{"id":35686,"date":"2009-11-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-23T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2009\/11\/23\/toy-drive-underway-to-benefit-children-on-reservations\/"},"modified":"2009-11-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-23T06:00:00","slug":"toy-drive-underway-to-benefit-children-on-reservations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2009\/11\/23\/toy-drive-underway-to-benefit-children-on-reservations\/","title":{"rendered":"Toy drive underway to benefit children on reservations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"260\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"3\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<TABLE border=\"1\" width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\" bgcolor=\"D1D4D3\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<font face=\"arial\"><br \/>\n<B><br \/>\nConcerts, CD release and more<br \/>\n<\/B><br \/>\n<BR><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<font face=\"arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<UL><LI>Nov. 25 &#8212; The Funny Bone Comedy Club, featuring J. Medicine Hat, 17305 Davenport St., Village Pointe<br \/>\n<LI>Dec. 5 &#8212; Burke&#8217;s Pub, 6117 Maple St.<br \/>\n<LI>Dec. 6 &#8212; Barfly, 705 N. 114th St.<br \/>\n <LI>Dec. 13 &#8212; The Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St. Advance tickets only available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onepercentproductions.com\" target=\"_blanK\" rel=\"noopener\">onepercentproductions.com<\/a>.<\/UL><\/p>\n<p>A live radio fundraiser will be held on Rick Galusha&#8217;s PS Blues show on 89.7 The River, from 8 a.m. to noon Dec. 6th.  <\/p>\n<p>A free CD release\/listening party for &#8220;Christmas for Pine Ridge&#8221; volume two CD will be held Dec. 1 at the Waiting Room. Artists featured on the CD include: Vago, Sarah Benck, Kyle Harvey and others.<br \/>\n<\/P><br \/>\n<\/FONT><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE>A campus toy drive for children living on American Indian reservations in Nebraska and South Dakota is now underway.<\/p>\n<p>The sixth annual toy drive, which began in 2003 with local musician Larry Dunn, a.k.a. Lash LaRue, will run through Dec. 11. <\/p>\n<p>This is the fourth year that business and finance will help coordinate the toy drive at UNMC, said Mike Cieciorka, a nurse in the cardiology clinic at UNMC and one of the organizers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last year, toys were delivered to 1,200 American Indian children living on the Winnebago, Omaha, Santee, Rosebud and Pine Ridge Indian Reservations, and in Omaha,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>New, unwrapped toys are being accepted at various locations around campus in clearly marked boxes. <\/p>\n<p>Monetary donations also are accepted at the cashier&#8217;s window. In addition, several concerts will be held in Omaha in support of the toy drive. Admission is $10 or one new, unwrapped toy.<\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"260\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"3\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<TABLE border=\"1\" width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\" bgcolor=\"D1D4D3\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<font face=\"arial\"><br \/>\n<B><br \/>\nMore drop-off spots<br \/>\n<\/B><br \/>\n<BR><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<font face=\"arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\nToys also can be dropped off at any of the off-campus sites listed below:<br \/>\n<UL><LI>The Village Pointe medical office building, 110 N. 175th St., Suite 2800<br \/>\n<LI>Brentwood Village Internal Medicine, 84th Street and Giles Road<br \/>\n<LI>Summit Plaza Family Practice, 3604 Summit Plaza Drive <\/UL><br \/>\n<\/P><br \/>\n<\/FONT><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE>Any monetary donations left over after toys and bikes are purchased, are given to support 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