Clothing Drive To Help Avon Fire Victims

AVON, CT — Donations and volunteers are being sought in Avon for a special, three-day clothing drive set up April 24-26 to help the victims of a recent apartment building fire.

Fire tore through an apartment building at 44 Avonwood Road Sunday night, April 21, impacting the residents of 58 units affected by the blaze.

Since then, the local community has come together in a variety of ways to help out those who may have suffered material losses in the fire.

Starting Thursday, April 24, and continuing on Friday and Saturday, April 25-26, the West Avon Congregational Church, 280 Country Club Road, Avon, is hosting a clothing drive to help.

The drive will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. all three days at the church.

In addition to volunteers, all sorts of clothing donations are being sought.

Among the special requests are children's and adult clothing, such as "good condition" work and school clothes.

"Please make sure items are already clean due to limited access to laundry," wrote clothing drive organizers on Thursday.

Those donating are being asked to bring the items to the church hall and lay them out on organized tables, a necessary step due to the limited amount of volunteers available to help.

Anyone with questions can contact Avon Town Council Member Erin Barthel at ebarthel@avonct.gov.

To volunteer at the clothing drive, click on this link.

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