BLANKLET DRIVE FOR THE HOMELESS IN MONCTON!!!!

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Blanket Drive for Metro Moncton Homeless 2008 - Deadline, December 12th, 5:00pm

www.BlanketsForMoncton.com

For the second annual Blanket Drive for Metro Moncton Homeless, we are collecting clean blankets, pillows, sleeping bags, winter coats, winter boots, socks, tuques, hats, scarves, gloves, steel toed boots and shoes (men's and ladies), work gloves, backpacks, duffel bags, suitcases, toiletries, (especially hotel sized soap and shampoo bottles, toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, razors, shaving cream, etc.), sandwich bags and baggies, children's clothes, diapers, feminine products, bus tickets, canned milk, food vouchers (Sobeys gift cards), coffee coupons, laundry tokens etc.

Anything useful is greatly appreciated.

Anyone wishing to donate large items, such as furniture, please call

Nadine at 961-0963 for more information.

The collected items will be distributed to outreach programs including YMCA Reconnect, Nazareth House, Crossroads for Women,Youth Quest, Moncton Youth Residences, MAGMA, Boutique Encore, SIDA/AIDS Moncton, Harvest House, St-Vincent de Paul, Mobile One, Karing Kitchen and Ray of Hope for our local homeless and at risk citizens as well as other local area programs that serve the homeless, people at risk of being homeless, and people living in poverty in our region.

Where:

Please drop off bagged or boxed items in a DR Recycling blue bin at any of the following locations:

YMCA of Greater Moncton
30 War Veterans Ave. Moncton
(turn left in their lobby and there is wooden box at the end of the hall across from the pool windows)
If you cannot drop off your items, please call 961-0963 to arrange for your items to be picked up.

Abby's Home Cooking & Donair
236 St. George St., Moncton
854-2221
(Use side entrance on Archibald St.)
Hours: 7am-6pm, Monday - Friday,
Saturday 8am-6pm

Kandy Kafe
1855 Mountain Rd.,Moncton
387-8222
Hours of Operation: Monday to Saturday: 9am - 9pm
Sunday: 12pm - 5pm

Lyle's Coast Gas
356 St George St., Moncton
389-9998
Open until 9pm

Damascus Coffee
710 Coverdale Rd., Riverview
855-4646
Hours of Operation: 7am-5pm Monday-Friday
Open late Thursday till 9pm
Saturday 8-4
Sunday Closed

Moneys Worth Liquidators
1067 Champlain Street, Dieppe
855-3381
Hours of operation :
Mon. - Wed. 8am - 5pm
Thurs. - Fri. 8am - 6pm
Saturday 8am - 3pm
Sundays closed

When: September 20th until December 12th, 2008 at 5:00 p.m.

Contact:
Nadine Lipton,
http://blanketsformoncton.com
BlanketsForMoncton@gmail.com
phone: 506-961-0963

Statistics:
In the Statistics Canada 2001 Census, in Westmorland county, there was 14.7% of our local citizens or a total of 17,925 people living below the poverty line.

On average YMCA ReConnect Staff conduct 250 interventions with clients per month. Youth represent 20% of interventions and Adults represent 80% of interventions. The program also averages 20 new clients a month.

The Mobile One Soup Kitchen serves meals in the evenings and on weekends throughout Moncton.
Meals Served per year:
2003 ~ 63,841
2004 ~ 57,594
2005 ~ 54,618
2006 ~ 47,666
2007 ~ 34,267
Nazareth House, an emergency shelter in Moncton:
Served 765 clients in 2006
Who stayed a total of 4,082 nights
Average # of clients per night was 11
clients stayed an average of 5 nights

Thanks to all of our sponsors and friends who are helping to make this year's Blankets For Moncton a success: Lighthouse Storage, DR Recycling, Leblanc Cottages, YMCA, Abby's Home Cooking and Donair, Lyle's Coast Gas, Damascus Coffee, Moneys Worth Liquidators, Kandy Kafe, and everyone else who is supporting this program with their donations.

Please help in any way possible to make this blanket drive a success.

Visit www.blanketsformoncton.com for more information.