MIFFLINBURG — Country Farm And Home, Route 45, Mifflinburg is taking donations for the Kelsey’s Dream Chemo Duck Fund. For every $20 donation, a light will be placed on the Tree of Love during the Christmas Carnival and Tree of Love tree lighting ceremony on Nov. 14.
Keith Phelps manager of Country Farm and Home, said this is their biggest project of the year “because we are trying to provide Chemo Ducks for every child diagnosed with cancer in the entire state of Pennsylvania. All proceeds from the Country Christmas Carnival and the Tree of Love benefit Kelsey’s Dream Chemo Duck Fund.”
Kelsey’s Dream is an organization that has set a goal to make life a little brighter for children with cancer and children in need, through community involvement. For more information, visit www.kelseysdream.org.
Last year, Country Farm and Home raised money for 433 Chemo Ducks. Country Farms And Home’s donations will go to: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville; Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh; Lehigh Valley Hospital of Bethlehem; and St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children of Pittsburgh.
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