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Mel Farmer Aims to Give Away 125 Christmas Hams

Pastor Mel Collects 125 Christmas Hams ONEONTA – After the success of his annual Thanksgiving turkey give-away, retired pastor Mel Farmer hopes to provide a hearty Christmas ham for 125 Otsego and Delaware county residents and families. Farmer, the former pastor at the River Street Baptist Church and the host of the “Gospel Hymn Request Hour,”  started the program four years ago, giving away 75 turkeys to needy families.  But word got out and the donations flooded in, and two years ago,  he…