Domestic Violence Roundtable Collects Valentines For Families

WAYLAND, MA—The Sudbury-Wayland-Lincoln Domestic Violence Roundtable has begun its annual fundraiser to support those women, men and children who are temporarily living in shelters and transitional housing due to a domestic violence situation.

Each February, the nonprofit organization collects items for Valentine’s Day and fills gift bags and they are decorated by the children from Sudbury Extended Day.

The community can donate to this collection and help fill the bags at a roundtable meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 3 p.m. at the Wayland Public Safety Building.

Some examples of needed items are gift cards for CVS, Target, grocery stores etc. For mothers in the shelters, some items would include full-size bath products, socks, cosmetics, nail polish, hair products, phone cards, journals, postage stamps etc. Items for teens and children should be age appropriate from crayons, coloring books, small stuffed animals, matchbox cars, stickers socks, and non-violent toys, to bath and hair products, books, diaries, movie passes, iTunes cards, and candy.

If you are interested in contributing to the Valentine’s Day collection, contact the Roundtable at info@dvrt.org. A collection basket is also located in the lobby of the Wayland Public Safety Building located at the intersection of Routes 20 and 27 in Wayland from Feb. 6-13.

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