Car slides into house

RIVERSIDE — A Danville area woman wasn’t hurt when her car slid on an icy road and struck a house.

Donna Kemberling, 49, of Snydertown Road, was driving a 2005 Subaru Impreza on Avenue G when it hit the brick front wall of the home of Camille Barilla Thursday morning.

The car went through the front yard at 1102 Ave. G before hitting the front wall, according to police.

Thanksgiving sleepout to raise money for homeless

SELINSGROVE — For 17 hours, the end of the parking lot of Alexander Toyota in Selinsgrove will become the new home to the youth of Wesley United Methodist Church as they sleep outside in cardboard boxes from 4 p.m. Nov. 26 to 9 a.m. Nov. 27.

The event is designed to raise money for those who are homeless, and will allow the teens to experience for a few hours what it might be like to have no home or place to celebrate the holidays. The youth and their leaders, as well as other church volunteers, will collect donations and food items from passing motorists.

This is the seventh annual Thanksgiving sleep out. Last year at the event, the youth raised $5,700. The goal for this year is $7,000 this year.

“Part of the way we give thanks is to give something back in return,” said Dale Long, youth director at Wesley Church. The money we raise will be used locally and in the inner city, when our youth group travels there in March of 2009 to work in homeless shelters and soup kitchens. All the funds we collect will go directly to shelters and soup kitchens to help meet their needs, and the food items we collect will be used to help our church serve a free meal on Christmas Day for anyone in the area.”

The group will not be bringing any food to eat or anything to drink, they will be totally dependent on handouts from passing motorists. “We are setting up a few burn barrels for warmth, but sleeping in the boxes will still be cold,” Long said.

“The kindness of people always amazes me — some people empty the change from their ash trays, some have given us a 50 and other people have handed us frozen turkeys or canned goods,” said Mary Kiel. This is meant as a way to raise awareness in the community of the plight of many people who have fallen on hard times. The event also serves to teach the young people about the importance of service and being thankful for what they have.

Any questions should be directed to Dale Long at 742-7596 or the church office at 374-8015.