Local groups and businesses are doing what they can to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
The Oakland Woods Baptist Church is accepting donated goods for Hurricane Katrina victims at their Fall Festival from 1-4 p.m. on Sept. 17. The following items can be brought to the festival. Please only bring new items for donation:
General supplies ? packaged underwear for men, women, boys and girls; new socks; T-shirts; feminine products; baby formula; baby wipes; books for pre-school, small children and preteens; jars of baby food; plastic bottles; sippy cups; boxes of band-aids; sample packages of Tylenol and Imodium or similar products; and blankets and pillows.
Cleaning supplies ? products like Comet, Lysol, Windex, etc. in plastic bottles only; five gallon buckets; mops and brooms; clorox Clean-Up; bleach; dust pans; rubber gloves; laundry detergent; dryer sheets; dishwashing liquid; paper towels; and trash sized garbage bags.
Oakland Woods Baptist Church is located at 5628 Maybee Road. For more information call 248-625-7557.
In response to the devastation from hurricane Katrina, the Clarkston Area Chamber of Commerce will hold two fund-raising collection activities at upcoming events.
At the Taste of Clarkston, Sept. 25, from noon-6 p.m. on Main Street the chamber is coordinating donations at the ticket booth/information tent.
Also, at the Business EXPO on Nov. 3, the chamber is charging a $5 admission fee to raise money for the relief efforts.
Money raised at these events will be sent to the Red Cross.
The Church of the Resurrection on Clarkston Road is taking donations of specific items to help the relief effort in Louisiana.
They are collecting only the following items: non-perishable canned food; full cases of bottled water; disposable diapers, wipes and formula; toilet paper (packaged only); feminine hygiene products; large heavy duty black trash bags; towels; toothpaste and toothbrushes; bar soap; kleenex and band-aids.
Please only donate new items; nothing outdated. Please bring boxes to pack supplies in if possible.
No clothing will be collected. Only leave donations during collection times:
Sept. 16 from 3-8 p.m.; Sept. 17 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; and Sept. 18 from two p.m.-6 p.m.
All donated items will be delivered to the Salvation Army for redistribution in Louisiana and Mississippi.
The Clarkston Rotary and St. Daniel’s Catholic Church are providing volunteer assistance and Bordine’s Nursery has donated the use of a truck and trailer.
Church of the Resurrection is located at 6490 Clarkston Road Clarkston. For more information call 248-625-2325.
The Graphic Wizard, located at 4728 Clarkston Road, is selling t-shirts to benefit the New Orleans hurricane victims.
The shirts are priced at $10 for white and $12 for colors and come in three different styles. The Graphic Wizard will send $8 to $9 from the sale of each shirt to The Salvation Army’s Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund.
The shirts are available at:
The Graphic Wizard on Clarkston Road, 248-394-0602; Independence Township Parks and Recreation on Main Street, 248-625-8223; Lakeview Food Basket on Clarkston Road, 248-394-0437; Spectrum Printing on Sashabaw Road, 248-625-5014; and other locations in Waterford and Auburn Hills.
For more information or any company interested in selling the shirts please contact The Graphic Wizard/’A City in Need? at 248-394-0602, through fax at 248-394-0297 or via e-mail at thegraphicwizard@aol.com.