AIM Support Group of Ohio & N. KentuckyUpdates and Announcements
Tuesday, August 06, 2002Clothing Drive to Aid Indians Following is the article which appeared in the Dayton Daily News on July 31st. If you wish to donate, please bring your donations to our office at 3203 N. Main Street in Dayton (at the intersection of Maplelawn Avenue & Main Street) by August 23rd, to allow our volunteers sufficient time to sort and pack the articles prior to the trip. We're usually in the office on Thesdays and Thursdays from 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.) If we're not in the office when you arrive, please see Red Farris at the wooden wheelchair ramp behind the Council office on Maplelawn. Red is away for a couple of hours morning and evening, but says to tell folks to leave their donations at the foot of the wheelchair ramp if he is not there. If you're uncomfortable with that, please call and leave us a voice mail message at (937) 275-8599 so we can get back to you and make arrangements for someone to meet you when you arrive. Deanna Allen reports to us that Mazel's Department Store at 251 E. Alexandersville-Bellbrook Road in Centerville (Cross Point Center) has a "Back Pack Buyout" going on, with prices at $5.99 - $7.99 each. Also, unspecified school supplies at $.99 each. (Arlene) Clothing drive to aid Indians Collections for reservations under way By Cathy Mong e-mail address: cathy_mong@coxohio.com Dayton Daily News The 10th annual winter clothing and school-supplies trip by the Miami Valley Council for Native Americans to Indian reservations will be Sept. 1. This year, volunteers again will make the 3,000-mile round trip, camping out each night, as they make stops on the Cheyenne River, Standing Rock and Crow Creek Indian reservations, all Sioux Nation, in South Dakota; as well as the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Lame Deer, Mont. The council is expecting to reach 2,000 children this year, said Guy Jones, a founder of the MVCNA and president of its board of trustees. Donations of bookbags, paper, binders, pencils and other classroom basics, as well as warm outerwear such as coats, gloves, hats and scarves and boots of all sizes are being accepted, said volunteer Deanna Allen, in charge of this year's collection. Cash donations also will be accepted to help defray cost of truck rentals and gasoline. Checks may be made payable to MVCNA, 3203 N. Main St., Dayton 45405. For more information, call 275-8599. Contact Cathy Mong at 225-2353 or cathy_mong@coxohio.com [From the Dayton Daily News: 07.31.2002] posted by Webmaster@ AIM Support 10:59 PM Last updated:
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