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Helping Hands
Source: Evansville Courier & Press
10/04/2005

Easter Seals' 21st annual Safe Halloween Coupon Books are available at more than 200 area businesses, fast-food restaurants, grocery stores and banks, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays at the Easter Seals Rehabilitation Center, 3701 Bellemeade Ave. Sales continue through Oct. 31. Most coupons are valid through Nov. 30. Each book costs $1 and contains 17 coupons valued at more than $50. Each book also includes an entry form for a chance to win a Haynie Travel/Six Flags St. Louis get-away stay for four, including a one-night stay at a quality St. Louis hotel. Entries must be mailed or dropped off at the Rehabilitation Center or Haynie Travel by Nov. 8. Henderson County (Ky.) Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) is looking for volunteers to advocate for abused and neglected children in the Henderson area.

No experience is needed. Fall training begins soon.

Call (270) 830-8400 for more information.

The Buddy Walk, a multi-city advocacy walk in which people with Down syndrome invite "buddies" to walk with them, is Saturday. The event includes a one-mile walk through the grounds of the Vanderburgh 4-H Center, followed by food and entertainment.

Registration will begin at 9 a.m., and the walk will begin at 10 a.m. Free food and entertainment will begin at 10:45 a.m. and the day's events will end at 1 p.m.

Locally, officials of the walk hope to raise $40,000 to help support the goals of the parent-to-parent support group, S.M.I.L.E. on Down Syndrome. A portion will also be given to the National Down Syndrome Society for research and education. Asera Hospice needs volunteers to become a part of the agency's Hospice Team and to work with patients and their families. The agency will provide training.

For more information, call 858-1032 or (800) 404-0289.

The United Way of Pike County had its first Day of Caring on Sept. 22. The agency had 87 volunteers serving 16 agencies. The agency's goal for its annual campaign is $105,000.

The Visiting Nurse Association needs volunteers for its hospice program at the offices in Evansville, Tell City and Princeton, Ind., and Eldorado, Ill. For more information, call (800) 326-4862.

To submit an item for Helping Hands, send a fax to 422-8196, Attn: Lydia McCoy, Helping Hands on it. Submissions must be in by Thursday at 5 p.m.

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