Cruzers donate toys to Christmas in Jefferson Co.

The Mossy Creek Cruzers Car Club delivered toys to the Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Christmas in Jefferson County program last week. Toys were collected by the Cruzers at various events throughout the year, as well as in collection boxes spread throughout the area. Distribution of toys and food will be held on Friday, December 9…

VFW Post donates car to fellow Vet

Thanks to the generosity of a local veterans organization, a fellow vet and widow now has a car to call her own. VFW Post 7174, located at 12 Pine Street, The Plins, Thursday donated a 2012 Ford Fusion to Belpre Resident, Emma Cameron. According to Post Quartermaster, John Keirns, 15 requests were made for the…

Chandler teen battling cancer surprised with car for sweet sixteen

Julia had been saving to buy her first car when a tumor was found in her hip. It’s been removed but she now faces the daunting task of going through chemotherapy. So the community, who raised thousands of dollars to make sure Thursday, on her sixteenth birthday, Julia got the surprise of a lifetime. Homemade…

Charity donates car to mother fighting brain tumor

A single mother of two who is battling a brain tumor received a much needed car Friday, courtesy of a local children’s charity. “I was overwhelmed,” saidTerri Torres. “I didn’t know how to process it.” Representatives from the San Diego charity Passion 4 Kids handedTorres the keys to a 2008 Volkswagen Jetta. “It’s in impeccable…