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Nurse's Office Seeks Clothing Items

Posted on 14 January 2010. Tags: , , , ,

POTTSTOWN PA – Specific items of children’s’ clothing for emergency needs are being solicited by the Lower Pottsgrove Parent-Teacher Organization on behalf of the nurse’s office at Lower Pottsgrove Elementary School, 1329 Buchert Rd., Pottstown PA.

School nurses are looking for donations of “gently used” sweat pants for boys and girls in sizes 4, 6, 8, and 10, a PTO e-mail announced Sunday (Jan. 10, 2010). Also being sought are new packages of underwear for girls and boys in sizes 6, 8, and 10.

Donations, marked “Nurse,” can be left at the school on weekdays during its regular hours.

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