Cancer Patients

TODAY Farmers' Market comes to town, rain or shine, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the 300 block of Orange Grove Avenue between Third Street and Glenoaks Boulevard. Overeater's Anonymous, a 12-step group for people suffering from compulsive overeating and other eating disorders, meets at 10 a.m. Saturdays at the Magnolia Park United Methodist Church, 2828 Magnolia Blvd. Meetings are free and confidential. For information, call 881-4776. The Cabrini Literary Guild will hold its annual fund-raiser luncheon at 11 a.m. at the Hilton Glendale, 100 W. Glenoaks Blvd.

W ith the holidays upon us, do you find yourselves getting caught up in the frenzy over shopping and gifts and all the related hustle and bustle? How do you deal with it, and do you worry that the true messages of the season get lost? My wife and I are both pastors and we serve different churches. That brings an added burden during the Christmas season because there are two of everything. That's two churches to decorate, two choir concerts, and the community outreach and mission projects to attend to as well as the regular meetings and worship preparations, both weekly and the special services to handle.

BEST BET The Media City Center Mall will become a menagerie on Saturday as adorable, furry animals look for a holiday home. The Pet Adoption Center will be in the mall until Dec. 23 during regular mall hours: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sundays. Call Madeline at 238-5206. TODAY Farmers' Market has moved to a bigger location and will still be held rain or shine from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at its new site on Olive Avenue between Glenoaks Boulevard and Third Street.

BURBANK — It’s been two years since Brittney Edwards was diagnosed with brain cancer at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center. Now, she’s giving back. The 20-year-old serves as a volunteer at the hospital, which this week announced a partnership with Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Medical Group to treat young adults with cancer. “I think it will be very uplifting to be around other people the same age,” said Edwards, a student at Glendale Community College.