ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Thursday, October 10, 1996             TAG: 9610100003
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                PAGE: N-10 EDITION: METRO 

APPLAUSE

Hills Department Store donated more than $450,000 worth of classroom equipment and supplies to 1,214 public schools last year through its "Supply-a-School" program. This program allows participating schools to collect the bottom portion of Hills receipts and redeem them for a variety of educational materials.

This year, 10 Roanoke-area schools will benefit from this program, which will apply to receipts dated from Aug. 1, 1996 to April 30, 1997. The program started two months earlier than in previous years.

For more information about this program, call 1-800-245-3023, extension 332.

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The Allstate Foundation recently gave $2,500 to the LOA Area Agency of Aging to fund safety programs for seniors. This funding will provide safety surveys of seniors' homes and educational programs on personal and consumer safety, and crime prevention.

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Moss in the Country, the Botetourt chapter of the P. Buckley Moss Society, recently donated $4,110 to The Carilion Medical Center for Children at Roanoke Community Hospital. The donation will be used to purchase equipment for the pediatric clinic and toys for its patients.

The money was raised by raffling a print by P. Buckley Moss, an artist in the Shenandoah Valley.

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