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North Coventry

Monday, December 3, 2012

Santa Drops in Early on North Coventry Family [VIDEO]

A Pottstown area family had a very special visitor on Friday night.

Most people probably panic when fire truck sirens come down their quiet street, but for one North Coventry neighborhood, the sirens heralded a special visitor on a mission.  Professional Santa Dutch Schrap brought an early Christmas surprise to a local family on Friday night through an initiative he started this year called Operation Nine Reindeer.  Jim and Cathy and their five-year-old daughter Cassie needed some holiday spirit this year - Jim is battling stage 4 brain cancer. He has already endured surgery and is undergoing chemotherapy twice a week.  As Santa pulled up, escorted by Norco Fire Company, Ridge Fire Company, Linfield Fire Company and the North Coventry Police Department, Cassie flew out of the house to greet him.  "Santa! …

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

'In Ian's Boots' to Help Sandy Victims

The organization is looking to provide footwear to the needy.

  The charity In Ian’s Boots is thinking of everyone who may be affected by Sandy. As its name implies, the organization donates footwear to the needy, and Holly Miller, the charity’s co-founder, said she thinks there’s going to be a lot more of them following the storm. “In the past, when [Hurricane] Irene struck, we were able to render aid to several families along the Perkiomen — some of these people were left with nothing but the shoes on their feet,” Miller said. She added that she wanted the charity to help people who were affected by this round of terrible weather. Miller lost her 12-year-old son in January 2010; he died from a traumatic brain injury after he crashed into a ski-lift tower while sledding on a saucer-style sled. He …

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