By Bill Stevenson
Whitman County Gazette
Fill the boot to help fight opioid abuse
Mrs. Colfax collects funds for charity
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April 29, 2021
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Mrs. Colfax Lorien Smith serves as a Colfax EMT.
COLFAX – A little bit goes a long way to help people end or avoid opioid drug abuse.
Lorien Smith, Miss Colfax for America Strong 2021, is organizing a "Fill the Boot" fundraiser and awareness building event in Colfax on May 16. The event runs from 1 to 3 p.m. in the parking lot next to Rosauers grocery store at 632 N. Main Street, Colfax.
"This will be the first time I have organized one," Smith said. "I am literally just making this up as I go."
She's asking people to drive by and drop a donation into collection boots carried by a few pageant members and firefighters.
Money donated is g...
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