Organizations sponsoring programs
By Daralyn Trappe
Emerald Contributor
For those who would like to
donate money, food, clothing
or toys to the needy in Lane
County, there are several or
ganizations in thr community
and on campus sponsoring
benefit programs
The Department of Human
Resources is sponsoring the
Tree of Joy located at the Val
ley River Center The program
involves buying a gift for a
child or senior citizen
The tree is decorated with
ornaments and each one has
the name of a different person
on it along with their age. sex
and gift choice Anyone inter
ested in the program can
choose an ornament, pur
chase a gift, wrap it and bring
it back to the tree
The local YMCA is providing
volunteers to distribute the
presents Those who will ben
efit from the Tree of Joy are
clients of the Children's Ser
vices Division Adult and Fam
ily Services, the Lane Council
Senior and Disabled Services
or the Lane Council Mental
Health and Developmental^
Disabled Services
To make distribution less
hectic, the sponsors are re
guesting that gift donations
be made by Dec 17. accord
ing to Kathy Ask of the YMCA
But gifts will be e< cepted and
distributed as late as Christ
mas Eve
For the fitth year Swingers
Nightclub located at c>3f>
Main St in Springfield, will
auction off various items do
nated by local merchants on
Sunday at 8 p.m.
The proceeds will be do
nated to Toys For Tots a pro
gram that benefits children
whose families can t afford
Christmas gifts
The Eugene and Springfield
Fire Departments ire spon
soring Toys For Tots Toy and
( ash donations c an ho made
at either fire department
Any parent who is experi
oncing financial difficulties
r an pick up a gift donated
through Toys For Tots at the
Ida Patterson school, at 1310
W 15th St Distribution dates
are Dec 19. 20, 21 and 22 from
10 30 a m to 6 10 p m
The Eugene fytission will be
having a Christmas dinner and
giving out gift packs for those
staying at the shelter over the
holiday They can use dona
tions of both food and gift
pack items Food and gift do
nations can be made at the
Eugene Mission located at
1542 W 1st St
On campus, both the ASUO
and the Foreign Student Or
sponsoring
ganu’ation are
benefits
The FSO is having a cloth
mg drive for the homeless
Anyone who a.ints to donate
clothes i <in bring them by the
FSO ofti< e at Room 206 in the
EMU
The ASUO is holding a food
drive that will run through Fn
day Dec 15 Canned and
packaged goods . an be
dropped at the ASUO office in
Suite -i of the EMU The food
will go to the Morgan Nickolai
strikers and their families
The workers have been on
strike tor 16 months We sup
ported them last year with a
toy drive and we re support
ing them again this year with
■ i food drive said Angela Mu
m.7 ASUO state affairs coordi
nator
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