UToledo Community Invited to Give Back This Holiday Season
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The University of Toledo community can help brighten the holidays through three giving initiatives supporting individuals and families on campus and across northwest Ohio. UToledo Health Hygiene Drive The Catharine S. Eberly Center at is hosting its sixth annual Toy Drive benefitting the children of student parents now through Monday, Nov. 30. UToledo Health’s annual hygiene drive aims to provide at least 400 kits for patients and community members in need. Departments can register to participate by Friday, Nov. 13. Empty bags will be provided for pickup in Mulford Library Room 048 or delivery. Each kit should include four rolls of toilet paper, two toothbrushes, two rolls of paper towels and full-size containers of shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, deodorant and hand soap. Completed kits are due Tuesday, Dec. 1, and can be dropped off at the Office of Community Engagement in Mulford Library Room 048 or the Department of Service Excellence in UTMC Room 1192. Pickup can be arranged for