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Thrift & Gift Shop Reopens

After being closed most of 2020 due to the COVID-19 virus, the Thrift & Gift Shop is opening this week with a big clearance sale.  Even the Fall and Christmas items, many new, are marked with clearance prices.  While closed, donations still came and many of those are on clearance racks.
The non-profit Thrift & Gift Shop has been a business in Orange for 47 years.  We are now located in the old Salk School at 350 37th Street in Orange.  We are open Tuesday – Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.  We will also be open Saturday, Nov. 14, 8 a.m. till 1 p.m. for our annual Holiday Sale. The Bargain Room, also located in the school, will be open.

 

FFA to Sell Christmas Trees

The Orangefield FFA Booster Club as well as the Orangefield FFA Chapter will be selling real Balsam Fir Christmas trees this holiday season beginning Friday, November 27 from 8 a.m.-7 p.m. They will sell them from the ag farm – Jewel Cormier Park on Highway 1442. Trees will range in sizes from 3 feet to 10 feet and range in prices from $15 to $125. All proceeds will benefit the Orangefield FFA Booster Club Scholarship Fund.

 

Dorman Cemetery Cleanup

A clean-up for Dorman Cemetery, off Tulane Road, on Saturday, November 14 at 8 a.m. Please bring mowers, weed eaters, blowers, chain saws, clippers rakes and garbage bags. Call Brenda at 409-920-6202, Donna at 409-779-0281, or James at 409-543-6495 if you have any questions.

 

Orangefield FFA Hosts Food Drive

The Orangefield FFA Chapter will be hosting a Food Drive that will benefit local families this holiday season through the Bridge City/Orangefield Ministerial Alliance. We are accepting non-perishable food items from November 3rd-19th and will have a COVID-friendly drive-thru to drop off items on November 19th in front of Orangefield High School from 5 p.m.-6 p.m.

 

 

Veteran and Family Picnic

The Southeast Texas Veteran’s Association is hosting their first event this Veterans Day weekend with a free picnic and family friendly event at Clayborne West Park in Vidor from 12 p.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14. The event is open to all local area veterans and their families and will include free food, giveaways, live Texas country music from Danny Dillon, yard games and decorations from Well Done by Sarah Wells, with discounted products from the WAR WAGON CIGAR LOUNGE and other veteran-owned businesses and services.

The event is sponsored by the veteran non-profit NO LONGER LIMITED DUTY, founded and captained by Nicholas Crouch, a medically retired U.S. Navy veteran.

For more information email nicholas@nolongerlimitedduty.org or call (409) 332-5041

 

Gumbo Meal

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 945 West Roundbunch Road in Bridge City, will sell gumbo meals from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Tuesday, November 17, 2020. Gumbo is $9.50, Frozen Quart $12, and Frozen Pint $6. Take-out and delivery are available. Call 409-735-4573 or email goodshepherdoctx@gmail.com

 

Parenting Class

In order to keep our clients and volunteers safe, we will be doing our upcoming Parenting class on November 14 via ZOOM.

This will be an all-day class 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

If you have someone that needs to register, they can go to www.wellsofagape.org

Under the classes and services tab click on Parenting class. There will be instructions there as well as a link for them to click on to register.

We will send them information on what they will need to do prior to the date of the class. This will be our last Parenting class of 2020. We will resume in 2021.

 

Soup Kitchen

First Presbyterian Church, 902 Green Ave. in Orange, hosts a Soup Kitchen from 11:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays.

 

Orange County Beekeepers Group Meetings

Meetings are suspended pending COVID-19 resolution. The Orange County Beekeepers Group normally meets the first Tuesday of each month 6 p.m. Anyone interested in Honeybees or Beekeeping is welcome to join us on Facebook, search Orange Texas Beekeepers.

We are a group of local beekeepers interested in spreading information about honeybees and the pollination service they perform. This group works with the Orange County Ag Agent to expand beekeeping opportunity in Orange. We also strive to aid and assist fellow beekeepers, any new beekeepers and the general public.

For information or assistance with Honeybee removals please contact the Orange County Agrilife office 409-882-7010.

 

South Texas State Fair

The South Texas State Fair will be held from March 25 – April 4, 2021.

Lamb, goats, swine and F1 heifer tag-in: TBD

Entry deadline for lambs, goats, swine and F1 heifers is December 1, 2020

Roaster pickup: January 22, 2021 (YMBL office)

Broiler pickup is February 12, 20201 (YMBL office)

Rabbit entry deadline is February 2, 2021

 

Food Pantry

5K Ministries Food Pantry, located at 9125 Skeeter, Orange, TX 77632 at the corner of Hwy 62 and Skeeter, three miles north of the intersection in Mauriceville, is open 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. on Fridays. For more information, call 409-745-7110

 

Be A Change Maker

United Way offers a Change Maker option to help. You can ‘round up’ your spare change with every credit or debit card purchase. Find out more by texting UWOC to 43506 or online at https://unitedwayorangecounty.harnessapp.com/roundup/

 

Fly Ins

Orange County Radio Control Club meets each Tuesday and Saturday 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the club’s airfield located at 10623 Farm to Market Road 1442 in Orange. Guests are welcome as long as club members are present. Learn more about building and flying remote controlled airplanes with other enthusiasts.

 

Hand Quilting Demonstration

Thrift and Gift Shop holds a free Hand Quilting demonstration from 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., every Tues. and Thurs. at 350 South 37^th Street in Orange (located in the old Salk School). For more information call 409-886-7649.