Factoryville<\/p>\n
Sportsmen meet: Factoryville Sportsmen\u2019s Club meeting, Dec. 17, 7:30 p.m., clubhouse. This change in schedule is due to the holiday season. Dues for 2026 are now being accepted.<\/p>\n
Lackawanna County<\/p>\n
Cookie walk: Friends of the Scranton Animal Association cookie walk fundraiser, Dec. 13, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. or until cookies are gone; assortment of homemade cookies for sale for $11\/pound, cash only; proceeds will help homeless animals.<\/p>\n
Annual Christmas dinner: 32nd annual Bob Bolus Sr. Christmas Day Dinner, Dec. 25, noon-6 p.m., All Saints Academy Hall, 1425 Jackson St., Scranton. This free community event ensures that no one has to spend Christmas alone. Everyone is welcome to enjoy a buffet-style turkey dinner, offered at no cost and with no reservation required.\u00a0For those unable to attend in person, meal delivery is available \u2014 two meals per household. Anyone needing assistance may call 272-250-3128.<\/p>\n
North Pocono<\/p>\n
Winter wonderland and craft show: North Pocono Senior Center winter wonderland and craft show, Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 6 John J. Michaels Drive, Covington Twp. Over 100 basket raffles, a train display, an animated figure display and vendors. The kitchen is open for refreshments and food. Santa will be there for pictures on Saturday from noon-2 p.m.\u00a0 Admission is free but donations are welcome.<\/p>\n
Scranton<\/p>\n
Walkable labyrinth: The walkable labyrinth at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 550 Madison Ave., will be available Wednesday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and Thursday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5:30-8 p.m., in the Sawtelle Auditorium. During the evening hours on Thursday from 6:45-8 p.m., Andrea Wittchen will play the harp as you walk the labyrinth or sit and meditate. The public is invited.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Factoryville Sportsmen meet: Factoryville Sportsmen\u2019s Club meeting, Dec. 17, 7:30 p.m., clubhouse. This change in schedule is due…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[201,182,28,178,180,179,289,729],"class_list":{"0":"post-49729","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-lackawanna-county","9":"tag-local-news","10":"tag-pennsylvania","11":"tag-scranton","12":"tag-scranton-headlines","13":"tag-scranton-news","14":"tag-things-to-do","15":"tag-uncategorized"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}