CAST Blast!!

April Newsletter

Director's Note

In a recent podcast, John Ortberg said, "The magic of life...the deep glue that holds relationships together...the foundation of all community is just serving." This resonated with me. I have the privilege of an up close look at what happens when we care and serve together -- relationships built, burdens eased and friendships formed. I continue to be thankful to link arms with each of you as we link arms in our community. If you are interested in listening to the entire podcast click here. It's about 13 minutes and definitely worth the time.

In the meantime, please plan to join us at CAST Blast on May 25th (details below). I truly believe it will be an evening where we will see the deep glue and the foundation of our community! I'm already looking forward to being together with you then!

With gratitude,

Sonja White

Executive Director

Buy one, Give one!

We are excited to announce that CAST

T-Shirts are on their way and will be available to purchase at our CAST Blast on May 25th.

T-Shirts will be sold for $15 each OR our BOGO (Buy one, GIVE one) deal for $25, which would allow you to purchase a T-shirt for yourself as well as one for a #CASTkid.

CASTkids Corner!

Blessing Boot Camp-Year Three is right around the corner and we are SO EXCITED to welcome our middle school friends back for another fun summer full of friendship and service learning opportunities. This summer we have room for 30 students grades 4-8th and our sign up link is LIVE! If you have a middle school student that you would like to sign up for Blessing Boot Camp this summer please click the link below!

End of the School Year celebrations!

The single most important thing that we do with out #CASTkids is build relationships. While we do this through serving alongside our students all year long another important way we do this is through food and fun. This is why, each of our CAST groups end their school year with a PIZZA PARTY! If you would like to help our #CASTKids end their school year with a celebratory pizza party please click the link below to send our student CAST Advisor, Taylor, an email.

Email Taylor!

Serve with us!

CAST Serves at The Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank from 9-11:30am on the second Monday of each month! If you would like to volunteer with CAST or would like to receive more information please click the link below to contact Mike Savage for more information.

Email Mike!

On Friday, May 12th the JRC Adult Day Center will be hosting their annual "Fashion Show!" If anyone would like to volunteer alongside Lesley Venturella and make this a day to remember please click the link below to contact Lesley for more information.

Email Lesley!

Our #CASTkids LOVE serving at the Habitat ReStore on Saturday Mornings. If you would like the opportunity to serve alongside our students on May 20th, or July 15th OR if you know a students age 14 or older who would like to volunteer please click the link below sign up via our website!

Visit our Website

A "Thank-You" from the #CASTKids!

On Monday, April 10th the #CASTkids hosted their first ever fundraiser night at Blaze Pizza! This was a night full of pizza and laughs as all of CAST's friends and family came out to support! We would like to send a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who supported the #CASTkids!

CAMP Student Scholarships

Please join us as we celebrate 7 CAMP Seniors who received a scholarship from CAMP while attending their April 16th CAMP Meeting. We are sure that these hard working, and deserving students are all going to continue to impress us as they embark on this next chapter in their lives.