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December 16, 2020 ww.DesertMessenger.com 7 The Salvation Army happenings Due to an increase in COVID 19 cas- es locally, all functions and classes of the Quartzsite Roadrunner's Gem & Mineral Club are canceled until at least December 28. The Christ- mas dinner, previously scheduled for December 17, is postponed to a later date. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Gary at 503-522-4687. Quartzsite Roadrunners Gem & Mineral Club is open and ready for you! We are a 100% volunteer club offering classes in lapidary, silversmithing, faceting, opal cut- ting, wire wrapping, beading, bas- ket making, knapping, knife mak- ing, leather tooling, glass fusing, stone carving, casting and various specialty classes. We are located at 65 Ironwood St, directly behind La Mesa RV. For updates visit the web- site is QRGMC.org. Quartzsite Gem Club closed till Dec. 28 COVID-19 Rapid Testing available in La Paz County La Paz Regional Hospital in Parker, AZ is now offering same day turn- around on Covid-19 testing. The rapid, point-of-care diagnostic test uses a sample from your nose or throat and you get your results the same day. No doctor's order needed and most insurances cover the test. No insur- ance cash price is $70.00. Results are available the same day thru our confi dential patient portal on our website. Don't wait a week or two for your re- sults. At La Paz Regional Hospital, challenges like the COVID-19 pan- demic reinforce our commitment to caring. Offered at the hospital main lab by appointment, call 928-669- 7300, Monday thru Friday 8 am to 1 pm. The hospital is located at 1200 S. Mohave Ave., Parker, AZ. Our annual Santa picture taking event with Mrs. Santa and their TSA elves, along with QFD fi refi ght- ers, and QPD Offi cers will help the children make their toy choices. This is a drive-in event on Decem- ber 23rd, 2020, 9:00 AM to 1:00PM. Quartzsite Police Explor- ers Post 928 and QPD Offi cers will direct traffi c fl ow. Families will be required to stay in their vehicle and wait their turn. We will have one family at a time meet with Santa. Adults and children over 12 will be required to wear a face covering. Santa and Mrs. Claus will be behind a large plexiglass window for pic- ture taking. We are going to make this a fun and safe event, but we will make it happen following social distancing and safety protocols dur- ing these many challenging times. Santa certainly has found his way to Quartzsite. Questions-just call. Thanks! A heartfelt thank you to all the Borderline Riders and Punish- ers LEMC who brought boxes and boxes of new toys, clothing, and even bikes. This annual event gets bigger and bigger even during this pandemic. Thank you to all the RV parks in town that had the large toy donation boxes in their clubhouse. Another shout out of thanks to the QIA Bingo Group for a very sub- stantial donation of $1000.00 to supplement our Christmas events. There will be many excited chil- dren. These toys, new socks, books, and pajamas will be for the Angel Tree and or the Santa Event kiddos. Blessings to everyone. Our Angel Tree had fi fty in need children that our amazing pa- trons shopped for and purchased so many beautiful gifts. So many lovely stories of excitement of what was purchased were shared. Angel Wings were certainly earned by so many amazing folks again this year. Though our numbers were less than usual, the appreciation is huge. We must limit the number of shoppers at times when the store is overcrowded. The front gate will be closed with signage, "one out - one in". It might look like we are closed, but that is not the case. Face cov- erings are required with nose and mouth covered and we are asking for the one camel six-foot safe dis- tancing for our shoppers. Hand san- itizer is available around the store. We so appreciate your patience and compliance. We will all get through these challenging times. When we are closed, if there is something specifi c you need, I can do curbside sales with exact cash pay- ment. Please don't hesitate to call. Thanks for understanding and following our safety protocols for receiving donations. We are sanitiz- ing and holding donations on our porch. We cannot take truckloads of items at this time. The donation receiving area is smaller than we would like. Our amazing volunteers are processing donations as quickly as possible. A reminder that we ac- cept donations when we are open or special arrangements with a phone call. Please do not drop off after hours, as items are many times taken in the night. If you see my car THRIFT STORE Benefitting the La Paz County Animal Shelter in Parker Supported by your generous donations! 455 E. Main St. Quartzsite Open Tues. thru Sat. 9-3 928-927-4223 Craft Fair 1st Sat. of every month! Daily Activities! QIA 928-927-6325 235 E. Ironwood St., Quartzsite BINGO FRIDAY! Opens at 5pm. Early Birds 6:30pm. Main 7pm. Concessions Available at the store kindly call and we can talk if we have room for your items. Thanks so much. We will be open Tuesday, December 22nd We will be CLOSED Wednesday, December 23rd, Santa Event Day We will be CLOSED December 23rd through December 28th. We will be open Tuesday, December 29th and Wednesday December 30th We will be CLOSED Thursday, December 31st thru January 4th. We will reopen for prayerfully a health- ier 2021 on Tuesday, January 5th. The greatest gifts of a New Year; it brings a new beginning, new blessings and new bliss. Merry Christmas to all. Be happy. Lee-Ann Henle, Manager Open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM (see above schedule) Quartzsite Salvation Army Thrift Store & Service Center, 928-927-3636 store or 360-921-7571 cell Follow us on Facebook, Salvation Army Thrift Store, Quartzsite AZ

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