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United Way hosting
annual pajama drive
The United Way of the Mid-Willamette
Valley’s ninth Annual Pajama Drive
began in early November. The drive is an
opportunity to support those in need as
the winter season approaches. There are
more than 40 physical drop-off, including
the Keizertimes office at 142 Chemawa
Rd. N. Due to many people still working
from home and other restrictions stem-
ming from COVID-19, United Way has
an Amazon wish list that people can buy
from and contribute virtually. To browse
through these needs, visit www.amazon.
com/hz/wishlist.
Last year, United Way of the Mid-
Willamette Valley collected over 800
pairs of pajamas that were distributed
between eight local non-profits serving
children and adults. The 2021 drive will
run through November 30, when drop-off
boxes will be collected and their contents
sorted by size and age.
Empty Bowls to benefit
Marion-Polk food share
Empty Bowls, the Willamette Art
Center’s annual fundraising sale ben-
efitting Marion-Polk Food Share is
scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 20. The
one-day sale will be in Cascade Hall at
the Oregon State Fairgrounds, featur-
ing handcrafted pottery, wood turned
bowls and wood carved crafts from local
artisans.
The sales starts at 9 a.m. and ends at
5 p.m.
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“The sale is a great opportunity to
help feed those in need and get an early
start on holiday shopping,” said Kevin
Herzberg, executive director of the
Willamette Art Center.
Artisans from the pottery studio
have teamed up with Willamette Valley
Woodturners and Capital Woodcarvers,
working all year to make handcrafts for
the event. This year’s sale will feature
the namesake Empty Bowls, as well as
ceramic planters, dishes, vases, mugs
and cups, luminaries, platters, pitch-
ers and other handmade pottery. The
Capitol Woodcarvers have contributed
hand carved spoons and the Willamette
Valley Woodturners are donating
turned wood bowls to the sale. The sale
has been moved to Cascade Hall at
the Oregon State Fairgrounds to pro-
vide more space for social distancing.
COVID protocols and sanitation will be
in place, and shoppers should come pre-
pared with masks.
The Empty Bowls sale first started
in Salem in 2007 and has raised approx-
imately $20,000 annually to benefit
hungry neighbors in Marion and Polk
counties. Each dollar raised provides
three meals to those in need. “We are
grateful for our longstanding partner-
ship with Willamette Art Center and are
thrilled for the return of Empty Bowls
this year,” said Rick Gaupo, president
and CEO of Marion Polk Food Share.