Published: November 28, 2008 09:10 pm         

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Store collects toys for children

In an effort to bring holiday magic to disadvantaged children this year, Dressbarn is launching its first Toys for Tots Drive from Dec. 8-12. During this time, local Dressbarn stores, including the Oklahoma City location at Quail Springs Market Place, will encourage residents to donate new, unwrapped toys for the cause. To show their heartfelt thanks, the store will give customers who donate a 15 percent coupon off a regular-priced item.

Toys for Tots program helps disadvantaged children in the United States experience the joy of Christmas, play an active role in the development of children, unite members of the local communities in a common cause during the annual toy collection and distribution campaign, and contribute to better communities overall in the future.

For more information, call 302-2032.

Holiday toy drive benefits Citizens Caring for Children

Farmer’s Touch Landscape & Lawn Care is sponsoring a toy drive this holiday season; all proceed will be donated to Citizens Caring for Children, a nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting children in the Oklahoma City area foster care system. Donations should be new, unwrapped toys.

The ongoing drive runs through Dec. 19. Drop off toys at Comfort Inn in Edmond or 13501 N. Highland Park Blvd. For additional information about the toy drive, call Gwen Schiltz at 819-1970. To learn more about Citizens Caring for Children, visit www.

citizenscaringforchildren.org.

Workshop helps nonprofits learn to raise cash

A workshop coming to Oklahoma City University next month called “Foundation Fundraising: An Introductory Course” is intended to help beginning fundraisers collect advice on the best ways to collect cash from foundations.

The one-day workshop will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10 in the Dulaney-Brown Library at OCU. Registration is $125 per person, with special offers for foundations wishing to bring multiple people.

Memorial quilt sections make OCU visit

World AIDS Day is recognized every Dec. 1, and the AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on display from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 1-3 in the Oklahoma City University Center lobby, where booths will be set up with information about AIDS. The local RAIN Oklahoma will come to campus Dec. 3 to set up informational booths and to offer free testing for HIV/AIDS. RAIN is an organization whose mission is to support those diagnosed with HIV or AIDS, and it seeks to raise awareness about the epidemic.

Guthrie municipal office candidates to file

Candidates for municipal office for the City of Guthrie will file Declarations of Candidacy beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, December 1. Erin Dorio, Secretary of the County Election Board, said the filing period will end at 5 p.m. Wednesday, December 3. A primary will be held on February 10, should more than two candidates file for an office. The two candidates receiving the most votes will meet in the Regular Municipal Election on, April 7, 2009.

Declarations of Candidacy will be accepted at the Logan County Election Board office for Mayor and Council members for Wards 1,2 and 3.

More than 2,000 people fed

In just two short weeks Ingenux collected over 650 pounds of food, as well as $250 in cash for donation, to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma. Ingenux set a modest goal of 250 items to help feed families during the Thanksgiving holiday; this goal was shattered by the collection of three times that amount. Food and donations were collected from Lee’s Crossing, Le Cour and Le Chene office parks. For more information about Ingenux visit www.ingenux.com.

     

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