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Pierce Physical Therapy a donation center for Toys for Tots

Posted at 1:46 am November 29, 2017
By RAYMOND PIERCE Leave a Comment

Pierce Physical Therapy in Oak Ridge is a local Toys for Tots donation center.

You can drop off a new unwrapped toy at Pierce Physical Therapy at 661 A Emory Valley Road Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. until Friday, December 1.

This press release was submitted by Raymond Pierce.

Filed Under: Business, Community, Front Page News Tagged With: donation center, Pierce Physical Therapy, Toys for Tots

Toys For Tots can be dropped off at AC Detention Facility through Dec. 15

Posted at 9:04 pm December 9, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Toys for Tots

The staff at the Anderson County Detention Facility has volunteered to let the facility be used as a Toys For Tots drop-off center for Christmas 2014.

Gifts for children that are new or unopened will be accepted in the drop-off box located in the Detention Facility lobby at 308 Public Safety Lane in Clinton. The box will be available to the public from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day until Monday, December 15.

Toys For Tots is an official activity of the United States Marine Corps and a mission of the Marine Corps Reserve, a press release said. First founded in 1947, the U.S. Marine Corps adopted Toys For Tots and expanded it into a nationwide community action project.

Now an international project, in 2012 Toys For Tots distributed almost 17 million toys to more than seven million children across the world, the release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Community, Federal, Front Page News, Government, Police and Fire Tagged With: Anderson County Detention Facility, community action project, drop-off center, gifts, Marine Corps Reserve, Paul White, toys, Toys for Tots, U.S. Marine Corps, United States Marine Corps

Biloski running for Anderson County Juvenile Court judge

Posted at 10:21 am January 9, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Lauren Biloski

Lauren Biloski

Lauren R. Biloski has announced that she is seeking the office of Anderson County Juvenile Court judge.

Lauren is a partner at Ritter, Biloski, and Associates, located in Oak Ridge. She has developed a thriving multi-county practice that includes criminal defense, civil litigation, and family and juvenile law, a press release said.

She is the third candidate to announce a candidacy for juvenile court judge. The current judge, Brandon Fisher, is running for Anderson County chancellor.

Biloski is a graduate of Oak Ridge High School and earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Tennesseee at Knoxville in three years, the press release said. Immediately following graduation, she earned her J.D. from Indiana University in 2006, where she was the recipient of the Norman Lefstein Award of Excellence. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2014 Election, Anderson County, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Juvenile Court, animal welfare, CASA, children, judge, juvenile court judge, Lauren R. Biloski, Oak Ridge Municipal Planning Commission, Ritter Biloski and Associates, Toys for Tots

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