City of Stillwater NEWS | For Immediate Release

Stillwater Public Library at 1107 S. Duck Street in Stillwater, Okla. For more information, call (405) 372-3633 or e-mail askalibrarian@stillwater.org or visit the library online at library.stillwater.org. Library programs are co-sponsored by KOSU 91.7 fm

Spring Fling donation event @ the library rescheduled for May 16

local organizer and Stillwater Public Library turn clutter into donations to local charities

(STILLWATER, OKLA. / May 7 , 2009) –– The 2nd annual Spring Fling donation event has been rescheduled for Saturday, May 16 from 9 a.m. to noon. The event will be held in the library’s north parking lot at 1107 S. Duck St. If bad weather looks possible, the library will announce a decision on cancellation by noon May 15.

Spring Fling gives local residents a chance to donate their clutter to benefit local charities.  Local non-profit organizations will be present to accept donations of used clothing, household goods, toys, books and most other items. 

“Everyone who didn’t get to clean out their clutter last week now has a new chance to get things together to donate to Stillwater citizen’s in need,” said Shannon Cowan, event coordinator.     
                               
Residents are invited to drive through the library parking lot where volunteers will unload donated items into the trucks of the participating non-profit organizations.  They may designate to which organization their donations should go, or event organizers will assist in distributing items in a fair manner to benefit all of the organizations. 

                                    
Residents are invited to drive through the library parking lot where volunteers will unload donated items into the trucks of the participating non-profit organizations.  They may designate to which organization their donations should go, or event organizers will assist in distributing items in a fair manner to benefit all of the organizations. 

The following are participating charities and the donated items they can accept:

Stillwater Domestic Violence Services:

• Umbrellas
• Sweat suits (women’s and children's, toddlers)
• Household items such as pots and pans, dishes, silverware, small kitchen appliances (toasters, can openers, mixers, coffee pots), dish towels, curtains, rugs and towels
• Living room furniture such as lamps, coffee tables, end tables, wooden TV trays, televisions and DVD and VHS players
• Bedroom furniture such as dressers, baby beds, toddler beds, twin beds, full- and queen-size beds,
• Dinette table and chairs

Payne County Youth Shelter

• Outdoor recreation equipment for age 10 and up (no bikes)
• Adolescent style clothes
• Twin bedding and next to new towels,
• Cookware
• Handheld games and game controllers
• Outdoor plants
• Patio bench

Cimarron Council Boy Scouts of America

• Scout uniforms
• Camping equipment

Habitat for Humanity Restore

• Household items
• Maintenance, repair
• Building materials

Friends of the Library

• Books
• DVDs, Videos, Music

Stillwater Literacy Council

• Children and young adult book titles of traditional favorite stories for basic literacy and English as Second Language students
• Teaching materials to help tutors to teach basic literacy and English as Second Language

Karman Korner

• Various items

Goodwill

• Everything except mattresses, tube televisions and CRT tube computers, large appliances or gasoline powered items
• Will accept plastic bottles, cardboard, aluminum and paper
• No glass

The Stillwater Public Library is located at 1107 S. Duck St. (the corner of Duck and 12th Ave.). For more information, contact the Stillwater Public Library by phone at (405) 372-3633 or by e-mail at askalibrarian@stillwater.org, or Shannon Cowan at (405) 880-2126.  This event is co-sponsored by Fresh Perspective Organizing Services, Friends of the Library and KOSU.

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