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Hat and Mitten Drive benefits many in Allegany County

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Just in time for a polar vortex! CORE comes through

From Literacy West NY,

CORE The Learning Center, a non-profit organization in Belmont NY, held their 4TH Hat and Mitten Drive this year. As the snow fell, temperatures dropped and the holiday spirit filled the air, our community partners rallied together in an amazing show of support.  The donations exceeded last year’s drive. CORE The Learning Center was able to help many children and adults in our community this winter with warm hats, mittens and scarves thanks to the generosity of many partner organizations and community members that donated to their hat and mitten drive this year.

The donations were collected and sorted by staff and have been distributed to those in the community who will benefit from the warmth and comfort they will provide. They were distributed to the following: Genesee Valley School, Belfast School, Friendship Central School, Scio and Wellsville Central Schools. Some of the other donations were distributed to local businesses such as: Elmira Psych Center in Wellsville for the homeless population, WIC, The Veterans Center/Clinic, ACCORD, Friendship Coalition of Churches, Gills Hills, Hillside Children Center,1st Step, Salvation Army, Trapping Brook, and Operation Warm Hearts.

We want to give a huge shout out to all the members of the community that reached out and donated this year and made this possible. A Special thank you to our largest donators, Saputo Dairies in Friendship NY, Northern Lights Candles in Wellsville and LC Whitford’s from Wellsville NY.

Again, thank you all for your participation and we look forward to another successful year next year.

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