Cold-weather clothing drive is set to 'Share the Warmth' starting Nov. 15

Members of the Share the Warmth campaign committee display this year's banner in the Balch Hall lounge. Front row, left to right, Dick Page, Ithaca Rotary Club, Share the Warmth chair; Peggy Williams, Ithaca College president; Jeffrey Lehman, Cornell president; Kathy Okun, senior university adviser at Cornell; LeNorman Strong, Cornell assistant vice president for student and academic services. Middle row: Ke-Ling Fang and Bill Lampila, Cornell Campus Life Facilities; Gretchen L. Ryan and Christy Tao, Cornell's Ecology House; Deb Mohlenhoff, Ithaca College coordinator of community service; and Dale Walter, general manager of Cornell Campus Life Facilities. Back Row: Kellie Page, director of business services for Cornell Campus Life and Share the Warmth co-chair; Jerry Mastin, David Schlaegel and Joe Spencer, of Campus Life Facilities; Karthik Kota, of Ecology House; Edward Biskup, Campus Life Facilities; Perrin Bignoli, Ecology House; Don Parker, Cornell Campus Life Facilities; and Phil Aubin, Cornell Campus Life Business Services. Nicola Kountoupes/University Photography

The Cornell and Ithaca-area communities can help others cope with the oncoming cold by contributing new and used clothing to the 12th annual Share the Warmth campaign.

Scheduled to run on campus Monday, Nov. 15, through Friday, Dec. 3 -- and throughout the Ithaca area through Dec. 5 -- the drive is open to faculty, staff, students and Ithaca-area residents. Clothing can be new or good-condition used winter hats, coats, sweaters, scarves, gloves, boots and other cold-weather articles, which can be dropped off at numerous locations.

On-campus collection boxes will be located at all undergraduate residence halls and community centers, Anabel Taylor Hall, Carpenter Library, Day Hall, East Hill Plaza Division of Financial Affairs, Goldwin Smith Hall, Humphreys Service Building, Mann Library, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, Olin Library, Sage Hall, Statler Hall, Trillium Dining, university-owned co-ops, Vet Tower, Willard Straight Hall, and Hasbrouck, Maplewood and Schuyler House service centers.

Off-campus collection sites include Wegmans, Tops at Triphammer, Borg-Warner, Collegetown Bagels, NYSEG, Pyramid Mall, Center Ithaca on The Commons, P&C at East Hill Plaza and Triphammer Mall, The Rink in Lansing and Kendal -- and, in Trumansburg, the Big M and Shursave Markets.

All clothing donated on the Cornell campus will be collected through Campus Life Housekeeping Services under the direction of Share the Warmth committee member Dale Walter, assisted by the Ecology House Recycling Committee. Once the clothing has been collected, volunteers will participate in the annual "Big Sort" at the Ecology House on Dec. 6, with the meeting time to be announced. The Big Sort will include members from all sponsoring parties.

Share the Warmth is sponsored by the Ithaca Rotary Club, which is leading the annual drive, Trumansburg Rotary, Ithaca College and Cornell. The clothing will be distributed through the Samaritan Center of Catholic Charities from Dec. 9 through 11.

For more information, contact Kellie Page in Campus Life at 255-5506.