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http:// --> Ashland, Oregon HOME Valley & State Sports Nation & World Opinion/Editorial Classifieds Business Columnists Obituaries Weather Archive Hot Topics Most Viewed Forum Photo Gallery Video Readers Polls Revels Etcetera Backpage O-Zone Special Sections Real Estate Guide Menu Guide Shakespeare Subscribe Contact Us Rate Card Place an Ad Online Games Movie Preview November 22, 2006 Ashland Kiwanis gives to help teenage mothers For the past three years, the Kiwanis Club of Ashland has helped several teen moms in the Rogue Valley enjoy a bountiful Thanksgiving. In cooperation with the Youth for Christ organization in Medford, several Kiwanians volunteer to shop for groceries for the teenage moms. In addition, eight Key Club members from the Ashland High School joined Kiwanis to help with the shopping. Each supported family receives at least $100 worth of groceries to help them out during this holiday season. This year, seven moms and their families shared in this event. Once the deliveries were made, the Kiwanis volunteers stayed and shared in a Thanksgiving style dinner with the moms and their families. Each year, the shopping is done at Safeway Stores in Ashland. Safeway generously provides one free turkey to each family. In addition, Safeway provided Kiwanis with a $50 gift certificate. "We hope that Safeway's contribution of the turkeys and the gift certificate will be helpful to the Kiwanis program, Tom Scaffin, Ashland store manager, said Peggy Trowbridge, a Kiwanis Club member, and a volunteer director of the Youth for Christ Teen Mom Mentoring Program, has helped organize this event for the past three years. "The experience from working with these girls has been especially rewarding, and they all are so thankful each year for these donations," Trowbridge said. To learn more about Kiwainis programs call, 488-8065 Leave a Comment: Advertisement: Advertisement: Paid Advertising Inkjet Printers Student Loans Water Filter Helzberg Diamonds Mortgage Calculator Security Systems Advertisement: Copyright © 2006 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers. All Rights Reserved.