{"id":90155,"date":"2018-05-10T12:43:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-10T16:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=90155"},"modified":"2018-05-10T12:43:55","modified_gmt":"2018-05-10T16:43:55","slug":"madison-county-mental-health-department-staff-announces-creation-of-djs-closet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=90155","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: Mental Health Department to hold bake sale tomorrow for DJ&#8217;s Closet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-90156\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/SupplyCloset-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/SupplyCloset-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/SupplyCloset-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/SupplyCloset-675x900.jpg 675w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/SupplyCloset-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/SupplyCloset.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Madison County Mental Health Department staff announces creation of \u2018DJ\u2019s Closet\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Agency planning May 11 bake sale to supply\u00a0\u2018DJ\u2019s Closet\u2019 to provide clients with basic hygiene and household goods<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Denise Calcagnino working with interested individuals to create a hygiene and household goods closet for clients; the effort is being made possible with donations from county staff and some clients. Calcagnino hopes to enlist the help of area business, clubs and the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver my years, one of the barriers or hidden struggles I\u2019ve learned about is the lack of funding our clients receive for these basic necessities,\u201d Calcagnino said. \u201cThe cost of toilet paper, laundry soap, sunscreen, shampoo, etc., all comes out of their very limited cash award. We\u2019re excited to announce a plan to open a donation-driven \u2018closet\u2019 of household and hygiene products for our clients.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing unable to keep yourself clean certainly must contribute to how you feel about yourself, how your children are treated at school and to overall anxiety. I\u2019d like to find a way to bridge this gap, and have some ideas and experience. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>Calcagnino said some details need to be worked out, but the department is working toward a May Day opening; she asks folks to watch for upcoming events for donation drives.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re looking for the following new or very gently used products to begin stocking the shelves; donations may be left in the library at any time.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Baby wipes<\/li>\n<li>Band Aids<\/li>\n<li>Combs &amp; brushes<\/li>\n<li>Deodorant<\/li>\n<li>Dish soap<\/li>\n<li>Floor &amp; window cleaners<\/li>\n<li>Laundry soap &amp; dryer sheets<\/li>\n<li>Lotions<\/li>\n<li>Magic Eraser<\/li>\n<li>Nail clippers<\/li>\n<li>Ponytail holders, barrettes, etc<\/li>\n<li>Shampoo &amp; conditioner<\/li>\n<li>Shaving cream<\/li>\n<li>Soap<\/li>\n<li>Sponges &amp; wipes<\/li>\n<li>Sunscreen &amp; bug spray<\/li>\n<li>Tampons &amp; pads<\/li>\n<li>Toilet paper &amp; tissues<\/li>\n<li>Toothpaste, brushes and floss<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a preliminary list; Calcagnino asks people to offer suggestions (no medicines, sharps or food items).<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to arrange donations to DJ\u2019s Closet, contact Calcagnino at <a href=\"mailto:Denise.Calcagnino@madisoncounty.ny.gov\">Denise.Calcagnino@madisoncounty.ny.gov<\/a> or 315.366.2327.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madison County Mental Health Department staff announces creation of \u2018DJ\u2019s Closet\u2019 Agency planning May 11 bake sale to supply\u00a0\u2018DJ\u2019s Closet\u2019 to provide clients with basic hygiene and household goods Denise Calcagnino working with interested individuals to create a hygiene and household goods closet for clients; the effort is being made possible with donations from county [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/90156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}