Steve Shay
Members of the Samoan American Pacific Organization gather twice a week in the South Park Community Center. Southwest Youth & Family Services and World Vision are collecting donations to aid in Samoan tsunami relief efforts.

Help Samoan tsunami victims

By Steve Shay
October 7, 2009

The Samoan community in and around the West Seattle area has been hit hard with tragedy by the recent tsunami that took the lives of some of their loved ones back in their South Pacific homeland.

You can help by contacting Southwest Youth & Family Services at (206) 937-7680 and donating specific items on their list including:

-washcloths
-shampoo and conditioner
-combs and brushes
-toothbrush and toothpaste
-crayons and coloring books
-soaps
-pens and pencils
-paper (tablets, filler paper, notebooks)
-diapers
-personal care items
-backpacks

The agency is also connecting with World Vision for Samoan relief.

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