UPDATE (December 9, 2021):
JOHNSON CO., Ind. (ADAMS) – Donation collections for Afghanistan refugees at Camp Atterbury will end this week. Eight Indiana National Guard armories across the state were being used as collection sites, but they will stop collections Friday at 4 p.m.
This comes as many of the people at Camp Atterbury get resettled in homes across the U.S. As of December 1st, Camp Atterbury had more than 1.6 million items donated since September.
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ORIGINAL STORY (November 17, 2021):
CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. (ADAMS) – Volunteers at Camp Atterbury are asking for thousands of pairs of shoes for the Afghan refugees still living at the fort.
This week, Team Rubicon said they need over 4,000 pairs of shoes for kids and adults.
The nearly 5,000 Afghan refugees at the fort rely mostly on donations and need the shoes as winter moves in.
Team Rubicon’s Russel Hessler says new bras, fingernail clippers, bottle brushes, and new or gently used men’s and women’s pants are also needed. About two thousand refugees have resettled from the fort, there’s no word when the rest will be sent to new homes.
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