Volunteers donate toiletry items in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

The ARRA AmeriCorps team gathered 450 donated toiletry items January 18, 2010 for the Oasis Teen Shelter and the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Shelter. Team members had earlier decorated boxes and placed them in stores across Skagit County. The event was one of several AmeriCorps members produced honoring Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Melissa Kelsay (left) Mary Evitt and Katja Gottbrect number among ARRA AmeriCorps members dividing donations for the Teen Oasis Shelter and the Skagit Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Shelter.

Dave Shields (left) and Katja Gottbrecht counting donated toiletries.

Helping unload toiletries at the Teen Oasis Shelter are Justin Krupa, case manager, and Mike McMurry, Americorps member.