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Fourth Annual Christmas on the Reservation Gift Drive
Fourth Annual Christmas on the Reservation Gift Drive
. Please Note --> This is a Past Event!! .
Date:
9/30/2014 TO 11/22/2014
Time:
1:00 PM
84 Park Avenue, Suite G105
Flemington, NJ 08822
Phone:
908-782-7470
Event Description:
Dr. Michele Gardner of Gardner Family Chiropractic in Flemington Borough is pleased to announce the fourth annual Christmas on the Reservation gift drive to benefit children on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in northeast Montana. The gift drive this year will run from now until November 22nd. She is collecting new shoes, boots, and socks in infant through teen sizes. “The children on the Reservations are among the neediest in our Nation. 75% of their parents are unemployed, drug and alcohol abuse continue to threaten the health of the community, and some of the children live in houses that do not have electricity or running water for most of the year. It is a constant struggle to take care of basic needs let alone provide for Christmas cheer,” said Dr. Gardner. “Their needs are far greater than physical items like clothing and toys. They need to know that someone cares about what happens to them. While it is heart breaking, it is also motivational. My colleagues and I continue to do something about it.” Dr. Gardner worked on the Reservation with her husband David in the summer of 2012. “On that trip we selected a student to attend Chiropractic College and bring Chiropractic back to the Reservation. We made an emotional connection with the people there, especially the children,” said Dr. Gardner. “David and I will return to Fort Peck and, when the time is right, we will bring our daughter. In the last three years we have collected over thirty enormous boxes of gifts for the Fort Peck Reservation including special needs items for the elderly as well as toys and clothes for the children. We have raised thousands of dollars for this community making a dent in the statistics of poverty, unemployment, diabetes, drug and alcohol abuse, and the highest suicide rate among children. It is time once again to show the world what our community can do to help others in need.” At the close of this Fourth Annual Christmas on the Reservation gift drive she will be hosting a presentation at her office on Saturday November 22nd at 10 am. Movies of past trips to Fort Peck Reservation will be shown and the packing party will begin. Come find out what a difference your gifts have made in previous years and see the change in the children on the Reservation since the first visit over eight years ago. Items can be brought to Gardner Family Chiropractic at 84 Park Avenue, Suite G105, Flemington. Call with any questions: 908-782-7470 or visit http://www.savethereservation.org for more information about the Love Has No Color project and its mission of Healthier People=Healthier Planet.
Directions:
Head south on Main St toward Capner St Turn right onto Capner St Turn right onto Park Ave Destination will be on the left - once on the lot of the Old Egg Auction, enter the building at the back of the lot that looks like a castle. Dr. Gardner's office is down the hall to the left of the stairs.
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