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8 www.DesertMessenger.com September 21, 2022 too much junk? CLEAN OUT THAT GARAGE List your items in Desert Messenger CLASSIFIEDS Email Editor@DesertMessenger.com or CALL RAIN @ 928-916-4235 DEADLINE : WED. OCT 7 TH for Oct 19 th edition Desert Messenger News Email: editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 www.DesertMessenger.com The Salvation Army happenings With the continued hot tempera- tures and high humidity, we are experiencing, we will continue to offer a bottle of cold water. We also have Heat Relief Packets especially for those without air conditioning. These items were purchased from a grant for Quartzsite and Ehren- berg fi rst responders and our in- need residents provided by Arizona Public Service APS. Included are a cooling towel, sunscreen, lip balm, electrolytes, bottle of water and hand sanitizer, etc. Hydration is so important here in our very hot des- ert. Please take care of each other and please check on your neighbors as well. We have been blessed with unusu- ally large donations of children's clothing, toys, and games. Volun- teer Jane continues to put in extra time to keep the racks loaded. Toys are washed and sanitized, sorted and priced to sell. Our Halloween decorations and costumes will be out shortly. Our shoes are in the process of be- ing displayed by size. A big project that will be a work in progress. Don't forget our adult and child diaper program is available. This is a monthly program with a simple sign-up procedure. We also have a large assortment of medical devices that are available on a loan-out basis with a refund- able deposit. School supplies and backpacks are also always available. Please ask for details for these year around pro- grams. Thanks Don't forget to ask us for your Quartzsite Shop Small Bingo Card. We are participating in this fun event and will initial our square on your card. New cards provided monthly with fun prizes, too. We have donated $10.00 gift certifi - cates for the raffl e prize drawing. ENJOY A large THANK YOU to those that donated to our fundraising ef- forts for the Hero's Memorial Bell Garden plaques. We were able to purchase the Quartzsite Fire de- partment and the Quartzsite Police Department plagues with these do- nations. Plaques were presented at the September 11, 2022, ceremony along with The Salvation Army plaque. See picture. We continue to have free shoes, socks, and miscellaneous items out front of store and a free clothing rack and food available inside each day. With our newly alphabetized pa- perback book department, we also have .10 cent as -is books on the porch, and newly priced cookbooks are now mostly $1.00 each. WOW! Come and see. A big shoutout of THANKS to our cashier Holly, and Cookie, Pastor Jeremiah, Elizabeth and Handyman Jerry for coming to our rescue with our excessive fl ooding last month. Your efforts allowed us to open only just over an hour late. We had up to about 2 inches of rain on the porch area, offi ce, supply rooms, kitchen and work areas. We learned that adult diapers make great soaking cloths as our shop-vac didn't work. Jerry rescued that need, and we have since bought a new stainless- steel vacuum. "We need much less than we think we Need." ~Maya Angelou Be happy! Lee-Ann Henle, manager Quartzsite Salvation Army Thrift Store & Service Center 101 South Moon Mountain Avenue Store 928-927-3636 Cell 360-921-7571 DONATIONS DURING OPEN HOURS ONLY PLEASE Masks are required. Phone call for special large donation arrangements Shopping Days: Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Shopping Hours: 8:00 AM to NOON Call for Special Needs other days Friends of the Quartzsite Food Bank update A Big Thank You To Our Volunteers Without our volunteers our food bank would not be open! The food bank volunteers are amazing! They have been working so hard in this heat. Please give them a big thank you when you see them. Oct 1st we will go back to our Win- ter hours 8am to noon Tuesday and Thursday. We will have our huge annual fundraising yard sale! Friday, Sat- urday & Sunday, October 14, 15, 16 AND October 21, 22, 23. 8am to 4pm. We are currently taking do- nations of clean usable items for it. Please call (928)291-9037 for yard sale info. The Quartzsite Transit bus service has free rides to the food bank, just call them at 928-927-4333 for de- tails. Did you know you can leave your organization a gift of money, real estate or other items in your will or even designate retirement IRA accounts or stock investments to the Friends of the Quartzsite Food Bank. You can also have a Legacy Page on our website Quartzsite- FoodBank.com. Now besides being a philanthro- pist and feeling good, you will also receive a tax write off or better yet an AZ Tax Credit for your donation. That is not a tax write off but a cred- it on your actual AZ taxes that you owe. Up to $800 of your AZ taxes that you do not have to pay. Dollar for dollar of your donations to us. Don't forget to pick up your govern- ment boxes at the Western College 1st and 3rd Mondays 8am to 10am. Watch for changes in their days and times on Facebook at Yuma Com- munity Food Bank. Thank you for taking the time to read this. For more info or to donate go to QuartzsiteFoodBank.com Or Mail a check and make it out to: FQFB, PO Box 4671 Quartzsite, AZ 85359 Food Bank Hours are: Tuesdays & Thursdays 7-11 at 40 N Moon Mountain until October 1st. Picture ID, like a driver license, are needed to sign up. Thank You from FQFB and all our hard-working volunteers. If you want to volunteer just show up at 6am Tuesday or Thursday and come in the back gate or stop by and talk to Victor.

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