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  • DO YOU HAVE PLASTIC CONTAINERS TO DONATE?!
  • Posted Sunday, March 20, 2011
    by Marie | Comments (0) | Add Comment
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  • Hello Village Network Members!

    I was at Carmichael Outreach on Friday to ask questions about their work. I got a tour of the office and the space where they do their outreach work. I learned that they welcome donations of lots of items (household items incl. garbage bags of all sizes (tough blend), soap, toothpaste/brush, towels, cookware and dishes, bedding, books, and more) - basically all the items people would require as they live.

    These days Carmichael Outreach is feeding people not only indoors, but also by handing out containers of food that people leave with. The containers that work best are the 750 ml containers that originally had honey or yoghurt or sour cream, etc. 500 ml containers are useful to them too. Carmichael is low on plastic containers. The idea is that the people who receive food bring back their containers to Carmichael. Carmichael washes and reuses containers. However, containers have not been making it back to Carmichael, and they have run short. No containers means no food handed out, unless the people who come for food bring their own containers. And that isn't always possible. 

    So, to make a long story shorter, if you happen to have any 500 or 750ml plastic containers, with lids, around that you don't need to keep, could you donate them to Carmichael Outreach? They are open Monday to Friday, 8:30am to late in the afternoon (5 or 6). They're closed on the weekend.

    This is an urgent need. If you have time today, could you please look through and see what you have, and then deliver whatever you have to give to Carmichael Outreach at 1925 Osler Street on your way to work or during the day tomorrow? Their phone number is 757-2235.

    Thank you.

    Have a good day.

    Marie

    Topics: Parenting

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