I wanted to let you know  that we collected close to a thousand cans 
of

food for the Women's Crisis Center again this year. It was so cool 
to watch

their Truck drive off with its headlights pointing up in the air, 
because of

the weight of the cans in the back. This is so vitally important 
because the

United Way dropped them from their budget .



    We will now collect toys almost the exact same way we 
collected cans. We

put up flyers all over the clinic that say for each 10$ toy a patient 
brings

in, we will put them a chance in our drawing for 100$, 75$, and 
50$ credit

toward their account. It also states that their friends and families 
can

become new patients with a 25$ toy and it will cover the cost of

exam,x-rays,and ROF. The same 4x8 ply-board we used for 
Thanksgiving we will

now cover in red and green felt to now place pictures of the 
patients that

bring in Toys. We also change our message on the TV's throughout 
the

clinic(It looks like a weather bulletin) announcing the Toy drive. 
Starting

Monday(one week break between drives), it will be very important 
for a flyer

to placed on each chart, so the doctor can personally ask each 
patient to

participate. There will also be a special card placed on each chart 
for the

patient to give to family or friends so they can become new 
patients for a

25$ toy.



    We have done this for years and the Crisis Center depends on 
these toys

for the Children stuck in the center during Christmas. Any excess 
toys are

saved for birthdays. Last year we collected over a hundred toys.



     Remember," You have to Give to Receive".