The outpouring of support for the Heritage Building fire victims has overwhelmed the Auburn Food 
Bank with donations. On Sunday evening the food bank requested donations to pause until the current donations could all be sorted. Some sorting of donations had been done by volunteers on Saturday at the NW Family Church.
Sorting Donations at Auburn Mountainview High School
Beginning the new year right, volunteers gathered on Monday at AMHS to continue sorting through donations for displaced Heritage Building residents. Over five hours, volunteers separated a mountain of bags into organized sections; making it easier to determine what donations are still needed and for residents to select items.
Heritage Building residents receiving donations are expected to come take needed items on Wednesday. Some residents have been able come in already to get needed items. The tremendous amount of donations from the Auburn community will ensure no one will be without.
Putting the unusable to use
With a donation drive this size, it is inevitable that some items will not be of usable quality. Currently unusable items are being saved for the AMHS Booster Club clothing and textile drive, happening on Saturday January 20, 2018 from 9:00am – 12:00pm. All items donated to this drive will be picked up by Goodwill, with proceeds going toward helping to provide the AMHS Seniors with a safe ‘Grad Night.’ The AMHS textile drive can accept torn and stained items as they are recycled into textiles.
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