JF Drake Community College News June 28, 2016 DRAKE STATE COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE FAMILY COLLECTING ITEMS FOR AREA FIRST RESPONDERS J.F. Drake State Community & Technical College is pleased to announce that we will be supporting First Responders in our community with a collection of goodies to put in baskets and take to the area firefighters, law enforcement precincts, EMA offices and any other paramedics or rescue groups to offer our appreciation for their tireless commitment to the safety and well-being of our community. So, if you have any items you feel would benefit our communities most selfless people and the individuals they serve, please bring them to the Student Support Services Directorate on the second floor of Drake State's S.C. O'Neal Library by June 30, 2016. Donation items include baskets, individually wrapped or non-perishable food items, toiletry items, new undershirts, small stuffed animals, and socks. Monetary donations will not be accepted. Our student leaders, as well as student leaders from all ACCS institutions, will take one gift basket to the Student Leadership Institute in Columbiana, Al, July 14-15, to donate to first responders in that area. We will distribute all other baskets to first responders near our campus. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-592-4820 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/ Register here http://hbculibraries.org/html/2016meeting-form.html for the October 10,11 Membership Meeting in Atlanta. [Sized Coming Soon]NEW DIGS!!!! The HBCU Library Alliance is relocating to the Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library. July 1st is target date for transition. Stay tuned!!! LYRASIS, Inc. 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 150 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.