As Fires Continue, Donations Come in Many Forms: Women's Apparel Store, Local Church Provide Clothing Assistance to Fire Victims.Business Editors LOS ALAMOS Los Alamos (lôs ăl`əmōs', lŏs), uninc. town (1990 pop. 11,455), seat of Los Alamos co., N central N.Mex. It is on a long mesa extending from the Jemez Mts. The U.S. , N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 26, 2000 The White House & Black Market today announced that it would be working with the United Church of Los Alamos to provide new dresses, skirts, blouses and accessories to the women of eight families victimized by the Los Alamos fires. The garments will be given directly to the 700-member congregation, which has eight member families who were affected by the fires. "While the fires have been devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. to the people of Los Alamos, the generous support organizations have given is uplifting," said Jay Dee Conrad, senior pastor. "Some of these people have lost everything, and the new clothing will help these families start over." Founded in 1985, The White House & Black Market is a nationwide chain of women's boutique with 65 stores, including one at 112 W. San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Street in Santa Fe Santa Fe, city, Argentina Santa Fe, city (1991 pop. 341,000), capital of Santa Fe prov., NE Argentina, a river port near the Paraná, with which it is connected by canal. . The company is known for its stylish, romantic women's clothing in shades of black Shades of Black is a community organisation in the Handsworth area of Birmingham, England, formed after the Handsworth riots in the mid 1980s, extending from the 1990s to work in other deprived areas including Stechford. , white and gray. For more information on this or other United Church of Los Alamos relief efforts, please contact Jay Dee Conrad, senior pastor, at 505/662.2971. |
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