TGHA Update on Fri Nov. 21
 
Sunday
14U game vs. Binghamton was canceled
 
Community Service Opportunity
 
Below is information about the annual clothing drive that includes a 
dropoff box in The RINK lobby. Since everyone in TGHA is at The RINK 
some time(s) before December 7, please consider participating.
 
The 21 teams coming to our tournament Dec. 5-7 have also been asked 
to bring warmth to share when they are in Ithaca, too. No matter how 
busy the winter schedule of hockey families, we can find ways to 
celebrate the meaning of the holiday season by helping those in need.
 
Share the Warmth unites our caring community
 
Rotary Club members work side-by-side with warm-hearted people from 
Cornell University, Ithaca College, other local Rotary Clubs and many 
other caring groups throughout the community to collect warm winter 
outerwear for our neighbors in need.
 
Share the Warmth is open to all families who are in need of winter 
outerwear. We believe that when families on tight budgets are 
provided with winter clothing, their limited funds can be used to pay 
for other primary needs, like food, rent, heat, child care, medical 
bills and transportation.
 
The Ithaca Rotary Club first started Share the Warmth 16 years ago 
when several Rotarians agreed that warm clothing was one of the 
biggest needs for families during the early winter months. Share the 
Warmth is now an annual event and is sponsored by a partnership of 
the Ithaca Rotary Club, Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga's 
Samaritan Center, Cornell University and Ithaca College. Each year at 
this time volunteers from the partnership have collected new or 
gently used winter clothes for distribution to those in need.
 
Last year, thanks to generous donations from our community members to 
Share the Warmth, hundreds of families received coats, blankets and 
warm winter clothing during the three-day distribution. This year, 
Share the Warmth clothing will be available to needy families for two 
weeks, from Monday, Dec. 1, to Friday, Dec. 12 at the Samaritan 
Center. Hours will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday and 4-7 p.m. Thursdays.
 
The Share the Warmth Committee asks for the help of the entire 
community to increase donations and make sure there are enough items 
to go to all in need. Collection started throughout the county 
continues through Monday, Dec. 8. Items to be collected this year are 
limited to outerwear (coats, hats, gloves, scarves, winter boots, 
mittens, snowsuits and snow pants) and blankets. Especially needed 
are outdoor winter items for children.
 
Boxes will be located at BorgWarner, P&C Markets, Wegmans, Tops, The 
Rink (Lansing), Kendal at Ithaca, The Mall Cleaners (Triphammer 
Mall), Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Seneca Place on The Commons, HSBC Banks, 
ShurSave Food Market, and at locations throughout Cornell University 
and Ithaca College.Please help by dropping off your good quality, 
gently used or new winter outerwear and blankets. Let's work together 
to keep our community a warm and welcoming place to live.
 
 
Mary
Mary M. Grainger
421 Highland Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone 607-257-3268
Fax 607-257-0483
Cell 607-280-4380