UDC members Deb Phillips (from left), Dianne Ponder and chapter President Mary Margaret Quiggle with gifts to be delivered to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

THOMASVILLE — A civic project of the John B. Gordon Chapter 383 United Daughters of the Confederacy is to collect items for distribution to several organizations.

Dawes Presbyterian Church assisted in the latest collection effort when the chapter collected 456 items for distribution to two agencies to help children.

Three John B. Gordon members traveled to Atlanta for a delivery to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Scottish Rite Hospital. Items donated were coloring books, batteries, nail polish, crayons, socks, blankets, playing cards, Play Doh, bubbles, word-search books and solar toys.

As a part of the project, members also knitted caps that will be donated to a Thomasville agency.

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, one of the largest pediatric clinical care providers in the country, is a not-for-profit organization that benefits from community philanthropic and volunteer support.

Operating three hospitals and 25 neighborhood locations with close to 1 million patient visits annually, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is recognized for excellence in cancer, cardiac, rehabilitation, neonatal, orthopedic, transplant services and many other pediatric specialties.

To learn more about the services and ways community support makes a difference, visit www.choa.org.