Supporting OFSS
Contact:
Kevin McLeod
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09 May 2020 |
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 Edmonton Whyte Ave
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Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, our club was not able to support the Operation Friendship Senior's Society (OFSS) by preparing lunch in-person this month as we initially planned. In the meantime, we have come up with another way to help support OFSS: The Coffee Cup Roundup. OFSS accepts donations of new or used coffee cups to use in their centre and it would be great to help them out by collecting cups.
Please check your cupboards and if you find some coffee mugs that you don't use, set them side and our amazing President-elect Stan B will collect them from you and deliver them to OFSS when it is safe to do so. If you would like to get the cups out of your house right away, and feel comfortable dropping them off on my front porch, feel free to email Stan (s_bissell@hotmail.com) to coordinate a drop off time.
OFSS has also let us know that there are other ways that we can help support them:
1. OFSS Bottle Drive - if you have a collection of bottles waiting to go to the depot, you can call or email the OFSS Community Relations Supervisor, Jimmy Morrison, to arrange a time for OFSS to come pick them up from your doorstep. You can also take in the bottles on your own and then donate the proceeds for a tax receipt via the OFSS homepage.
2. Disposables - once the OFSS Drop-in Centre is allowed to open, they will need disposable items, such as paper plates, cups, and utensils. Stan is collecting donations of these single-use items and take them to the centre along with the coffee cups.