Veterans Day Collection

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Veterans Day Collection

To honor veterans and celebrate Veterans Day, the library collects items for veterans at Gracedale Nursing Home each year during October. Please bring your items to the library. Thank you!

Accepting Now: Gracedale Nursing Home

All items, including clothes, must be new and not expired.

No bar soap, hotel toiletries, or items not on the list, please.

Items requested:

Body spray/perfume

Deodorant

Change purses/wallets/purses

Skin moisturizer – scented and non-scented

Shower gel (no bar soap due to infection control purposes) – scented and non-scented

Shampoo

Conditioner

Coloring books (both adult and child)

Crayons

Colored pencils Markers

Large print word search books

Soduko Books

Slippers with sturdy bases and good tread

Hair brushes

Notebooks/notepads

Zip-up hoodies

Sweatpants Shorts

Sensory items – pop-its, fidgets, etc.

 

Items we cannot accept:

Bar soap

Adult briefs

Shaving Cream

Razors

Medical supplies

NO GLASS OR FOOD ITEMS

Accepting Now: Valor

We are now taking donations of the following items to be donated to Valor Clinic Foundation for their veteran food pantry

 

Fruit (canned all types)

Paper Products: Paper Towels, Toilet Paper, Plates, Cups, Napkins

Bottled Water (Case)

Baby Wipes

Dinty Moore/Soups

Mac and cheese

Tuna Fish/Chicken Salad, Salmon (can or packs)

Organic Food (any)

Sauces

Hamburger Helper (all types)

Brown Rice (1 lb. pack)

Snack Pack Pudding cups

Protein Bars

V8 Juice

Liquid Laundry Detergent

Coffee

Dog & Cat Food (wet cans)

Cat Litter

Who We Donate To

We are proud to partner with Gracedale Nursing Home to provide resources to local veterans in their care. Gracedale is a skilled nursing facility that serves the medically challenged and financially indigent residents of Northampton County and surrounding communities. The mission of the facility is to rehabilitate its residents to their highest practical level of medical, social, and psychological well-being.

Learn more about Gracedale HERE