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Port Huron, MI — Don’t be surprised if you find a grocery bag on your front porch this weekend. Local Boy Scouts and their families are going door to door throughout the Blue Water Area, dropping off bags and hoping residents will fill them up with food donations.

The bags will be delivered tomorrow, Saturday, December 5th and will be picked up next Saturday, December 12th. This is an annual outreach activity for the Boy Scouts that is held in partnership with The Salvation Army.

Donations of canned goods and other non-perishable items will be put to use feeding families in the community.

Dawn Hedberg, of the Port Huron Salvation Army Citadel, said, “Donors are asked to fill the food bag for donations for The Salvation Army Christmas food drive. All food collected will be donated here to the local Salvation Army for use during our Christmas Assistance for needy families in St. Clair County.”

Sorting the donated food is a major task, made more cumbersome with COVID precautions. Sorting will be done at the Salvation Army Citadel at 2000 Court Street in Port Huron.

Those interested in helping can call the Port Huron Citadel for dates and times to help with the sorting.

Port Huron Salvation Army Citadel: (810) 984-2679

http://www.porthuronsa.org/ 

Reporting for WGRT – Jennie McClelland

Port Huron, MI — Blue Water Safe Horizons has announced the hiring of a new Executive Director. Elizabeth Sawielski will be starting her new job this week.

Sawielski has held several leadership roles with non-profits. She has worked as the Vice President of Social Responsibility at the YMCA of the Blue Water Area. She also has experience with the March of Dimes, American Cancer Society, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

James A. Jones, Chairperson of the Board of Directors at Blue Water Safe Horizons, said, “Elizabeth can be described as enthusiastic, creative, and motivated with a passion for training, inspiring, and empowering others.”

Blue Water Safe Horizons works to “increase awareness of intimate-partner and sexual violence and its effect on the community, to empower those victimized by providing advocacy and safe effective services, and to work for social change through education and community collaboration.”

Jones said that Sawielski will be leading the staff, which is already well-experienced, in reaching their current goals and furthering the efforts in the community.

Reporting for WGRT – Jennie McClelland

Port Huron, MI — It’s time to make room in the driveway for all the vehicles as municipal snow ordinances have gone into effect. Tickets and fines await those who disregard the ordinance and park on the street.

In order to make room for snow plows, Port Huron prohibits parking of vehicles on the street during overnight hours. Cars must be off the street between the hours of 2:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. A $20 fine can be issued to violators for each night on the street. A five-day warning period is underway this week, but fines will be levied after that. The snow ordinance lasts from December 1st until March 31st.  Marysville has a similar ordinance.

The City of Yale has a $50 ticket waiting for those who forget about their overnight snow ordinance for the months of December through March.

Other municipalities, such as the cities of St. Clair and Marine City offer more flexibility and want the cars off the streets when there is actual snow present or predicted.

All drivers should be aware that getting cars off the street during any hours when there could be snow plowing can save a lot of hassle for both the snow plow drivers and themselves.

Reporting for WGRT – Jennie McClelland