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Holiday Giving: Donations sought to help needy

01:00 AM EST on Monday, November 9, 2009

If your nonprofit organization is seeking holiday donations or volunteers, or if it has services or goods to offer the needy, we will publish your announcement once during this holiday season. A complete list of holiday giving and donations will be posted on our Web site, projo.com.

To be included please send your information, including a name and contact number, to pjnews@projo.com. Put Holiday Giving in the subject field.

THANKSGIVING

Camp Street Community Ministries

This group seeks fresh or frozen turkeys and all the fixings for Thanksgiving food baskets for those in need. Donations should be dropped off by Nov. 20 at 194 Camp St., Providence. Call (401) 421-5474.

CDF Joan’s Holiday Basket Program

Pawtucket’s First Lady Joan Doyle seeks financial donations for a holiday food drive. Make checks payable to CDF Joan’s Holiday Basket Program and send them c/o Department of Planning and Redevelopment, 175 Main St., 3rd Floor, Pawtucket 02860.

Capital City Community Centers

This multi-service center seeks cash donations, grocery gift cards and Thanksgiving food items for local families in need. Drop off donations at 110 Ruggles St., Providence. Call (401) 455-3880, ext. 226.

Child and Family

This agency in Newport seeks donations for Thanksgiving food baskets for those in need. Call Landa Patterson at (401) 848-4210 or e-mail lpatterson@childandfamilyri.com.

Exeter Community Food Bank

The volunteer fire department at 305 Ten Rod Rd. seeks donations for holiday food baskets and gifts. Call Sylvia Curry at (401) 294-3176.

Helping Other People in Emergencies

The organization is looking for turkeys or vouchers and all the fixings for food baskets. Send to 2 Mattie St., Providence02909. Call (401) 521-0706.

Lucy’s Hearth

This homeless shelter for women and their children seeks donations of nonperishable food and turkey vouchers for Thanksgiving. Mail them to 913 West Main Rd., Middletown, 02842 or deliver them on Nov. 16-18. Call (401) 847-2021.

Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center Holiday Basket Program

The center at 20 Dr. Marcus F. Wheatland Blvd., Newport, seeks donations for holiday food baskets. Call Jane Maloney at (401) 846-4828.

Rhode Island Center Assisting Those in Need This group at 2075 Matunuck School House Rd., Charlestown, seeks donations for holiday food baskets and gifts. Call Debbie Nigrelli at (401) 364-9412 or e-mail Believeyoucan@cox.net.

The West Greenwich Department of Human Services

This agency seeks donations for Thanksgiving baskets for local families. Call Marge Gartelman, (401) 397-4234.

WHERE TO GO FOR HELP

Buy Nothing Day Winter Coat Exchange

On Friday, Nov. 27, those in need of winter coats will be able to get them on the State House lawn, at the Blackstone Valley Visitors Center, 175 Main St., Pawtucket and St. Ann’s Arts and Cultural Center, 84 Cumberland St., Woonsocket, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. In addition, coats will be distributed at St. Paul’s Church, 12 West Marlborough St., Newport, from 9:30 a.m. to noon and at St. Francis Church, 114 High St., South Kingstown, from 10 a.m. to noon.

To donate, contact:

Greg Gerrit at (401) 331-0529 or Phil Edmonds at (401) 273-4650 or by e-mailing gerritt@mindspring.com or philwhistle@juno.com for Providence; Arthur Pitt at (401) 724-8915 or e-mail kingarthur02940@yahoo.com for Pawtucket; Maggie Bulmer at (401) 849-3537 for Newport; Roger Bonin at (401) 728-8328 for Woonsocket, and Tom Abbott at (401) 364-0778 for South Kingstown.

Volunteers to help with the distribution are also needed. The Providence event will switch to St. John’s Cathedral on North Main Street if it rains.

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