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Tri-County Heating and Cooling recently collected new and used shoes for Reach Out Lakota as part of the Shamrock Shuffle race in West Chester Township.

The company collected five containers of shoes that were distributed to children in need in our local schools.

“Tri-County Heating and Cooling recognizes the importance of giving back to the community in which we serve. We are proud to partner with Reach Out Lakota and the West Chester Community Foundation to provide local families with shoes,” said Tri-County Heating and Cooling sales manager Todd Bonnell.

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In January, the same business collected 74 jackets, 8 scarves, 15 hats, and 18 pairs of gloves for Reach Out Lakota during its Spread the Warmth Campaign.

“Once again, Tri-County Heating and Cooling has volunteered their time and efforts on behalf of our organization and the people we serve. We are so grateful for their continued and generous support,” said Reach Out Lakota executive director Lourdes A. Ward.

Reach Out Lakota is a non-profit organization whose mission is to assist individuals and families in the Lakota school district through its food and clothing pantries.

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Tri-County Heating and Cooling recently delivered items collected during its Spread the Warmth campaign to Reach Out Lakota. The company collected winter coats and accessories this past November and December.

Tri-County Heating and Cooling collected 74 jackets, 8 scarves, 15 hats, and 18 pairs of gloves for Reach Out Lakota. In addition, they are also donating $2,000 to the organization.

“We are extremely appreciative of Tri-County Heating and Cooling for their generous support of our organization,” said Reach Out Lakota executive director Lourdes A. Ward. “They organized this coat drive and even picked up donations from customers’ homes so that people in need in our area can have a warm coat this winter.”

Reach Out Lakota is a non-profit organization whose mission is to assist individuals and families in the Lakota school district through its food and clothing pantries.

Tri-County Heating & Cooling is located in West Chester and has been installing, repairing, and maintaining HVAC systems for over 40 years. They have installed over 25,000 Trane systems and are an Independent Trane Comfort Specialist Dealer.

For more information, visit www.tricountyheatingandcooling.com or call 513-777-8933.

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Reach Out Lakota is looking for adults who would like to volunteer weekly in the clothing department sorting donations of clothing. Volunteers are needed on Wednesdays and/or Fridays from 9:45 a.m. to noon.

To volunteer, please contact Lourdes Ward at 779-7515.

Reach Out Lakota is a non-profit organization whose mission is to assist individuals and families in the Lakota school district through its food and clothing pantries.

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Menchie’s West Chester location. Photo provided.

Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt is sponsoring a food drive to benefit Reach Out Lakota this month. Customers can bring in food items, Jan. 7-20, which will be donated to Reach Out Lakota to help stock their food pantry during the winter months.

Customers can bring non-perishable food items to the Beckett Ridge location, 8177 Princeton-Glendale Road, during store hours: Monday through Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. from 11 p.m., and Sunday 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Each customer who donates will receive $1 off their yogurt mix.

The Beckett Ridge Menchie’s location opened in August. At the time, it was the second Menchie’s in Greater Cincinnati.

Reach Out Lakota is a non-profit organization whose mission is to assist individuals and families in the Lakota school district through its food and clothing pantries.

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Planes Moving and Storage is participating in its third annual “Fill the Truck” event to benefit Reach Out Lakota. They are hosting a semi-truck at their West Chester location, 9823 Cincinnati-Dayton Road, and are asking community members to donate food, clothing (new or gently-used) and personal care items to fill the truck.

Now through this Friday, people can bring items to the local business, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Or, they can make a donation online and Planes will purchase the item and load it onto the truck for them.

Visit www.fillthetruck.org/reachoutlakota for more information and to make an online donation.

Furthermore, the MidPointe Library System, which includes the West Chester Library, is once again offering its “Food for Fines” promotion, which allows library goers a chance to eliminate their overdue fees when they donate food.

The program, which runs through Dec. 31, will eliminate one dollar of outstanding fines for each non-perishable food item a patron donates.

“This program is a wonderful way for our users to eliminate their fines, while contributing to a worthy cause,” library director Anita Carroll said.

The MidPointe Library System will be distributing the contributions throughout their service area to multiple food pantries and charitable organizations including Reach Out Lakota, the EMA Food Pantry in Trenton and the Salvation Army of Middletown.

Do you own or work for a business in West Chester and/or Liberty Township that is giving back to the community this holiday season? Please share it by emailing akiefaber@westchesterbuzz.com.

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A total 24 teams will compete this Saturday at the Thunderhawk Regional FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Lego League tournament in attempt to qualify for the iSPACE District Tournament.

The robot competitions, which will take place from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., are free to attend and will be held on the Lakota East Freshman School, 7630 Bethany Lane.

While the competition will be for teams, ages 5-15, with small robots, there will also be larger robots on display. The Thunderhawks, a team comprised of local high school students, and Infinite Resistance, a team made up of local 7th and high school students, will be showing off their robots from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Both teams competed in the FIRST® Championship, held in St. Louis, Mo., at the Edward Jones Dome last April. The event featured athletes, celebrities and 12,000 students from 32 countries.

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Planes Moving and Storage is participating in its third annual “Fill the Truck” event to benefit Reach Out Lakota. They are hosting a semi-truck at their West Chester location, 9823 Cincinnati-Dayton Road, and are asking community members to donate food, clothing (new or gently-used) and personal care items to fill the truck.

Now through Dec. 21, people can bring items to the local busines, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Or, they can make a donation online and Planes will purchase the item and load it onto the truck for them.

Visit www.fillthetruck.org/reachoutlakota for more information and to make an online donation.

There are also other ways to give back through Reach Out Lakota this holiday season.

West Chester’s Tri-County Heating and Cooling is sponsoring the Spread the Warmth campaign to benefit Reach Out Lakota. The company is collecting new and gently-used coats and winter accessories for Reach Out Lakota through Dec. 15.

Tri-County Heating & Cooling will pick up any coats and accessories from homes they service until Dec. 15. People can also drop off coats and accessories at the following locations:

• Tri-County Heating & Cooling, 7110 Office Park Drive, West Chester, until Dec. 15
• West Chester Community Foundation, 5641 Union Centre Drive, West Chester, until Dec. 15
• Walmart, 8288 Cincinnati Dayton Road, West Chester, on Dec. 15 from 
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Reach Out Lakota, 6561 Station Road, West Chester.

Community members are being asked to donate gently-used winter coats, hats, scarves, gloves and mittens. All sizes of children’s and adult coats will be accepted.

Tri-County Heating and Cooling will donate $20 for each coat collected and$10 for each hat, scarf and pair of gloves collected, up to a maximum of $2,000. For more information on this campaign, visit www.tricountyheatingandcooling.com.

Furthermore, the MidPointe Library System, which includes the West Chester Library, is once again offering its “Food for Fines” promotion, which allows library goers a chance to eliminate their overdue fees when they donate food.

The program, which runs through Dec. 31, will eliminate one dollar of outstanding fines for each non-perishable food item a patron donates.

“This program is a wonderful way for our users to eliminate their fines, while contributing to a worthy cause,” library director Anita Carroll said.

The MidPointe Library System will be distributing the contributions throughout their service area to multiple food pantries and charitable organizations including Reach Out Lakota, the EMA Food Pantry in Trenton and the Salvation Army of Middletown.

Do you own or work for a business in West Chester and/or Liberty Township that is giving back to the community this holiday season? Please share it by emailing akiefaber@westchesterbuzz.com.

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West Chester’s Tri-County Heating and Cooling is sponsoring the Spread the Warmth campaign to benefit Reach Out Lakota. The company is collecting new and gently-used coats and winter accessories for Reach Out Lakota from through Dec. 15.

Tri-County Heating & Cooling will pick up any coats and accessories from homes they service until Dec. 15. People can also drop off coats and accessories at the following locations:

• Tri-County Heating & Cooling, 7110 Office Park Drive, West Chester, until Dec. 15
• West Chester Community Foundation, 5641 Union Centre Drive, West Chester, until Dec. 15
• Walmart, 8288 Cincinnati Dayton Road, West Chester, on Dec. 15 from 
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Reach Out Lakota, 6561 Station Road, West Chester.

Community members are being asked to donate gently-used winter coats, hats, scarves, gloves and mittens. All sizes of children’s and adult coats will be accepted.

Tri-County Heating and Cooling will donate $20 for each coat collected and $10 for each hat, scarf and pair of gloves collected, up to a maximum of $2,000. For more information on this campaign, visit www.tricountyheatingandcooling.com.

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The MidPointe Library System is once again offering its “Food for Fines” promotion, which allows library goers a chance to eliminate their overdue fees when they donate food.

The program, which runs through Dec. 31, will eliminate one dollar of outstanding fines for each non-perishable food item a patron donates.

“This program is a wonderful way for our users to eliminate their fines, while contributing to a worthy cause,” library director Anita Carroll said.

The MidPointe Library System will be distributing the contributions throughout their service area to multiple food pantries and charitable organizations including Reach Out Lakota, the EMA Food Pantry in Trenton and the Salvation Army of Middletown.

MidPointe first launched the Food For Fines program last year and the 2011 campaign resulted in almost $6,000 in forgiven fines and more than 7000 items donated to local charitable organizations.

“Food For Fines was huge last year and we are very excited MidPointe is offering this important project again,” EMA Food Pantry coordinator Debra Shane said.

The Food For Fines program is not the only way the library system will be giving back to the community this holiday season. The MidPointe Library West Chester Young Adult Board will be sponsoring a “giving tree” to benefit the Animal Friends Humane Society of Butler County. Patrons can find more information at the Youth Services Desk of the MidPointe Library West Chester or by calling 513-777-3131. The MidPointe Library System also hosts Toys for Tots drop boxes at all their locations through Dec. 16.

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Lakota West High School and its principal G. Elgin Card were honored during the Lakota East at Lakota West football game Oct. 26, 2012 for winning the annual food drive between the two rivals. It was estimated by the principals of each high school that the food drive brought in roughly 74,000 cans of food for Reach Out Lakota. Photo provided.

Lakota East may have won the football game last Friday, but the winner of the annual food drive was Lakota West High School.

According to the principals of both high schools, the entire Lakota school district donated roughly 74,000 cans to Reach Out Lakota in just one week.

The most coming from Lakota West High School, which gathered around 19,000 cans. The West feeder schools also donated around 19,000 cans, according Lakota West High School principal G. Elgin Card.

“The students and staff of Lakota West are very pleased that our efforts will help many people in need. I always talk to our young people about paying forward and they did in a big way,” Card said. “It makes me so proud to be a part of the Lakota West family.”

The East side was close in its donations, gathering around 36,000 cans between the high school and its feeder schools.

Reach Out Lakota food inventory coordinator Tim Harmon told The Cincinnati Enquirer prior to the estimate that the organization hopes to collect more than 19,000 pounds of food for low-income families living in West Chester and Liberty townships during this one-week food drive.

Harmon also told The Enquirer that the local charity receives about 80 percent of its annual food donations from Lakota school drives.

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