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________ L News ■jocking stuffers reach people in need lcs^M c Fr B____________________________ g '■I ac I camas WEdNEsdAy, N ovemòer 15, 2000 P rìnt ■JENNYCHAVEZ Staff Writer Clackamas County "Fill a inb, Fill a Heart cam- ," which distributes filled tmps stockings to needy e in the community, has tmps socks available on us and is encouraging am as staff and students tidipate in the program, isamas stockings may be lea through Dean of In- tion Dian Connett in w hairroom 213, English rtnpent Chair Emily Or in ptreeter Hall room 131, iglish Department Secre- l ita Dale. :h sock includes a tag list- te ge group ranging from I >orn to senior citizens. e I participating can t Use any age category and ’lii gifts appropriate to that lata the stockings. The socks Id be returned by Dec. 14. rding to Orlando, a rela- y small effort by those : fortunate can make a d of difference to someone ed. irttwarming erience p.’s heartwarming and heart- ung when you realize a pair feM fefl of SOcks, a razor, a hat means women’s shelters and other or- rvi 1 > z* r* ♦ z-x r\anr\l a nznn nnt/a so much to people who have nothing,” she said. Orlando suggested such stocking stuffers as soap, toothpaste, a hairbrush, or co logne, and fun things like fin gernail polish, beanie babies or movies pass. “People don’t realize how powerful their actions can be,” she remarked. “Filling up a sock with ten bucks worth of stuff means so much to recipi ents.” onni mnc ' I ’ r» a rt nn f’« t ganizations. The Oregon City Chamber of Commerce contin ued the project until last year. The program is now a separate organization with non-profit, tax exempt status and runs all year in preparation for Christ mas giving. “The program grew so big,” said Orlando. “Last year we gave out 1500 stockings and still didn’t have enough for emergency socks during the Christmas rush for people in shelters.” The campaign is run com pletely by volunteers, accord ing to Orlando. Local busi nesses and people of the com munity donate material for the socks, gifts to use as extra fill ers, money and time to help sort and distribute the stockings. About 800 yards of material is needed to make the socks and most of that is donated. The Busy Bees, a fundraising group for the Oregon City Pio neer Community Center, sew the socks for $1 each and the money goes back into the com munity center. o r\ Goal is 2000 stockings Recipients of the Christmas socks are needy people known to such local agencies as the Annie Ross House, Clackamas Women’s Shelter, Healthy Start, and Centro de Canby. This year’s goal for the cam paign is to distribute 2000 stockings to those who will be facing difficult times during thé holidays. “Poverty is hidden but real,” Orlando explained. “This is the time of year that is filled with excess— too much to eat, too many presents. This is the only Christmas the recipiants have.” The "Fill a Stocking, Fill a Heart campaign" first started with Willamette Falls Hospital staff who donated gifts to Community is generous “The entire community has been so generous in support ing the campaign,” said Or- HK jf ™ • 2 JENNY CHAVEZ I Clackamas Print Emily Orlando, English department chair, is helping with this years 'Fill a Heart campaign'providing filled Christmas stockings to needy people in the community. lando. The "Fill a Stocking, Fill a Heart campaign" needs volunteers as well as generous donations, ac cording to Orlando. The last two weeks before distribution involves 600 to 800 vounteered work hours. Each sock has to be emptied, checked for use or inappropriate items, refilled and sorted. They have found used candles, half-filled bottles of lotion and socks filled only with nuts, according to Emily Orlando. "Volunteers are an essential part of the program," she says. “I’m hoping that some people from the college will come help being little Santa elves. These little things make such a difference in somebody’s life. More than you know.” SIG recycling effort provides Clackamas with new recycle bins asfl lt; MAGGIE JIRASEK lin Feature Co-Editor 1S recycling effort organized by , Associated Student Govern- io al (ASG) will bring new recycle JnClackamas’ classrooms and ■making it possible to raise ial money for the environmental and |for textbook and childcare s askveil. shortage of recycle bins became rent this fall term, after most of Id recycle bins were removed o current fire codes. O'ou cannot have bins in certain hallways because people could trip over them in case of fire emergen cies,” explained Jaime Craig, envi ronmental senator. “The fire Marshall came in and took most of the bins out.” This scarcity of bins in hallways and classrooms is making it impos sible for students to successfully support a recycling,program. “We want to make sure that there is at least one bin in each classroom, whether the Fire Marshall wants it or not. We don’t need fire codes for the class rooms,” said Craig. In order to supply all buildings with the right number of bins, an in ventory has to be made to decide where to place them in hallways and classrooms. “We have blueprints of all the buildings on campus and right now we are going through the buildings one by one to see which rooms have bins and which ones don’t,” in formed Craig. “Our goal is to put both pop can recycle bins as well as glass recycle bins in as many class rooms as possible.” Not all buildings on campus have the same need for recycle bins. Sci ence buildings, for example have their own recycling program. “The special chemistry glass over in the science buildings is already being recycled and shipped off some place else,” said Craig. “Most of the labs don’t allow food and drinks, so we don’t have to worry about that— which is kind of nice.” It has not been decided yet who will be in charge of picking up the cans and making sure they will be recycled. “In the past, different clubs and student groups were going around in their little areas, picking up the cans, recycling them and using the money for their purposes. In my opinion, ASG or the environmen tal club should be able to go around once a week, collect all the cans and use the money for grants, since we are the ones providing all the bins,” argued Craig. Approximately $4000 will be appropriated by ASG to buy as many bins as possible. The one time cost per bin is about $50. If things are going well, most of the classrooms and hallways will have new recycle bins by the end of this term. hi Theta Kappa !ui Xi Zeta chapter - Clackamas Community College I■ DANA PALMER ----1------------------------------- a Staff Writer llackamas is home to the Al- , Xi Zeta chapter Phi Theta pa, a national honor soci- thlit recognizes and pro- eslacademic achievement /ell as school and com- lity involvement of -year* college stil ts. _dvjsed by Dave Arter Kate Gray, Alpha Xi i works to benefit both community and its stu- t members. Students en- edlat Clackamas who wish oin Alpha Xi Zeta must e a cumulative 3.5 grade it average and be carrying ea?t three credit hours. In lition, students need to e completed a minimum of ■ 12 credit hours prior to appli cation for membership. Clacka mas’ honor club students are diverse, and include high school graduates, parents re turning to the college environ ment and students working to update their skills. Alpha Xi Zeta is commit ted to the values of leader ship, scholarship, fellowship and service. In addition to maintaining their academic schedules, club members re ceive the opportunity to serve the community, the college and Clackamas students. Mem-1 bers recently participated in the | Loder Road clean up near cam-1 pus. For information about joining . Clackamas’ honor society, call Dave Arter at ext. 2210. Warhammer: Magic the Gathering: Ongoing league piavi Magic Tournaments Every week! Open gaming environment Bring friends to game with Conveniently Located near Haggens 8 Fast Pentium III® computers/DSL lines with internet connection $4/hr. or buy a pass for $65 19743 Hwy 213 Oregon City, OR 97045 Phone: 503-518-4263 Store Hours: Sun - Thurs 11 a.m-8 p.m.; Fri-Sat 11 a.m.-Midnight
