Cambridge to Collect Goods For Poland

Cambridge's six public libraries and nine fire stations set up collection bins this week to receive donations of clothing and dry goods for shipment to Poland.

Elizabeth O'Donnell, assistant director of the Poilish Relief Fund of Boston, said yesterday that local Teamsters Union members have volunteered to pick up the donations and take them to a central storage area. From the storage area, the donations will be sent to Poland, probably via the international Catholic Relief Service, she added.

"We're looking for the best way to get the items to the people of Poland--we've been in touch with the Red Cross and Care, but the Catholic Relief Service seems to have had the most success so far," O'Donnell said.

The Cambridge City Council decided to establish the collection centers in late December, calling the decree of martial law in Poland "an outrage of tyranny." Clothes of all varieties and food items such as powdered milk, sugar, rice, aspirin, and vitamins are welcome.