12.16.08
T. Don Hutto Toy Delivery and Vigil This Saturday
This Saturday, December 20th at the T. Don Hutto family detention center in Taylor there will be a vigil and toy delivery, for the children. T. Don Hutto blog has the details:
Please join Texans United for Families, Grassroots Leadership, WilCo Family Justice Alliance, Border Ambassadors, CodePink Austin, the Brown Berets and other organizations and individuals from across the state in the third annual December vigil to end family detention, Saturday, December 20th, from 3-5pm. Organizers will deliver more than 500 toys to the facility in time for the holiday season. Toys should be in their original packaging and not on a recall-list to be accepted into the facility. A carpool will leave 2604 E. Cesar Chavez in Austin at 2pm for the Hutto detention center.
If you plan to drive on your own, T. Don Hutto is located at 1001 Welch Drive in Taylor, Texas.
Directions from Austin
Directions from Dallas
Directions from San Antonio
Directions from HoustonFor more information, contact Bob at 512-971-0487 or blibal [at] grassrootsleadership [dot] org.
There is also information regarding hitching a ride on one of two caravans, one from Houston and another from San Antonio.
An not on the type of toys being accepted:
Toys should be made in the US, in their original packaging, and not on a recall-list to be accepted into the facility. A carpool will leave 2604 E. Cesar Chavez in Austin at 2pm for the Hutto detention center.
They are also in need of other items as well:
- books for kids of all ages as well as adults, especially those in Spanish, Arabic, Chaldean, Urdu, Portuguese, and Creole;
- CDs or DVDs (please, no movies rated above PG-13 or with sexual or violent scenes and no music with a parental advisory sticker);
- gently used coats, jackets, sweaters, and other warm clothes for kids or adults;
- phone cards.
Please help out, and join them if you can.