People Helping People is a list of charitable causes in our area that need donations or volunteers. The Beacon Journal has not investigated these causes, so donors should verify their worthiness and the tax-deductibility of contributions. A link to a form for submitting requests to People Helping People can be found at www.ohio.com/charity, along with tips on researching charities and a list of causes published.
Questions on submitting information? Call Mary Beth Breckenridge, 330-996-3756.
YWCA of Canton, 231 Sixth St. NE, Canton, OH 44702, is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. It needs donations of these items for its homeless shelter programs: housecleaning products (brooms, mops, trash cans), paper products, trash bags, lamps, furniture, beds and mattresses, throw rugs, toiletries, portable DVD players and money to be used for laundry.
Items can be dropped off from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. weekdays.
The YWCA will pick up furniture. Call to be placed on the pickup schedule.
For information, contact Teresa Ponchak at 330-453-7644 or tponchak@ywcacanton.org. The website is www.ywcacanton.org.
Akron Girl Scouts is seeking donations of shoeboxes filled with small hygiene items for its annual Christmas Shoebox Campaign. The boxes will be given to men, women and children living in area shelters.
Participants are asked to select a gender and age level (infant through adult), fill a shoebox with hygiene items, wrap the lid and box separately, and then add a label for the intended recipient. Boxes may be dropped off from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday or Dec. 17 at New Horizons Christian Church, 290 Darrow Road, Akron.
A list of items to pack is at www.akrongirlscouts.org. For additional information, call Willa Keith, 330-577-8849.
Cascade Locks Park Association, 248 Ferndale St., Akron, OH 44304, seeks to preserve, protect and promote Cascade Locks Park along the Ohio & Erie Canal. It needs volunteers to wrap holiday gifts from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Dec. 16, 21 and 23 at the Mustill Store. Minimum age is 14.
Call the United Way Volunteer Center, 330-643-5512.