Take time to remember loved ones

A local organization is holding several events to help those who are experiencing grief.

Family LifeCare will host two remembrance services this month and two seminars in December.

Candlelight remembrance services for loved ones who have died are scheduled for 6 p.m. Nov. 26 at the Family LifeCare office at 705 S. Baldwin Ave. in Marion and 6 p.m. Nov. 29 at the office at 108 S. Jefferson St. in Berne.

Seminars that offer tips to help those who are experiencing grief during the holiday season are set for 6 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Marion office and 6 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Berne office.

Family LifeCare offers home health, hospice, infusion therapy, palliative care, care management and bereavement services in northeast Indiana.

Seeking help

As part of its AngelWish program, LifeStream Services is seeking assistance to provide help to isolated seniors during the holiday season.

The program coordinates delivery of food, personal care items and gifts to seniors and those with disabilities. Nearly 1,500 packages were delivered last year.

Those interested in participating can do so by volunteering to pack gifts or deliver bags, or by donating items such as peanut butter, soups, lotions, shampoo, deodorant, soap and toilet paper.

In order to participate, email [email protected], visit lifestreaminc.org/angelwish or call (765) 759-3372.

Auction ahead

Arts Place’s annual Holiday Benefit Auction is scheduled for 6 p.m.  today at the facility at 131 E. Walnut St., Portland.

The event, for which doors will open at 5 p.m., will include a variety of items including vacations, artwork and gift certificates.

Secret helpers

Secret Families Christmas Charity of Jay County will hold its annual event on Dec. 8.

In preparation for the event, during which volunteers deliver Christmas gifts to local families, the organization is looking for donations and volunteers.

Those interested in donating money can do so by mailing checks to Secret Families Christmas Charity, P.O. Box 4, Dunkirk, IN 47336. Volunteers can help shop at Walmart in Portland beginning at 6:30 a.m. Dec. 8, wrap gifts at Jay County High School at 8:30 a.m. or make deliveries beginning at 10 a.m.

For more information about the group visit secretfamiliesjc.org or its Facebook page.

Library activities

Jay County Public Library will host several events in conjunction with Jay County Chamber of Commerce’s Winterfest celebration.

There will be a free showing of the movie “The Man Who Invented Christmas” at 6 p.m. Nov. 30 and a Minnetrista Theater Group presentation of “An Adaptation of a Christmas Carol” at 1 p.m. Dec. 1.

A Friends of the Library meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Nov. 20.

Drive scheduled

The Red Cross will host a blood drive in memory of Rachel (Osterholt) Theurer from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 27 at Jay Community Center.

Theurer died Nov. 11, 2015, after giving birth to her son despite receiving about 42 pints of blood. She suffered from a condition called amniotic fluid embolism that affects about 1 in 40,000 women during childbirth.

To schedule an appointment to give blood at the drive visit redcrossblood.org or call (800) 733-2767.