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Adopt-A-Family for the Holidays – Deadline for Donations is Saturday, December 18th

Help make this holiday merry and bright for a family of four! The family lives in the Pinkney Neighborhood and the two school-aged kids attend Pinckney Elementary School. (For their privacy, we are not disclosing their names.)

We will be collecting new gifts for the family’s 3 kids and mom, and new or very lightly used clothing, bedding and household items to help the whole family. Please do not wrap the items.

Donations can be dropped off by no later than Saturday, December 18th at 345 Mississippi St. (The house is on the NW Corner 4th & Miss. – the drop-off box just inside the screened-in porch on 4th St.)

Please check the list of needed items below for updated information on the remaining items needed. If you have any questions, please email pinkney.neighborhood@gmail.com or phone/text Pat Miller at 785-550-6958.

Thank you for supporting your Pinkney Neighbors!

9 Year Old Girl:

• Favorite colors – Pink & Purple
• Girls Size 16 pants/12 tops
• Women’s size 6 shoes
• Gift items: fake nail & makeup sets

8 Year Old Boy:

• Favorite color – Red
• Boy Size 10 or 12 shirts & pants
• Boys size 7 shoes
• Gift items: PS3 games (e.g., car racing & Mindcraft) and animal books

2 Month Old Boy:

• Favorite colors – Black & Blue
• Infant Size 6-9 month clothing
• Baby socks
• Crib bedding
• Gift items: baby toys

27 Year Old Woman:

• Favorite color – Purple
• Women Size 18 pants/2X tops
• Women 8 shoes
• Gift items: hair braiding supplies

Other items to help the whole family:

• Prepaid cards for gas, clothing, food, etc.

 

December 1, 2021 · pgmiller · No Comments
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  Our neighborhood name of “Pinckney” was recently changed to “Pinkney.” This change occurred because Pinckney with a ‘c’ was associated with Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, a Revolutionary War general who signed the Constitution and who also was a slaveholder who believed slavery was fundamental to the American way of life (he owned a large plantation in South Carolina). Given this problematic history, neighborhood residents voted to change our neighborhood name. To learn more about the year-long process, go to our dedicated webpage. The final round of voting ultimately landed on the name of “Pinkney” in honor of William Pinkney, who gave a famous anti-slavery speech in 1789.