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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Recycle Old Phones, Clothes and Coats; Donate New Toys This Christmas

Do you have items you no longer need? A number of holiday collections are underway and items can be easily donated at one location. Find out more!

Are you buying a new winter jacket? Did your kids get duplicate toys this year? Did Santa bring you a new cell phone? If you have items you’d like to toss but aren’t sure what to do with them, a number of collections are taking place in Mentor and many of these items can be put to good use. If you just updated or your wardrobe and have coats or other clothes you no longer need, donations are always being collected at the local Salvation Army Thrift Store on 7000 Heisley Road. Similarly, many of you may have received new cell phones this year. Instead of tossing your old one away, consider giving it to Cell Phones for Soldiers. Finally, we get to toys. Maybe your child received two of the same gift. Maybe they're just feeling generous. Well…

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Local Toys For Tots Foundation Needs More Gifts For 10- To 14-Year-Olds

People can give gifts up through December 21 at several locations throughout Mentor

Timothy Sherman's Christmas shopping list is almost as long as Santa's. As the Mentor coordinator for the Marines Toys for Tots Foundation, he's in charge of getting gifts for more than 5,200 kids this year. (This isn't even the busiest year he's seen. One year, they collected toys for more than 8,000 children.) Obviously, Sherman and the other people at Toys for Tots don't do it alone. They depend on the generosity of individuals, businesses and organizations to make these kids' holiday wishes come true. And, this year, Sherman is making a special request to help some of the older children. "For younger kids, donations are up," Sherman said. "But for 10- to 14-year-olds, donations are down." Sherman noted that lot of gifts for this age …

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