Donated personal care and other items for the Seymour Elks Lodge’s program for veterans in nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Jackson County may be dropped off in this barrel inside the entrance to Brewskies Downtown/Seymour Elks Lodge at 117 E. Second St., Seymour.
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Seymour Elks Lodge 462 invites the public to help with the collection of personal care and others items for veterans in Jackson County nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
The following items are needed: Deodorant, facial tissues, hair care products, especially waterless shampoo, toothbrushes, toothpaste, picture or jigsaw puzzles (large pieces of 500 or less), large-print reading material, soap (only Dove or Ivory), lap blankets, small notebooks, pencils, new decks of large-print playing cards, large white socks, work gloves, word search puzzle books and combs/brushes.
No items with alcohol, razors/sharp objects, nail clippers or candy will be accepted.
Donations may be dropped off from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays at the Seymour Elks Lodge/Brewskies Downtown, 117 E. Second St., Seymour, before Dec. 1.
Cash donations also will be accepted. Checks can be made payable to Elks Charity Fund and mailed to P.O. Box 1, Seymour, IN 47274 by Dec. 1. Note “Veterans” in the check memo.
On Dec. 4, volunteers will pack the bags and take them to veterans at Autumn Trace Seymour Assisted Living, Cedar Creek of Seymour, Covered Bridge Health Campus, Hoosier Christian Village, Lutheran Community Home and Seymour Crossing.
Anyone with questions may contact John Nolting, Don Pridgen or Wayne or Judy Gilbert at 812-966-2255.