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Donated Items Sought for Beacon Playground Fundraiser
Donations of children's items are being accepted for the Wee Play Community Project's "ReePlay Sale," a tag sale to be held on Saturday, May 5, 10am to 1pm at the American Legion's Memorial Building at Teller and Main Street in Beacon. Proceeds of the sale will benefit the Wee Play Children's Park Garden Project and the acquisition of a shade structure.
The Wee Play Community Project is a group of creative and interested parents, grandparents and other care-givers dedicated to finding and creating imaginative and fun ways for Beacon and other surrounding communities in the Mid Hudson Valley to become more parent and child-friendly. The group's focus is on meeting the needs of the area's youngest citizens, ages 0 - 6. The cornerstone of the organization is supporting the City of Beacon Recreation Department's commitment to build the Wee Play Children's Park, a play environment for young children that was formally dedicated in April of 2006 in honor of former Beacon Recreation Department Director, Kathy Juhasz.
Donations of new or gently used children's clothing, maternity clothes, toys, books, movies, children's furniture, games and accessories are all welcome. For safety and health reasons car seats and stuffed toys will not be accepted. Stained or adult clothing is also discouraged.
"We decided to make this our annual fundraiser because it really is such a win-win-win event" said Wee Play Community Project Director Kelly Ellenwood. "Donors get the opportunity to clean their closets and do something positive for the community; the people who come to the sale get fantastic deals on stuff they really need; and the Wee Play Community Project benefits by raising cash to support its programs."
Donors can contact Claire Browne, Volunteer Coordinator of the Wee Play Community Project at (845) 440-6072 or via e-mail, volunteer@weeplayproject.org,
to schedule pickup.
For your convenience, there are four drop off locations:
* Julia Butterfield Memorial Library - 10 Morris Ave, Cold Spring (845) 265-3040 * Paper Presence - 296 Main Street, Beacon (845) 849-2443 * Fishkill AllSport - 17 Old Main Street, Fishkill (845) 896-5678 * Beacon Self Storage
You may bring your donations to Beacon Self Storage, located at 39 Front Street in the Groveville section of Beacon off of Business Route 52. Beacon Self Storage is sponsoring the event for the second year in a row. Call Claire Browne at (845) 440-6072 or Beacon Self Storage at (845) 831-7867 for more details or directions to the storage facility.
More information about the group can be found at their website,
www.weeplayproject.org.
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