Business, organizations collaborate on Moses Lake toy drive
CHERYL SCHWEIZER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 4 months AGO
Moses Lake businesses and organizations are working together to ensure children have gifts under the tree this Christmas season.
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Senior Reporter Cheryl Schweizer is a journalist with more than 30 years of experience serving small communities in the Pacific Northwest. She began her post-high-school education at Treasure Valley Community College and enerned her journalism degree at Oregon State University. After working for multiple publications, she has settled down at the Columbia Basin Herald and has been a staple of the newsroom for more than a decade. Schweizer’s dedication to her communities and profession has earned her the nickname “The Baroness of Bylines.” She covers a variety of beats including health, business and various municipalities. | November 24, 2023 9:47 PM
MOSES LAKE — A Moses Lake business and two organizations are joining together on a toy drive to benefit children six to 13 years of age.
Moses Lake Industries, the Samaritan Healthcare Foundation and Communities in Schools-North Central Washington are sponsoring a toy drive through Dec. 8. The goal is to collect 800 gifts for elementary and middle school children, according to the CISNCW website.
The organizers are looking for donations of new toys, according to information from CISNCW. Toys should be unwrapped.
Donations can be dropped off at Samaritan Healthcare, Washington Trust Bank, 402 S. Ash St., Signs Now, 710 E. Broadway Ave. and Coldwell Banker Tomlinson Ranch and Home, 1000 S. Pioneer Way.
Fliers around town also include a QR code that people can use to buy toys via a gift registry, which then will be sent directly to the toy drive organizers.
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