. Nursing homes have been following strict guidelines due to the pandemic and seniors haven’t been allowed visitors for most of the year. So we decided to adopt local seniors and purchase gifts for them to brighten their holiday season. We adopted seniors and purchased gifts for the following local nursing homes: Ellen Memorial Health Care Center, Bethany Village, Wayne Woodlands Manor, and Julia Ribaudo Extended Care Center.

Santa and his elves are good friends of the Honesdale Area Jaycees! For years, Santa has brought one of his elves from the North Pole and made an early stop in Honesdale to check in and stop by some of our members homes. Truly, Santa exemplifies our Jaycee creed! Selfless service is all he does year round! All the girls and boys he visited were confirmed to be on the Nice list and the kids had the opportunity to personally give Santa their Christmas lists. After the night of cookies, Santa had to head back to the North Pole to nap and get ready for his big journey next week! Here are some pictures from his visit

Congratulations to our 2020 Essential Personnel Award recipients; Dr James Cruse & Dr Sean McVeigh with Wayne Memorial Health System. This is a new category for our community service awards this year, and the recipients are well deserving for all of their hard work during this years pandemic and beyond. Pictured below from left to right are Wynter Newman, CEO David Hoff, Jaycee Stephanie Schuman, Jaycee Katie Stinavage, Dr McVeigh, Dr Cruse & Fred Jackson. Thank you all for your hard work and dedication to our community.

Congratulations to our 2020 Outstanding Educator of the Year, Lori Sheldon. Lori is the K-12 Technology Integrator for Wayne Highlands School District. Pictured below is Lori accepting the award with her department colleagues, our Jaycees, and her husband and son. Thank you so much Lori for your service to our community!

Congratulations to our 2020 Emergency Responder of the Year: Kenny Batzel. Kenny serves as the Assistant Ambulance Captain and Deputy Chief of the White Mills Fire Dept. Pictured Below with Kenny accepting the award are his granddaughter, Jaycee president John Stinavage and community service committee chair Stephanie Schuman. Thank you Kenny for your service to our community!

Happy Thanksgiving, from our families to yours! Stay safe this holiday weekend!

Keeping Pennsylvania beautiful, on a beautiful day!!!

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