[Archived] City Seeks Help to Make Holiday Season Brighter for Children and Seniors

City Press Release


	City of Alexandria, Virginia Office of the City Manager Alexandria City Hall 301 King Street, Suite 3500 Alexandria, Virginia 22314-3211 www.alexandriava.gov Telephone: 703.838.4300 Fax : 703.838.6343

For Immediate Release
October 13, 2004
PIO 250-04/rdo

City Seeks Help to Make Holiday Season
Brighter for Children and Seniors

The City of Alexandria’s Department of Human Services needs help in making the holiday season brighter for participants of the Sponsor a Family, Sponsor a Senior, Sponsor a Teen and Sponsor a Foster Child programs. Individuals, families and groups can help by purchasing holiday gifts for youngsters and senior citizens, and delivering them directly to the recipients before the holidays or to the Human Services Center, 2525 Mt. Vernon Ave., by Thursday, Dec. 16, for social workers to distribute.

The programs also request gift certificates for teenagers as well as grocery gift cards for families.

Volunteers will be needed to help receive and sort bundles of gifts on Wednesday, Dec. 15, and Thursday, Dec. 16, from 9 am to 8 pm at the Human Services Center, 2525 Mt. Vernon Ave. Drivers are needed to deliver gifts to Alexandria families on Friday, Dec. 17.

For more information, call Suzanne Kratzok, Coordinator of Community Resources for the Alexandria Department of Human Services, at 703.838.0768, or e-mail suzanne.kratzok@alexandriava.gov.

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