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Community groups provide food, gifts and beds at holidays

SHOP WITH A COP COVID–19 brought a change to the Corbin Police Department’s annual, “Shop with a Cop,” but officers, with the aid of several Corbin Walmart Associates, have found a way to make it a merrier Christmas for 31 area children. Because of the COVID–19 restrictions, the...

Second Annual The Burg’s Got Talent set for Saturday

Think you are the best singer, dancer or juggler in Williamsburg? Saturday night will be your chance to prove it during The B Squad’s Second Annual The Burg’s Got Talent competition. The B Squad Project President and Founder Shannon Barman said the competition isn’t only just...
Posted On 11 Mar 2020

Family loses everything in Christmas Day fire, including new The B Squad Project beds

Four days before Christmas, two of Deborah Lawson’s grandchildren received new beds courtesy of The B Squad Project, a local charity that gave a total of 51 new beds to less fortunate children. It wasn’t just beds that the children received. Each came with a mattress and bed bug...
Posted On 31 Dec 2019

The B Squad Projects gives 51 new beds to less fortunate children

Thanks to the efforts of a group of local volunteers, several less fortunate Whitley County children received new beds and other presents Saturday. Saturday morning, The B Squad Project held Gutsy Gunner’s Sweet Dreams – which is named after four-year-old Gunner Bowlin, who...
Posted On 24 Dec 2019

Photo Gallery: The B Squad Project Bed Giveaway

Members of The B Squad Project, Captain America, Elsa from Frozen, The Grinch, and some local wrestlers among others turned out at the Williamsburg Tourism Center Saturday morning to provide 51 less fortunate children with new beds and other gifts. For more information see...
Posted On 21 Dec 2019

J.C. Penney Corbin takes 25 children on Christmas shopping spree

Thanks to the efforts of a national department store chain, its Corbin store and a Williamsburg charitable organization, 25 less fortunate children got to participate in $100 Christmas shopping sprees Sunday evening. “J.C. Penney in Corbin was gifted by our corporate office the...
Posted On 11 Dec 2019

‘Beat the Heat’ race set for Friday in W’burg

Want to help out those fighting cancer or help purchase new beds for less fortunate children all while getting a little exercise while you are at it? This year’s 10th Annual Beat the Heat Color Me Pink one-mile race will take place Friday. Registration will start at 4 p.m. at...
Posted On 14 Aug 2019

The B Squad Project takes 53 children on $150 back-to-school shopping sprees

Thanks to the efforts of a local charitable group, 53 less fortunate children got to go on $150 back to school clothes shopping sprees Sunday evening. About 50 volunteers were on hand at JCPenney in Corbin, which closed its doors to the public at 6 p.m. but stayed open in order...
Posted On 12 Aug 2019

‘The Burg’s Got Talent’ set for Saturday

Think you are the best singer in Williamsburg? Want to help a local charity raise enough money to buy 100 pairs of shoes for area children this spring? This Saturday you will have the chance to do both thanks to “The Burgs Got Talent!” which is presented by and is a fundraiser...
Posted On 20 Feb 2019

Trio of restaurants banding together to host free Community Christmas Dinner on Dec. 25 in Williamsburg

The B Squad Project, a local charity, is helping to host a Community Christmas Dinner that will be held at the Williamsburg Pizza Hut from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. on Christmas Day. The effort is a collaboration between Pizza Hut, Jon Eva Jack’s restaurant in Corbin, and Oral Lewis, who...
Posted On 21 Dec 2018
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