HOLIDAY WISH LIST.Byline: The Register-Guard Agency: Assistance League of Eugene Eugene, city (1990 pop. 112,669), seat of Lane co., W Oregon, on the Willamette River; inc. 1862. A processing and shipping center in a farming area, the "Emerald City" has lumbering, food-processing, and microchip and other electronics industries. Purpose: Begun in 1973, the Assistance League of Eugene, a chapter of the National Assistance League, helps area children and seniors through projects by providing new clothing and dental care to school-age children, supplying teddy bears teddy bear cuddly commodity named after President Theodore Roosevelt. [Am. Hist.: Frank, 46] See : Cuteness to local police agencies to give to children in stressful situations and offering presentations on pioneer life at the Lane County Historical Museum Holiday needs: Donations of cash or merchandise to the Gently Used Thrift Shop thrift shop n. A shop that sells used articles, especially clothing, as to benefit a charitable organization. to meet clothing and dental requests Year-round needs: Same Donations: Gently Used Thrift Shop, 1149 Willamette Willamette (wĭlăm`ət), river, 294 mi (473 km) long, rising in several headstreams in the Cascade Range, W Oregon. It flows N past Eugene, Salem, and Portland to the Columbia River just NW of Portland. St., Eugene; call 485-3721 |
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