Holiday 2012: Recycle Lights, Phones, Coats; Donate New Toys

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

Buying a new winter jacket? Have holiday lights that no longer work? Or, did Santa already bring you a new cellphone? 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 town and items can be dropped off right at the Village of Glen Ellyn’s Civic Center. One collection seeking new items and not used ones is Toys for Tots. New, unwrapped toys are being sought for children around the area.  If you have coats you no longer need, donations are being collected through Wheaton’s Repeat Boutique Center. Cell phones piling up because you have the newest and best in technology? Drop off used cells and help Family Shelter Services. The phones will be disposed of and proceeds will go …

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Holiday 2012: Donors Sought for Thanksgiving, Christmas Basket Programs

Is your group, church, club or school holding a fundraiser or giving back to a community group this holiday? Share the information with Local Editor Mary Ann Lopez and we will add it to our list.

Donors are being sought to adopt a family for the holidays. For more than 60 years the Glen Ellyn Junior Woman's Club has provided holiday cheer through their Christmas Baskets program, which benefits local community members in need. Donors adopt a family and buy gifts for each person in the family.  Participating families range from small to large.  Food from the Salvation Army and gifts through local school toy drives are added to the family basket.  The drop-off date for wrapped gifts is Dec. 6, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., at Parkview Community Church, 764 St. Charles Road, Glen Ellyn. Baskets are delivered to families on December 8.   If you would like to adopt a family or help with deliveries, please contact Mary Sheehy before December 1 …

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