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Fire and Police Departments Lend a Helping Hand to Toys for Tots Campaign <br />This year's local Toys for Tots campaign, sponsored by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve with assistance <br />from local fire and police agencies, collected over $40,000 worth of toys and approximately $20,000 in <br />monetary donations, thanks to the generosity of the community. The distribution event assisted more <br />than 7,000 Lane County families with their holiday toy needs. <br />Although all of the totals were down slightly from last year, it was still a successful effort, according to <br />Marine Corps Reserve 1st Sgt. Edward Woodfork, one of the principal organizers. Participation in the <br />campaign was county-wide, Woodfork said, with significant assistance coming from the Eugene Fire & <br />EMS Department, Eugene Police Department, Springfield Fire & Life Safety Department, and Oakridge <br />Fire Department. All of these agencies, and some commercial establishments as well, will have the <br />familiar Toys for Tots barrels available again when next holiday season approaches. For more <br />information, please contact Fire & EMS Engineer Matt Reger at 682-7100. <br />Green Writers at Eugene Public Library <br />The latest edition of the Oregon Library Association Quarterly includes articles by Eugene Public Library <br />Director Connie Bennett, "Institutionalizing Sustainability: An Emerging Trend" and Eugene Public Library <br />Technical Services Supervisor Mo Cole, "From Worthless to Worthy: Turning Media Trash into Recycling <br />Treasure”. Read more at http://www.olaweb.org/quarterly/vol13/no4.pdf. <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2 <br />January 3, 2008 <br />