{"id":60131,"date":"2025-11-07T13:12:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T17:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=60131"},"modified":"2025-11-07T13:12:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T17:12:24","slug":"donations-of-winter-outerwear-sought-for-the-big-give-on-nov-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=60131","title":{"rendered":"Donations of winter outerwear sought for the Big Give on Nov. 15"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56514&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ELMSDALE:<\/strong> A final appeal is being put to the community for donations of winter outerwear for the Big Give, set for Nov. 15 in Elmsdale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donations are only a trickle of their usual amount, Community Offering Assistance Together Association president Catherine Miller said. The Big Give will run from 9 am to 12 p.m. at 224 Hwy 214 in Elmsdale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People are encouraged to check your closets for the following items you may be able to donate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winter weight coats. All sizes but emphasis on larger adult. Men and women\u2019s 2x to 5X Working zippers please<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Snow suits and \/ or jackets and pants separately. Good condition with working zippers please. All sizes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hats and mittens. Gloves too. All sizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56376&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The drop off locations are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elmsdale area. Lenos stop shop in Elmsdale or Enfield Legion basement Tue and Thur afternoon 1-3 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miller&#8217;s doorstep at 575 Highway 277. Dutch Settlement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also a new spot is offered at Nova Scotia Works located in the Lloyd Matheson municipal building in Elmsdale 9-4 Monday to Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Carrolls Corner community center craft sale Nov 15 is also serving as a drop off during the sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kennetcook area: Hants North food bank in Latties Brook Fridays from 12 to 3 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My Uniacke area: The public library during open hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indian Brook : drop off at foodbank during their business hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56509&#8243;]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELMSDALE: A final appeal is being put to the community for donations of winter outerwear for the Big Give, set for Nov. 15 in Elmsdale. Donations are only a trickle of their usual amount, Community Offering Assistance Together Association president Catherine Miller said. The Big Give will run from 9 am to 12 p.m. at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60132,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[965,957],"tags":[233,196,986,2754,9666,9667],"class_list":["post-60131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-hants","category-news","tag-community","tag-east-hants","tag-elmsdale","tag-the-big-give","tag-winter-coats","tag-winter-wear"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/60132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}