Your Year End Giving Makes a Difference

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Inside you will find different local non-profit organizations that need your help this holiday season.

GIVE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Published as supplement to the Siuslaw News, December 09, 2017

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Blanket Drive for the homeless

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This winter, The Siuslaw News is having a blanket drive to help the homeless in our community.

Please help us by donating new or gently used and clean blankets or sleeping bags to the homeless. You may drop off your donated items at The Siuslaw News 148 Maple St. in Historic Old Town Florence Donations accepted until December 29th

Siuslaw News Need more info? Call us at 541-997-3441 or visit our website, thesiuslawnews.com

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Finally! A Local Solution for local Veterans!

Florence Area Veterans’ Relief Agency

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541-590-0395 www.AmericanLegionPost59.com

Local veterans helping local veterans in need of limited emergency funds.

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Who We Are

The Florence Veterans’ Relief Agency (FAVRA) is made-up of local veterans who help local veterans with emergency stop-gap grant funding for immediate food, clothing, shelter, medical, transportation, utilities, or other personal needs. FAVRA is a non-profit subsidiary of the local American Legion Francis M. Yost Post 59. The Post provides all administrative oversight to FAVRA, ensuring that 100 percent of contributions received go directly to local veterans in need.

Your contributions make it possible to help additional deserving veterans!

What We Do

After a simple qualification process, the vet usually has a check in hand within 24 hours. The help we provide is anonymous, personal, discrete, and honorable. We’re not a government agency. We’re not the VA. We understand fellow vets. We don’t ask anything from them. We simply verify their status, and then provide them with urgently needed relief. There are no administrative costs. Every penny received goes directly to a vet in need!

One Vet’s Story

A local WWII vet needed desperately to move from her humble-yet-highmaintenance home into a safe and secure place that would make her daily living easier and more affordable. All she needed was a small-but-quick infusion of cash to cover the minor transitionary costs of the move.

She didn’t know where to turn. She couldn’t stay in her home. She couldn’t move out. She was stuck. That’s when her friend called us on her behalf. We gifted the funds…no strings attached. Local contributions made it possible to honor and assist this fellow veteran!

A 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, non-profit, charitable organization. To help us support veterans in the Florence area, call 541-590-0395, or mail a tax-deductible gift to: FAVRA, P.O. Box 692, Florence, OR 97439

Join us! Be a local hero for a local veteran!

As long as there are veterans in need, our mission is not fully accomplished. But we can’t do it alone. Here are three easy ways you can be a hero for these heroes… (1) Tell people you know at work, in your neighborhood, at your civic club, or at church that there is a new local non-profit that is actively serving local vets, and doesn’t burden them with red tape. (2) Refer a veteran to the Florence Veterans’ Relief Agency at the phone number below. (3) Contribute. Please join us and honor a veteran today with a direct, honorable, and discrete contribution. A financial gift of any size from you enables even more

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local veterans to pay for a doctor or dentist appointment, pay their electric bill, get a new pair of shoes, afford an auto repair, or move into a better environment. You will receive a tax-deductible receipt for your contribution along with our letter of gratitude. You can use the form to the right and tell us you’re with us. Simply mail a check payable to FAVRA, PO Box 692, Florence, OR 97439. If you know a veteran whom FAVRA may be able to assist, please contact us at 541-5900395. Please…be a hero for our heroes.

Florence Area Veterans’ Relief Agency PO Box 692, Florence, OR 97439 541-590-0395 AmericanLegionPost059@gmail.com www.AmericanLegionPost59.com

Yes! Count Me In!

Name: _____________________ ____________________________ Address: ____________________ ____________________________ ___________________________ ____________________________ Ph: _______________________ E-mail:_____________________ Enclosed is my one-time contribution of $ _____________ Please contact me.

I’d like to make a monthly contribution of $ _____________

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Radiation Patients needing transportation?

When you need a ride, We’ll take you there and back.

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Offering Service to the

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and surrounding areas for 32 years!

• First run driven by P.T. Smith, May 1, 1985.

• We’ve driven over 1.2 million miles.

• Transported over 30,000 riders for treatment to Eugene/Springfield and back.

• Driven 5 days a week, 160 miles a day.

• No charge to anyone.

• 23 volunteer drivers

For more information call Dan Clements 541-902-0883

A special Thank You to Friends of Florence Van Fans, we couldn’t do what we do without you!

Interested in being a volunteer driver?

Call Bart Mealer at 541-997-8663 Interested in joining the Van Fans?

Call Barbara Filiatreau at 541 902-0505

Funded entirely by donation P.O. Box 598, Florence OR, 97439

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Annual Christmas Basket & Toy Drive Underway

Our name, Soroptimist, was coined from the Latin “soror” and “optima” meaning ‘best for women’. Soroptimists are professional business women, or women who hold or have held positions of leadership in business or women who want to improve the lives of others. As a member of this international service organization, there are opportunities for professional growth and leadership development, education, unity and purpose through working with other likeminded individuals to achieve common goals and achievement through direct involvement with service projects.

The Soroptimist mission is to improve the lives of women and girls through programs leading to social and economic empowerment. It is our vision that “Women and girls have the resources and opportunities to reach their full potential and live their dreams.” To promote the mission and vision Soroptimist International of Florence holds fundraising events that enable us to provide financial assistance through awards and scholarships to women and girls in the local area.

There is still time to donate a new, unwrapped toy for an infant to 12-year old child for Christmas. Collection locations: Oregon Pacific Bank, First Community Credit Union, Banner Bank, US Bank, WA Federal Savings, Lane Community College, AIC Insurance, Coastal Fitness, Hoberg Complete Auto Repair, On Your Feet with a Splash, Three Rivers Cashion & Resort, Fred Meyer, West Coast Auto Body, Shervin’s Tire, Florence Eye Clinic, State Farm Insurance and Able Insurance.

Monetary Donations are also needed to help with food for the Christmas Baskets. These can be mailed to: Soroptimist International of Florence PO Box 1209, Florence OR 97439 The Food Baskets and Toys will be distributed on December 16th at the Siuslaw Middle School and Church of Nazarene.

The is truly a community effort and anyone willing to help with set up and distribution is urged to contact Soroptimist Members Michelle Fraley 541-997-3434 or Carol Bennett 541-991-3455.

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Us TOO Florence, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, is your source for prostate cancer information and support on the Oregon Coast. We reach men from Bandon to the south, Yachats to the north and Mapleton to the east, plus the entire greater Florence area.

We are ready when men and their loved ones need us. Our Giving includes: a. urologist providing the latest information on PSA screening, diagnosis, treatment/non-treatment options and life after treatment; b. sharing our personal prostate cancer experiences, including a first-hand account of what we chose to do, why we chose it and how it has turned out; c. supporting each other as we travel this journey together.

Us TOO Florence has two monthly meetings – each usually with a urologist present to provide information and answer questions: a. 2nd Tuesday of each month – 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church of the Siuslaw. Urologist Dr. Bryan Mehlhaff attends. b. 3rd Tuesday of each month – 12 noon – 1:00 p.m. at the Ichiban Chinese/ Japanese Restaurant. Urologist Dr. Roger McKimmy attends.

Us TOO Florence outreach includes a monthly article in the Coast Life Section of the Siuslaw News being either a local man’s Personal Prostate Cancer Journey or a Behind the Headlines written by Facilitator Bob Horney; attendance at health fairs at the FEC; 3-ring binders at over 20 locations in Florence with the above Journeys and articles inside (updated monthly); weekends in September at the Boardwalk Market highlighting Prostate Cancer Awareness Month; advertising in the Siuslaw News and its special editions. Finally, maintaining our own website: www. ustooflorence.org.

Financial support is provided by Oregon Urology Foundation, Us TOO Florence participants and members of the public. All donations are tax deductible and go to support the above outreach programs. Make checks payable to Us TOO Florence and mail to: Us TOO Florence, 924 Island Drive South, Florence, Or 97439. Every dollar goes to reaching men and their loved ones in dealing with the 2nd most deadly cancer in the male population.

Contact Bob Horney, (H) 541-997-6626 or (C) 541-999-4239 or maribob@oregonfast. net for information.

OUR NEW LOCATION We are now in our new loca�on and serve hot meals from 12:30-1:30, Monday’s, Wednesday’s and Friday’s in the kitchen of the New Life Lutheran Church (next door to Food Share).

WHO WE SERVE We serve the homeless and those in need in our community. Our numbers average from 45-65 meals per day. We also serve families with children, seniors, and veterans.

OUR OTHER SERVICES We provide mail service, laundry and shower vouchers, u�lity cut off no�ces, help for prescrip�ons, and other individual help as needed.

CHRISTMAS PARTY On Friday December 22nd, from 12:30 to 1:30 we will be having a BIG Christmas celebra�on star�ng with a special meal. Then we will distribute stockings filled with hygiene products, as well as special wrapped gi�s from St. Andrew’s! The children will also receive a stocking and a special present for each one. THANK YOU to all our volunteers and this year we have volunteers from Peace Health to help us celebrate as well!

HOW YOU CAN HELP We are an all volunteer staff, so every dona�on goes directly to the needs. Your gi� will mean so much to those who have so li�le. Please send your gi� to the address below. We also need more volunteers. If you can help, give us a call. Thank you so much for your support!

P. O. Box 1296, Florence Oregon. 541-997-5057

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Boys and Girls Club of Western Lane County is so much more than just a fun place to hang out after school.

We are a safe haven for the bullied; a place where mentors and tutors help kids understand and complete homework, and OF WESTERN LANE COUNTY we make sure each of our kids has a hot nutritious meal before they leave.

Through nationally proven programs like SMART Girls, Passport to Manhood and Money Matters, we help our young members understand the beneďŹ ts of healthy lifestyles and attitudes.

Our staff and volunteers believe in kids and know that no one is born a failure. We are committed to helping every one of our members realize their full potential as a happy, healthy, fulďŹ lled, productive member of our community.

With your help this holiday season, we can continue our mission to help make the world a better place one child at a time and continue to give every Club member the gift of a great future.

Please consider donating to the Boys and Girls club of Western Lane County today.

Change the world this holiday.

Start With a Child 1501 Airport Road, Florence 541-902-0304 PO Box 739, Florence OR 97439

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