Warwick: News in brief

| 09 Oct 2020 | 11:24

    St. Stephen’s to hold shredding event

    St. Stephen’s the First Martyr Church, Warwick, will hold a paper shredding event on Sunday, Oct. 18, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the St. Stephen’s soccer field on the corner of West Street Extension and St. Stephen’s Lane in Warwick.

    The cost is $9 per banker box, or $7 per grocery bag.

    Shredding will be done by Legal Shred, a secure, certified and insured shredding company. All shredded material will be recycled to both preserve the environment as well as provide further security.

    Acceptable items: Paper (white or colored), file folders, checkbooks, staples and paper clips, and small quantities of plastics including ID cards and credit cards. There is no need to remove staples or paperclips.

    Unacceptable items: Hard-drives, back-up tapes, x-rays, videos, cassettes, CD’s, DVD’s, hazardous material, syringes or needles, or any heavy metal objects such as nuts, bolts, or metal plates. Paper is flammable and mixing with anything that sparks like a battery or heavy metal is very dangerous.

    Anyone who plans to bring more than five boxes or bags of material should call prior to the event for planning purposes. For more information contact Mary at 325-4638.

    Food Pantry accepting applications for holiday baskets

    The Greenwood Lake Food Pantry is now accepting applications for the Holiday Basket Distribution for both Thanksgiving and Christmas/Hanukkah.

    Anyone who resides in the Greenwood Lake School District is eligible.

    Come to the pantry (located behind Holy Rosary Church by the back parking lot) on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.to sign up.

    The deadline for signing up is Oct. 31.

    The pantry distributed a total of 120 baskets over both holidays last year. Given the times we live in, more families are expected to request holiday baskets this year.