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Arcadia Weekly Oct 25, 2012
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By Susan Motander
This Saturday is Make A Difference Day and the Volunteer Center of the San Gabriel Valley has a variety of community improvement projects. The center is also sponsoring another way individuals can make a difference. The center working to assist women and children fleeing domestic violence by taking up a collection at the volunteer sign up on Saturday.
The center is urging volunteers to bring new, unopened packs of socks or underwear to donate to women and children in protective shelters. Often they come to the shelters with nothing but the clothes they are wearing. While used outerwear is a great boon, there is a real need for new underwear.
Donations can be brought to Monrovia Library Park starting at 8:00 a.m. where the Volunteers are signing up for service. And those new packs of socks and undies can be dropped off at any time during the day. The work projects the center is sponsoring exist not only in Monrovia, where the center is located, but also throughout the San Gabriel Valley. Call the center at 256-8187 for details. Volunteers can sign up in advance by calling the Volunteer Center or by contacting Jessica Kubel, Volunteer Coordinator at jessicakubel_sgv@yahoo.com
The festivities will begin on Saturday with the rededication of the Rotary Bandshell in Monrovia’s Library Park, 321 South Myrtle Avenue.
