Coats for the Community - October 15

Junior Auxiliary of McMinnville's

Coats for Community and Book giveaway

will be Saturday, October 15th
10am-1pm at Three Star Mall (in the former Bookland location).
Please help us spread the word!

JA of McMinnville collecting donations now!

Junior Auxiliary of McMinnville is currently accepting donations to support three of their annual service projects: Coats for the Community, Pencil Pals and the JA Book Drive.

THIS IS AN ONGOING COLLECTION BY MEMBERS OF JA.

Items can be dropped off at Ashley's Attic in the Plaza Shopping Center, Peg Broadcasting Radio Station (Home of 105.3 Wow Country, Star 107, 1230 WAKI and 960 WBMC) or Security Federal Savings Bank. You can also contact any member of Junior Auxiliary of McMinnville to arrange pickup or delivery of any donations.

Coats for the Community

Provides coats and other cold weather wear and accessories to community members in need.

JA is COLLECTING new and gently used coats, sweaters, sweatshirts, hats, gloves, scarves, shoes and other cold weather clothing and accessories.

Pencil Pals

Provides school supplies to local schools for underprivileged children to be distributed by school guidance counselors on an as-needed basis.

JA is COLLECTING new and gently used backpacks, pencils, pens, pencil boxes, safety scissors, folders, glue sticks, composition books, and other school supplies.

JA Book Drive

Provides books to community children in order to foster an appreciation and love of reading.

JA is COLLECTING new and gently used, age appropriate books for children in grade levels pre-k to middle school. All appropriate genres accepted.

Thank you for supporting Junior Auxiliary of McMinnville and the children of McMinnville and Warren County!

Another successful Coats for the Community!

Thanks to all members and provisional members who came out to help with our 12th annual Coats for the Community project!

We would also like to send out a special thank you to our 2010 JA Little Sister Blair Fisher for coming out to help with the project, to Three Star Mall for allowing us to set up each year, to the mall shops (most notably Roses, Goody's and J's) for supporting this cause and for not getting upset when we take over the mall for a few hours and to our many many donors who make this project possible by donating their gently used coats and other cold weather gear!

We gave out 618 + coats and many hats, sweats, socks, shoes, sweaters, etc. and we saw so many moms, dads, grandparents and children come through to pick out coats to keep them warm this winter. We saw a larger number of people than we have in years past - the line started in front of the Bookland building and wrapped all the way around to the front of Goody's! We heard touching stories and met some really great people. Unlike some of our more anonymous or larger service projects, we got to see the faces of the people that our service helped. No wonder this project is the favorite of so many of our members!

We also gave out books to all kids that came through. The books were collected through our JA Book Drive project in late summer/early fall.

Congrats to project chair Danielle Miller and co-chair Carly Bruce for pulling off a very successful project!

Coats for the Community 2010

It's that time of year again!

Junior Auxiliary's annual Coats for the Community giveaway is coming up next week. This is a service project meant to help the families and youth in Warren County who might not have access to cold weather gear. In addition to coats, we'll have (a limited amount of) sweaters, sweatshirts, hats, pants, accessories and other cold weather wear.

Here's the info:

WHEN: Saturday, November 6, 2010 - 11am until 1pm

WHERE: Three Star Mall (in the old Bookland building)

WHO: All sizes for girls, boys, men, women and babies

WHY: To provide cold weather wear to those without

Coats and other giveaway items will be given out on a first come, first served basis. Please call (931) 607-6599 or email jamcminnville@yahoo.com for more information.

PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD!

Coats for the Community - This Weekend

COATS FOR THE COMMUNITY

- COAT GIVEAWAY -

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17th

THREE STAR MALL

(In the old Bookland)

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Coat & winter weather gear giveaway for all ages

All sizes will be available - baby to adult

for more information contact project chair Lori Womack or call Ashley Wright (931) 607-6599.

Santa Claus is Comin' to Town - Christmas in the Park 2008

You better watch out. You better not cry. You better not pout. I'm tellin' you why...Santa Claus is comin' to town!

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Yup, Santa is coming to McMinnville TONIGHT for our 23rd annual Christmas in the Park!

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He'll be there right around 6 pm to help us light the Downtown Christmas Tree, then he'll set up shop to visit with all of the children, to find out if they've been naughty or nice, and to double check what everyone wants under the tree this year!

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Santa will also be posing for pictures with the kiddies and J.A. will be providing free prints of the pictures for everyone!

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Santa will be bringing Mrs. Claus and some of his elves along with him to the event so there will be no shortage of fun and photo opportunities for everyone!

So, come see us tonight in beautiful downtown McMinnville for a night of FREE fun for the entire family!

Click here for more information.

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MEMBERS DON'T FORGET: Bring 3 or 4 dozen cookies to Jessica for the Cider House. See the Chapter Reminders to the left for details.

Christmas in the Park - December 2nd

Come out and see us at Christmas in the Park. It's shaping up to be a really exciting event with several new activities planned to go along with the classic favorites!

Show up a little early to see the first ever Christmas in the Park Luminary Lighting Ceremony..I think it will end up being a new tradition for our community!

Stephanie Ward, our Coats for the Community chairperson, is planning to set up a coat giveaway booth during the event. We think this will be a good opportunity for folks that didn't make it out to the mall in October who need coats now that it has gotten colder outside.

10th Annual Coats for the Community

We held our 10th annual Coats for the Community this past Saturday and it was a huge success! We had a ton of coats to give away and nobody left empty-handed!

We also gave out hats, shoes, snowsuits, sweat shirts, sweaters, windbreakers, gloves and other items of clothing.

Coats for the Community Chairperson Stephanie Ward wishes to thank everyone in the community who donated and all of the members that helped with cleaning, collecting and giving out the coats.