Helping Hands supported by local government
Mayor of Norwich, Shawn Sastri, stands with the cities financial department as they procure bins to place in local government offices.
NORWICH – Norwich government officials work in tandem with non-profit group Helping Hands to increase donation collecting efforts.
City of Norwich Mayor Shawn Sastri stated that after the women at the cities finance department volunteered at the first Helping Hand Community Night, they came to him with ideas on how they could continue to help the grass route organization.
“They went (to the community night) and I followed up with them after the event. They were just taken aback on by the amount of people that were there and they told me they wanted to do more. And I just want to support them,” said Sastri. The mayor believes that efforts like the community donation night are beneficial to the community.
According to the Coordinator for Helping Hands, Lorri Race, the bins are being placed at five local government offices. This includes City Hall, Department of Public Works, Water Department, Norwich Police Department, and the Norwich Fire Department.
The bins were delivered to their allocated locations by Victoria Mitchell from the Chenango United Way with the help of her father.
City Hall will be open to the public for donations. The other sites will be for the employees only that work there.
Race states that donations could include but are not limited to non-perishable pantry items, hygiene items, diapers and baby wipes. They are not accepting clothing in the bins at this time.
“If other businesses want to have a bin, they can reach out to me, Lorri Race at helpinghandsnorwich19@gmail.com. We could then discuss what ways would be convenient for them to collect,” said Race.
Race is not only the coordinator for Helping Hands, but she is also the At Risk Coordinator for Norwich Middle School, a board member for Improve Norwich Now, and an Educational Coordinator for the Salvation Army.
The community donation nights will take place on the third Thursday of every month at the Norwich YMCA from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
City of Norwich Mayor Shawn Sastri stated that after the women at the cities finance department volunteered at the first Helping Hand Community Night, they came to him with ideas on how they could continue to help the grass route organization.
“They went (to the community night) and I followed up with them after the event. They were just taken aback on by the amount of people that were there and they told me they wanted to do more. And I just want to support them,” said Sastri. The mayor believes that efforts like the community donation night are beneficial to the community.
According to the Coordinator for Helping Hands, Lorri Race, the bins are being placed at five local government offices. This includes City Hall, Department of Public Works, Water Department, Norwich Police Department, and the Norwich Fire Department.
The bins were delivered to their allocated locations by Victoria Mitchell from the Chenango United Way with the help of her father.
City Hall will be open to the public for donations. The other sites will be for the employees only that work there.
Race states that donations could include but are not limited to non-perishable pantry items, hygiene items, diapers and baby wipes. They are not accepting clothing in the bins at this time.
“If other businesses want to have a bin, they can reach out to me, Lorri Race at helpinghandsnorwich19@gmail.com. We could then discuss what ways would be convenient for them to collect,” said Race.
Race is not only the coordinator for Helping Hands, but she is also the At Risk Coordinator for Norwich Middle School, a board member for Improve Norwich Now, and an Educational Coordinator for the Salvation Army.
The community donation nights will take place on the third Thursday of every month at the Norwich YMCA from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
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