Olivet Clothes Closet serves Cedar Rapids families daily
In Cedar Rapids the Olivet Neighborhood Mission Clothes Closet operates from 230 10th St NW serving 50 to 75 families daily with 90 percent of items free. Ann Torthill, the part time director, knows shoppers and volunteers by name as donations fill bins shelves and a volunteer crew unloads a donation van.
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10Th Street
Salvation Army Area Mission Serves Community with Free Programs
The Salvation Army Area mission runs a Clothes Closet a Head Start program a summer recreation program an after school program and Friday Morning Out for adults. A community garden sits between the mission and group home. Everything is free and funding comes from donations and grants. The center seeks volunteers to maintain the children's computer equipment.
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Retired Cedar Rapids Officer Serves as Blue Club Treasurer
The former Cedar Rapids police officer, now retired, acts as secretary treasurer of a national Blue & Club with about 600 members, while examining antiques and blue and white pottery on display shelves behind him.
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Cedar Rapids
Blue & White Pottery Club
Blue and White Pottery A Collector’s Midwest Connection
Howard Gardner, longtime secretary treasurer, leads a national Blue and White Pottery Club with about 600 members. Founded 25 years ago in the Midwest, the group formed from flea markets and auctions, celebrating pieces made from 1900 to 1940. Gardner and wife Janet collect stoneware blue and white pottery and run the club's web site.
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Cedar Rapids
Howard Gardner
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Gardner
12Th St. NW
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Gardners
Quiet Cedar Rapids neighborhood praised for safety and community
Residents describe a calm Cedar Rapids area around B Avenue NW and 12th Street NW with schools nearby. They note friendly neighbors, low crime, and plenty for kids to do including Olivet Neighborhood Mission programs. Kingston Hill supports low income residents and local health services are adjacent to Abbe Center.
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Tanya Martin
First Avenue
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Olivet Neighborhood Mission
Darrin Crow
Lyndee
Ninth Street
Ushers Ferry
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