Gift of Lift announces latest bra drive

The Columbian

Published: February 24, 2015, 12:00am

The Gift of Lift announced its latest bra drive will benefit three area programs and one international nonprofit.

The Gift of Lift is collecting new and gently used bras through Mother’s Day, May 10, to benefit the YWCA Clark County SafeChoice Program and the Henderson House and Divine Threads, both in Oregon. The drive will also benefit Free the Girls, a nonprofit that provides job opportunities for survivors of sex trafficking.

The first Gift of Lift campaign, which ran from Oct. 1 to Jan. 17, collected 1150 bras for Free the Girls and the YWCA Clark County Worth Program.

Here are the bra collection sites:

PeaceHealth Medical Group Plastic Surgery, 505 N.E. 87th Ave., Building A, Suite 250, Vancouver.

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center Firstenburg Tower, eighth floor, 400 N.E. Mother Joseph Place, Vancouver.

Divine Consign, 904 Main St., Vancouver.

Shanahan’s Pub and Grill, 209 W. McLoughlin Blvd., Vancouver.

Compass Oncology, 210 S.E. 136th Ave., Vancouver.

Posh + Tattered, 14 S.E. Clark Ave., Battle Ground.

Unique Hair Design and Day Spa, 315 Main St., Battle Ground.

Garside Florist, 6610 E. Mill Plain Blvd., Vancouver.

For more about the Gift of Lift, visit www.thegiftoflift.org.

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