DID YOU KNOW?


You can view Calendars of Events from the Press-Republican? The Friday Community Calendar and the Thursday Eight Days a Week calendar are also online.

History Day workshops set
TICONDEROGA — Two workshops are open to North Country teachers who would like to learn how to involve students in National History Day.

One is set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, at Fort Ticonderoga; another is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, at the Battle of Plattsburgh Association Museum in Plattsburgh.

Fort Ticonderoga's Director of Interpretation & Education Rich Strum is the North Country regional coordinator for New York State History Day, and the fort will host the History Day Contest on Saturday, March 13, 2010.

Cost for the workshop is $10; pre-registration is required. Contact Strum at rstrum@fort-ticonderoga.org or at 585-6370. Learn more at: www.nyshistoryday.org.

Halloween Party open to preschoolers
SARANAC LAKE — Saranac Lake Free Library, 109 Main St., Saranac Lake, invites all preschoolers to the Story Hour Halloween Party at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, in the Thomas B. Cantwell Community Room.

The program will include seasonal stories and treats, a press release said. Costumes are optional.

For information, call 891-4190.

Holiday shoebox project gears up
PLATTSBURGH — Operation Christmas Child invites children, families, churches, businesses, schools and community groups to fill shoeboxes with gifts for children overseas who are suffering from disease, famine, war, terrorism and natural disaster.

A project of international Christian relief and evangelism organization Samaritan's Purse, the initiative has hand-delivered more than 69 million shoebox gifts to needy children in some 130 countries since 1993, a press release said.

National Collection Week is Nov. 16 through 23 but Operation Christmas Child is a year-round project.

To help, fill shoeboxes with toys, necessity items, school supplies, candy and a letter of encouragement.

Participants can track their boxes online to find out where in the world they end up.

For more information, call 357-2284 or visit www.samaritanspurse.org.