Contact: Lori Froehlich, 800-570-5838

Nov. 15, 2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


MEDIA INVITATION

Thousands of knitted items for Project Warm Up
to be picked up at Pacific Power office

9 to 10 a.m., Thursday, Nov.16 2017

Pacific Power Office, 500 N. Keys Rd., Yakima


YAKIMA, Wash.--Members of local social service and health agencies will be on site at Pacific Power's Yakima office to pick up thousands of knitted clothing items to distribute to families in need as winter arrives.

Pacific Power regional business manager Lori Froehlich, several volunteers and local community agency workers will be on hand to load the items for delivery.

Visuals: Handmade items for families in need. Stacks of clear plastic tubs ready for distribution.

Interviews: Local agencies who will get these items to the people who need them. Volunteers who did the work. Pacific Power officials who help it all happen with donations of yarn and space.

The knitted items were created through Project Warm Up, a special project of RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Program). About 60 RSVP volunteers in the Yakima area donated their time and talent, making about 6,000 items including hats, scarves, lap robes, mittens, Afghans and baby items.

Pacific Power -- which has been involved with Project Warm Up since its inception -- annually donates $7,000 to RSVP for yarn. Pacific Power also donates space to store completed items until distribution time.

Participating agencies include many area elementary schools as well as social service agencies such as the Yakima Valley Farm Workers, People for People, DSHS, Yakama Nation WIC, Catholic Charities, Granger Lions Club and Yakima Neighborhood Health.
and others. Agencies identify low-income, elderly and migrant individuals and families who need assistance with warm clothing and blankets and distribute thousands of items throughout the area each year.

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