Monday, November 13, 2006
Evening Sun - 'Operation Reindeer' needs help for holidays
Evening Sun - 'Operation Reindeer' needs help for holidays: "'Operation Reindeer' needs help for holidays
By JENNIFER NEJMAN
For The Evening Sun
Article Launched:11/13/2006 09:45:00 AM EST
The Mental Health Association of York and Adams Counties needs volunteers and gifts for 'Operation Reindeer 2006,' a program to collect, wrap and distribute holiday gifts to York and Adams county residents who have a mental illness.
Individuals, families, church groups and businesses can help by collecting and donating gift items from an individual's wish list; donating wrapping paper; or volunteering to wrap gifts.
In the past, the gifts have gone to people spending the holidays at Harrisburg State Hospital. Since that hospital's closure late last year, the association has partnered with Wernersville State Hospital in Berks County. They are collecting gifts for 85 York and Adams county residents now in that hospital and some people living in the two counties.
Gifts needed for men include aftershave lotion, belts, socks, bedroom slippers and button-down shirts. Gifts needed for women include nightgowns, jewelry, flannel shirts, sweatshirts and pullover tops.
The wrapping extravaganza will be held 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 9 at the York office, 36 S. Queen St.
AT A GLANCE:
Drop-off of gifts runs from now until Dec. 1. The drop-off sites are:
By JENNIFER NEJMAN
For The Evening Sun
Article Launched:11/13/2006 09:45:00 AM EST
The Mental Health Association of York and Adams Counties needs volunteers and gifts for 'Operation Reindeer 2006,' a program to collect, wrap and distribute holiday gifts to York and Adams county residents who have a mental illness.
Individuals, families, church groups and businesses can help by collecting and donating gift items from an individual's wish list; donating wrapping paper; or volunteering to wrap gifts.
In the past, the gifts have gone to people spending the holidays at Harrisburg State Hospital. Since that hospital's closure late last year, the association has partnered with Wernersville State Hospital in Berks County. They are collecting gifts for 85 York and Adams county residents now in that hospital and some people living in the two counties.
Gifts needed for men include aftershave lotion, belts, socks, bedroom slippers and button-down shirts. Gifts needed for women include nightgowns, jewelry, flannel shirts, sweatshirts and pullover tops.
The wrapping extravaganza will be held 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 9 at the York office, 36 S. Queen St.
AT A GLANCE:
Drop-off of gifts runs from now until Dec. 1. The drop-off sites are:
¥ Hanover Council of Churches, 136 Carlisle St. in Hanover
¥ Holiday Hair, West Manchester Mall
¥ Mental Health Association, 304 York St., Suite F, Gettysburg
¥ Mental Health Association, 36 S. Queen St. in York
For details or wish lists, call Donnie Gibson of the Mental Health Association at 843-6973.
