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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Collection For Joplin Donations Continues Until 8 o'clock Tonight

Villa Duchesne School Community Collecting Non Perishable Items to be delivered to Joplin Food Banks Tomorrow.

The Villa Duchesne Oak Hill School community will be collecting non perishable items until 8 p.m. tonight for tornado victims in Joplin. A donated Enterprise Leasing truck will take thousands of pounds of food stuffs, personal hygiene items and other donations to various drop off points in the tornado relief recovery zone in Joplin. Cash donations will be gladly accepted. This drive was quickly organized by co-chairs and Villa parents Coni Kreisch and Tracy Bazoian. "Our goal is to fill the entire truck, and we have a second donated truck standing by if we need it," said Kreisch in the early morning hours today. Donations through midday were brisk. One student had a lemonade stand and brought in $270. Organizers have a small army of middle…

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