Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, April 14, 1994 TAG: 9404140363
SECTION: NEIGHBORS PAGE: S-2 EDITION: METRO
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A clothing drive to benefit the Salvation Army will be held Saturday between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the Roanoke County School Administration building at College Avenue and Fourth Street in Salem.
Roanoke County Education Association and the Roanoke College chapter of the Virginia Education Association are sponsoring the drive.
Adult and children's clothing that is new or used in good condition, toiletries, diapers and furniture will be collected.
For more information, call Kit McCarthy at 890-3090.
\ Group needs volunteers for reading project
Family Reading Connections is seeking volunteers to work with children and adults in its weekly reading sessions.
The project's goal is to teach parents reading strategies that they may use to teach their children, while fostering reading as an enjoyable family activity.
Partially funded by a Bell Atlantic/American Libraries Association Family Literacy Project grant, the program is a collaborative effort of the Roanoke and Roanoke County public library systems, Literacy Volunteers of America and Bell Atlantic.
For more information, call project coordinator Sarah Rubush at 981-2340, or Nancy Francisco of the Literacy Volunteers of America at 342-1624.
by CNB