Special weekend events planned to aid Hurricane Katrina victims

The Daily Inter Lake

You can support the Hurricane Katrina relief effort by attending the valleywide garage sale Saturday and Sunday at the Flathead County Fairgrounds in Kalispell.

Antiques and artwork, clothing, sporting goods and exercise equipment, furniture, tools, toys, jewelry, books, electronics and more will be priced to sell.

Donations may still be brought to the fairgrounds between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. today. Donors are encouraged to have them priced reasonably.

All proceeds will go to the Salvation Army and the Red Cross. Representatives of both organizations will be present to accept cash donations, too.

For more details call 212-2024 or 862-4039.

People also can donate blood: The Red Cross also will conduct a blood drive from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the fairgrounds.

Another way you can contribute to relief efforts is through the Children's Shoe Box Mission.

Fill a shoe box with any of the school supplies listed and bring it to the fairgrounds from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

The boxes will be delivered to needy children in the Gulf Coast area and at shelters.

For more information, call Sonjia at 755-0295.

Items needed include:

-Glue sticks and Elmer's glue

-Crayons and colored pencils

-Construction and drawing paper

-Washable markers

-Facial tissue

-Zip-lock bags

-Pencil-top and pink bevel erasers

-Spiral notebooks and writing tablets

-Plastic pencil boxes

-Black, blue and red ball-point pens

-No. 2 pencils and pencil sharpeners

-Filler paper and graph paper

-Three-ring binders

-Pocket folders

-Six-inch protractors