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Residents and volunteers fill, pack and gather sandbags at the Les Gove Park staging area. - Robert Whale/Reporter
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Residents and volunteers fill, pack and gather sandbags at the Les Gove Park staging area.

Ministry to assist city efforts in sandbag delivery


October 23, 2009 · 4:56 PM

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In cooperation with the City of Auburn, His Ministry, a local non-profit organization, will be coordinating delivery of sandbags to residents of the city of Auburn who are unable to physically move their own. Volunteers with suitable vehicles are also being sought to deliver the sandbags.

Those requesting sandbag delivery, along with those volunteering to make deliveries, should call His Ministry at 253-315-9570. His Ministry will then coordinate deliveries between residents and drivers.

Bags will continue to be available from the City of Auburn on a set schedule:

Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 12 p.m. until dusk.

• Les Gove Community Campus, 910 Ninth St. SE. Sandbags will be located at the SE corner of the park, accessible from 12th Street.

Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at two locations.

• Les Gove Community Campus, 910 Ninth St. SE. Sandbags will be located at the SE corner of the park, accessible from 12th Street.

• Fulmer Field, 5th and K St. NE. Sandbags will be located in the parking lot.

Questions can be directed to City of Auburn Emergency Management at 253-876-1925 or to His Ministry at 253-315-9570.

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