A team from a local church GRACE CHURCH in Bath is heading to NY/NJ to help with relief efforts with a partnership with CPR3. They asked us to mention some of the needed items for donations. The people in the affected areas are hurting and there is a Nor'easter that will add insult to injury on Thursday. Please consider helping us help them. Thanks for considering this plea. Drop off your donations at Grace Church in Bath—I77 and Ghent Road.  Between noon and 7 pm today and tomorrow? 754 Ghent Road Fairlawn, OH 44333

List of Needed Items:

Disposable Charcoal Grills
Charcoal
Matches (in zip lock bags)
Powdered Milk
Baby Formula
Baby Bottles
Pet Supplies & Pet Food
First Aid Kits - and items for the kits)
Battery Operated Radios
Flashlights and Batteries
Paper Plates
Napkins
Plastic Cups
Plastic Utensils
Manual Can Openers
Utility Knives
Duct Tape
Plastic Zip Lock Bags
Personal Care Items: soap, toilet paper, wipes, garbage bags, feminine hygiene products
Laundry Detergent
Bleach (this is an important one!) - disinfectant, cleaning products - but Bleach in particular was stressed
Plastic Tarps
Portable generators (this is tough as it's an expensive item)
CLOTHING: especially baby & children sizes plus adult clothing - coats, sweaters, sweatshirts Clothing: sweat shirts/pants

Blankets Propane/ice chests

Water -(liter bottles or smaller)
Canned food
Dry Food: Rice (5 and 10lb bags), beans

Sleeping Bags
Blankets (huge need for blankets)
Towels

Superstorm Sandy's effects are still being felt. Here's how you can help:

Locally, you can bring a donation to Grce Church in Bath, where they have teams and trucks headed to affected areas: Details here

Text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation to the American Red Cross for storm relief. More details at www.redcrossblood.org

Donate through the United Way and you will help a number of organizations in a number of ways. Click here:

Cosmo offers some tech-savvy relationship faux paus to avoid that may send the wrong signals to someone you are involved with or if to someone you may want to be involved with:

Texting too much:  Blowing up his phone with random questions can come off as annoying.
    
Boozing and texting: We're all guilty of it. But rekindling a romance is best done off the sauce.
    
Posting flirty pics on Facebook: Posting hot pictures of yourself means you're sharing your sexiness with the entire social network, leaving nothing special for him.
    
"Like" the wrong page: Joining a Facebook group like "I Hate Men Who Are Liars and Cheaters" while your in a relationship can attract negative attention
    
Get mad, update your status and say: "I hate when men think they can just do whatever they want and get away with it." Arguments should be kept private.
    
You're relationship status isn't listed: If you are in a relationship and don't say you are he might think you want te world to think you are single and looking

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