EF Holiday Helpers provide gifts, blankets for area residents in need
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December 23, 2023

EF Holiday Helpers provide gifts, blankets for area residents in need

By Mon Valley Independent

By LIAM BELAN

lbelan@yourmvi.com

’Tis the season of giving, and many charitable people throughout the Mon Valley have been doing their part by donating time and money to those in need. Elizabeth’s Guardian Angels, a local nonprofit based out of Bethesda United Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth, offers many projects to do just that, including the second iteration of the EF Holiday Helpers.

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