Lynn Community Donation Drive

Submitted by Briana I on Wed, 01/11/2012 - 11:11am
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List of needed items:

Hats, Scarves, and gloves (new) to benefit the Lynn Food and Fitness Alliance:
Children Sizes: Small Medium Large

School supplies to benefit the Lynn Public Elementary Schools:

#2 Pencils
Journal Notebooks
Spiral Bound Notebooks
Dry Erase Markers
5×6 White Boards
Dry Erase Erasers
Colored Pencils
Folders
White Paper
Loose leaf lined paper
Electric Pencil Sharpeners

Non-perishable food items to benefit Lynn Shelter Association:

Cereal
Canned Fruit
Juice Boxes
Snacks
Jam
Peanut Butter
Bulk Crackers or Cookies
Protein Bars

Please bring donation to: Girls Inc. of Lynn (50 High St., Monday to Friday 9-6) until Monday, January 16th or City Hall until Friday, January 13th at 1pm. Donations of food items can also be brought to Compare Supermarket (2 Adams St, Lynn) where your donation will be matched by Compare.

 

*adapted from Jesse Jaeger's, East Lynn Community Association, post at http://eastlynncommunity.org/?p=139*

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?’”

Each year, Americans across the country answer that question by coming together on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day to serve their neighbors and communities. Lynn organizations and residents will be doing just that.

SCI Lynn along with East Lynn CCenterboard, Girls Inc. of Lynn, SCI Lynn, The Lynn Food & Fitness Alliance, Communities that Care, & The Food Project will be sponsoring and coordinating a Lynn Community Donation Drive on Monday January 16, 2012 from 12:00-6:00pm. Lynn businesses including Shaws, Compare Supermarket and others will be hosting the donation drive. Volunteers will be at these locations telling customers about the donation drive and handing them a list of needed items if they wish to purchase and donate. Donations of new outerwear (coats, mittens, scarves, and hats), specific food items, and school supply donations can be made at the above mentioned locations on Monday January 16th from 12-6 and at Lynn City Hall starting Wednesday January 11th through Friday January 13th.

Donations will be sorted and delivered to Lynn Public Schools, Lynn Food and Fitness Alliance, the Lynn Shelter Association, and My Brothers Table. We hope the Lynn community will embrace this day of service by coming out to these locations to make donations! For more information please contact Briana Iacovetta, SCI Lynn, at biacovetta@socialcapitalinc.org or 781.592.9744 ext. 243.