AmeriCorps Project is collecting presents for nursing home residents in Butler County who do not receive any gifts for Christmas.

Those who would like to donate can call Tiffany Straley at 724-712-5451 or Amanda Mitchell at 724-712-5534.

Donation boxes are available at various local businesses on Main Street in Butler.

ZELIENOPLE — The Artisan Marketplace, 134B S. Main St., operates as a mission of the Presbyterian Women of Beaver-Butler Presbytery.The shop has international fair trade gifts for Christmas, such as angels, ornaments, jewelry, kitchen and decorative household items and chocolate.The shop is open from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 17 through Dec. 22 and from 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 24.The shop helps small-scale artisans and farmers support their families.For directions, visit http://beaverbutler.org.

CRANBERRY TWP — St. Ferdinand Church is hosting a New Year's Eve Party from at 7:15 p.m. Dec. 31 to 12:30 a.m. Jan. 1 at the Marriott on Route 228.The cost of tickets increases after Dec. 21 and includes an hour of hors d'oeuvres, two drink tickets, a three course sit-down dinner, discounted drinks and a New Year's champagne toast.Participants must be age 18 or older, and reserved seating is available.Tickets are available during business hours at the St. Ferdinand Education Building, or by calling Bonnie at 724-776-9177, Ext. 313, or Nancy at 724-779-3986. Tickets must be purchased in advance.

CRANBERRY TWP — The Cranberry Township Public Library, 2525 Rochester Road, hosts the following programs.To register, contact Rachael at rtroianos@bcfls.org or 724-776-9100, Ext. 1124.• Sara Abbas will teach a college application essay workshop from 3:45 to 5:45 p.m. Jan. 7.• The Chapter Book Club will read Polar Bears Past Bedtime from the “Magic Tree House” series by Mary Pope Osbourne from 7 to 7:30 p.m. every Wednesday from Jan. 9 to Jan. 30.Children in first through third grades are invited to join.Each week, the library will read from the book and do a craft or play a game.Notices of local upcoming news should be received by the Focus Department one week in advance of the event. Entries should include the name and phone number of the person providing the information and be sent to: P.O. Box 271, Butler, PA 16003, or focusbutlereagle.com.