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Wonderful Volunteers Load Aid That Will Help Many

18 Happy smiles after loading a semi at Gethsemane Lutheran church, Colorado West Collection Center, in Northglenn, CO. Volunteers from Risen Savior, Peace Lutheran and others, loaded 336 boxes of clothing, linens, etc., 60 boxes of isolation gowns, 52 pre-school cots, sleeping bags, bicycles, exerciser, shower seats, crutches, and other medical equipment. These donations will go to Norfolk Warehouse to be shipped where needed. What a joy to help others!


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