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    Behan ensures Christmas joy for ELF Fund recipients
    News, Online Features
    Behan ensures Christmas joy for ELF Fund recipients
    JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 10, 2021
    Editor's note: Laree Sue Behan was misidentified with an incorrect last name in the original version of this article. The Era apologizes for the error...
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    Today is final ELF Fund gift drop-off day
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    Today is final ELF Fund gift drop-off day
    Marcie 
    Dec 05, 2020
    Today is the final gift drop-off day for The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund’s Christmas gift program. People can drop off wrapped gifts with their ta...
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    Saturday is final ELF Fund gift drop-off day
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    Saturday is final ELF Fund gift drop-off day
    Marcie 
    Dec 04, 2020
    Saturday is the final gift drop-off day for The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund’s Christmas gift program. People can drop off wrapped gifts with their...
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    ELF Fund gift drop-off continues today
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    ELF Fund gift drop-off continues today
    Marcie 
    Dec 03, 2020
    Gift drop-off for The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund’s Christmas gift program continues today. A drive-thru drop-off will be held at this year’s ELF ...
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    ELF Fund gift drop-off continues today
    Local News
    ELF Fund gift drop-off continues today
    Marcie 
    Dec 02, 2020
    Gift drop-off for The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund’s Christmas gift program continues today. A drive-thru drop-off will be held at this year’s ELF ...
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    Last minute ELF Fund sign-ups set for Wednesday
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    Last minute ELF Fund sign-ups set for Wednesday
    Marcie 
    Oct 22, 2019
    A last minute application day for The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Bradford Area Public Library. The...
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    Readers flock to Reading Under the Lights
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    Readers flock to Reading Under the Lights
    JOELLEN WANKEL jwankel@bradfordera.com 
    Sep 16, 2019
    A love of reading can be shown in many ways. At the 7th annual “Reading Under the Lights” at Parkway Field, the love of reading showed in the careful ...
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    Graham shows support for ELF Fund
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    Graham shows support for ELF Fund
    Era photo by Wade Aiken 
    Dec 10, 2018
    Dylan Arlington pulls the winning names for two snowmen at Tin Ceiling Gift Shoppe while shop owner Nancy Graham looks on. The fundraiser raised $335 ...
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    ELF Fund donation ideas
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    ELF Fund donation ideas
    Photo submitted 
    Dec 08, 2018
    The students in Mrs. Angie Sheeley’s first grade class brainstormed ideas on ways they could help their community. Their top choice was to donate toys...
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    ELF Fund pick-up once again reveals “a community with big hearts”
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    ELF Fund pick-up once again reveals “a community with big hearts”
    KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 08, 2018
    The young mother held her child’s hand tightly as she waited in line at the Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) headquarters Friday to collect Christmas gifts ...
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    Annual ELF Fund senior party to be held Sunday
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    Annual ELF Fund senior party to be held Sunday
    DANIELLA GRIESBAUM Era Reporter bradford.era.daniella@gmail.com 
    Dec 03, 2018
    While most elves are still perched on a shelf in the family home keeping an eye on children, some Bradford elves will come out Sunday to help area sen...
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    ELF Fund gift drop-off begins today
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    ELF Fund gift drop-off begins today
    Nov 27, 2018
    People who bought Christmas gifts with tags from The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund can begin dropping them off today. Drop-off of wrapped gifts will...
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    ELF Fund volunteer gift buyers participating in 35-year tradition.
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    ELF Fund volunteer gift buyers participating in 35-year tradition.
    RUTH BOGDAN Era Reporter r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Nov 23, 2018
    The year was 1983, and the nation was still feeling the effect of an early 1980s recession that left many in Bradford still unemployed, even as unempl...
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    Friday night lights for bookworms at Parkway Field
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    Friday night lights for bookworms at Parkway Field
    KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
    Sep 05, 2018
    Families will once again snuggle on blankets with a good book when the sixth-annual Reading Under the Lights event is held at Parkway Field behind the...
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    Santa’s Helpers deliver for the ELF Fund
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    Santa’s Helpers deliver for the ELF Fund
    KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
    Dec 01, 2017
    When Johnna Bleem traveled to Erie Thursday her mission was to pick up a load of wooden toys made by a group of men who call themselves Santa’s Helper...
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    Original musical highlights ELF Fund party for seniors
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    Original musical highlights ELF Fund party for seniors
    KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter 
    Nov 28, 2017
    When Harrijane Hannon Moore asked Kristin Asinger if she would write and produce a Christmas musical for the Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund Senior Ho...
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    Festival of Trees fills the need on Thursday
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    Festival of Trees fills the need on Thursday
    SIDNEY PERALTA Era reporter erasidneyp@gmail.com 
    Nov 17, 2017
    The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund invited members of the community to kick off the holiday season with the annual Festival of Trees on Thursday. The...
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    ELF Fund’s Festival of Trees set for Thursday
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    ELF Fund’s Festival of Trees set for Thursday
    SIDNEY PERALTA Era reporter erasidneyp@gmail.com 
    Nov 15, 2017
    Tickets are still available for the 2017 Festival of Trees, the annual auction fundraiser for The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund that will be held on...
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    ELF Fund sign-ups begin today
    Local News, News, Online Features
    ELF Fund sign-ups begin today
    RUTH BOGDAN Era Reporter r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
    Oct 03, 2017
    There’s a chill in the air this week, which means the holiday season is quickly approaching. It’s also the time The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund be...
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    ELF Fund seeks volunteers for Festival of Trees
    Local News, News
    ELF Fund seeks volunteers for Festival of Trees
    Mar 09, 2017
    The Era’s Less Fortunate (ELF) Fund is looking for people who enjoy planning holiday bashes and sharing Christmas joy to join its Festival of Trees Co...
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