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gas pump. With the help of customer donations, Sheetz of Warrenton and Opal is taking 22 local children on a shopping trip in December. Each child gets a certain amount to spend for Christmas gifts or family needs.
• Reach out to local families struggling with cancer. Special Love, Inc. helps children with cancer and their families, hosting camps in Front Royal and elsewhere, and offering emergency financial assistance. Donations are accepted by check or credit card. The phone number in Winchester is (540) 667-3774; the Web site is www.speciallove.org.
• Help senior citizens face Y2K with more confidence by donating items to the “Y2K Goodie Bags” being put together by the staff of Shadow Lawn Senior Center in Warrenton (347-3091). Here are some suggestions: flashlights and batteries; handoperated can openers; canned meat, vegetables and milk; cereal; water; plastic utensils and paper products such as toilet paper, paper plates, etc.
• Consider giving shares of stock that have appreciated in value. If one wanted to give $1,000, one could write a check for $1,000. But in most instances, the donor will already have paid taxes on that $1,000, so in reality,
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