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Page 2 - shelby shopper & info - 704/484-1047 www.shelbyinfo.com Thursday, July 6-July 12, 2023 ©Community First Media Community First Media I WANT I WANT Y O U Y O U TO TO REPLACE REPLACE YOUR YOUR WINDOWS WINDOWS CALL CALL W I N D O W S W I N D O W S 828-437-4848 828-437-4848 R O S S R O S S TEACHERS NEEDED $ 9 00 to $ 15 00 "Based on Experience & Education" "Based on Experience & Education" APPLY IN PERSON KIDS WORLD CHILD Development Center 1152 WYKE RD., SHELBY, NC 704-471-1717 per hour Mason Cole of Shelby performs at the Red, White and Blue Bash held in Uptown Shelby on Saturday, July 1, 2023. Jeff Melton photo Personal Care Kit Drive Collecting Hygiene Items for Adolescents SHELBY, NC – Per- sonal hygiene items are essential, but are not always readily ac- cessible to youth in Cleveland County. As a result, the Cleveland County Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coalition, in partnership with the Cleveland County Health Department, is sponsoring a Personal Care Kit Collection Drive to collect much needed personal care items for school-aged children. Items needed include: deodorant, toothbrushes, tooth paste, dental fl oss, bar soap, wash cloths, feminine hygiene products, and shampoo. Items can be dropped off at any of the following collection sites throughout Cleveland County: all Cleveland County YMCA branches, Cornerstone Dental Associates, All State Employee's Credit Unions in Cleveland County, Big Red's Café in Kings Mountain, Shelby Women's Care, and Cleve- land County Health Department. This is the second year in a row that the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coalition and Cleveland County Health Depart- ment have sponsored this drive. Last year, the drive col- lected enough donations to put together over 750 personal care kits that were provided to students attending Cleveland County Schools. The kits were distributed by school health nurses as needs were identifi ed. "The need for these items was fi rst brought to our attention last school year by our School Health Supervisor," said Anne Short, Director of Community Health Services and Teen Pregnancy Prevention Director for the Cleveland County Health Department. "Students and school support staff such as counselors and social workers contacted school nurses asking for feminine hygiene and personal care products for students. We decided as a coalition that we needed to do something to help these students access the items they needed," said Short. By the end of last school year, all 750 personal care kits has been distributed to students. "We hope to be able to collect just as many or more items this year so we can put the kits together and deliver them to school through our school health nurses in time for the start of the 2023-24 school year," Short added. The personal care kit drive is running now through July 31st. For additional information or to make a monetary dona- tion, please contact 980-484-5128 or Hallie.boggs@cleve- landcountync.gov. Submitted by DeShay D. Oliver, MPH And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. Isaiah 12:4