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Spreading Thanksgiving hope
Ten Boise-area families had a brighter Thanksgiving because of the generosity of the Materials Section at Headquarters.

For the second consecutive year, employees organized a collection to purchase Thanksgiving dinners for families that have children at nearby Lowell Elementary School. Contributions of $350 this year enabled the purchase of 10 complete meals with 12-pound turkeys as the centerpiece. The menu also included mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, green beans, rolls, butter, apple juice, pumpkin pie and whipping cream.

Last year the effort generated enough funds to purchase meals for seven families.

“Your department’s generous donation of 10 turkey dinners provided a Thanksgiving feast for over 35 of our Lowell children and their families,” wrote school counselor Linda Hammond. “You gave the gift of hope to these families along with a delicious meal.” (See letter)

BPA introduces new Web site, resources for employees
Business Psychology Associates, the employee assistance provider for the state, recently updated its Web site. The site is a great resource page for ITD and other state employees. To find out what is available on the new Web site, visit http://www.bpahealth.com/general/community-resources

News reaches distant readers
News that ITD is conducting an awareness campaign about Outdoor Advertising guidelines recently reached Washington, D.C. A news release prepared by Mollie McCarty of the ITD Communications Office was picked up in its entirity by Government Innovators Network It appears under US States News and was published Nov. 20.

Published by The American Political Science Association, the network "is a marketplace of ideas and examples of government innovation for policy makers, policy advisors, and practitioners. Through our content - news, documents, descriptions of award-winning innovative programs, and events -- and our online communities of practice, we strive to stimulate new ideas and bring people and ideas together around innovations in governance."