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From YouTube: Community Action Agency 12/2013

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Hello I'm Marcy raft all with Des Moines Community Action Agency, we're located at 1618 sixth Avenue and serve residents of the City of Des Moines winner is upon us and with cooler, weather comes winter and holiday programs, applications for the holiday food project and our toys for tots project, our December third, through the fifth during our regular business hours 825 and until 7 p.m. on tuesday and thursday. Once your application is approved, you will receive detailed information about receiving your food basket or your toys.

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The food will be distributed on December 21st at the Catholic pastoral center at sixth and grand in downtown Des, Moines call 2486 two and six for more information about this program. The holiday basket project goal is to help a thousand families with holiday food. Each family receives a three to five days: supply of non-perishable food items and a twenty dollar gift certificate to a local grocery store. If you would like to donate to this great cause, we've made it very easy for you simply go to ww dmg org, slash store there.

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You will find an easy and simple way to donate online. It's also never too early to contact us to ask how you might be part of this great project for next year call 283 for 180 the more community support we receive the more we able to give to those in need during the holiday season, and our thanks to all of you that have generously supported this project this year.

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Your donations of time and funds have enabled us to serve so many and help ensure a stress, free and happy holiday for many of our families and for those of you with children who have signed up for our Toys for Tots program, the signups were December 3rd through 5th, don't forget to come shopping with us.

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The afternoon of December eighteenth at Corinthian, Baptist Church, it's located at 1814 school street toys are always rotated, so there's a good selection available at all times during the distribution with the dropping of temperatures, we want to make sure that you're, warm and safe the LIHEAP program, low income home energy assistance program, is designed to help alleviate the financial stress of higher monthly winter bills like he provides a one-time utility payment to your utility account and protection against disconnection November first through April.

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First, you do not need to have a disconnect notice or default payment arrangement to come in and apply why he does have income guidelines. A family of one must earn less than 17,000 $235 a year or a family of four earning less than thirty five thousand three hundred and twenty-five dollars a year.

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Applications are taking daily on a first-come, first-serve basis or plan ahead, make an appointment with us or download the application to print and mail in at ww, DMV org in the Housing Services Department or apply online. You can find that link, as well as the printable applications on the city website at WWD mg. Org. Slash HS, / dmca, a the furnace repair program, may be able to help you if your furnace isn't working this year.

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Is it making unusual noises smelling funny if you own your own home contact us for details on how we might be able to help you? If you are eligible, we will send a contractor to your home to determine repair options, their income limits and requirements for each of the programs mentioned today. So call us at 24, 8 6 to 16 forms program, details and phone numbers can be found on the housing services. Page Des, Moines community action agency is here to help our community to accommodate working families.

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In addition to the regular office hours of eight to five, we also have extended our office hours on tuesdays and thursdays until 7pm donated bed. Food pantry, personal pantry are also offered at our sixth avenue office. So to learn more about our community action programs. Please visit our website or give us a call at 246, 216.