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NEWS FROM
COMMUNITY RESOURCE SERVICES
NOVEMBER 2024
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Please join us in welcoming Morgan Muszynec to the CRS team as our new Client Services and Personal Development Coordinator. In this vital role, Morgan will bring her energy, expertise, and dedication to ensuring the success of our clients.
Morgan is a graduate of Avon Lake High School and Kent State University and has recently moved back to the area. She is excited for the opportunity to use her excellent interpersonal and organizational skills as she works closely with our clients to assist and support them in their life goals.
Welcome Morgan!
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We are pleased to announce the Charity Ball, A Night of Heart and Hope, which will take place on Saturday, April 5, 2025. The Charity Ball is our largest fundraiser of the year. It provides a wonderful opportunity to honor our dedicated supporters, donors, volunteers, and sponsors who partner with CRS to support our mission of reducing poverty in Avon and Avon Lake. The evening features hors d’oeuvres, a sit-down dinner, music, dancing, raffles, and an exciting auction, all to benefit CRS.
Sponsorship opportunities are available at different levels. We are also accepting donations for the auctions. If you would like more information about either of these, please contact Sheila at sroth@aalcrs.org.
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The fantastic Charity Ball committee is raffling off this gorgeous, Louis Vuitton Odeon MM bag, valued at $2,230, to raise funds for the 2025 Charity Ball being held on Saturday, April 5, 2025. Raffle tickets are $50 each and we’re only selling 100 tickets! The winning raffle ticket will be selected as soon as all tickets are sold and will be broadcast on Facebook live. CLICK HERE to purchase your chance to win! | |
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Once again, the SOUPer Bowl Food Drive was a huge success! The generous support that the CRS food pantry received from the Avon and Avon Lake communities was overwhelming and will go a long way in supporting our neighbors who are experiencing food insecurity. Both communities together collected over 3,000 pounds of food and over $33,000 in monetary donations! Congratulations to Avon Lake for winning the SOUPer Bowl Trophy this year! And although they won the trophy, this is a competition that has no losers because we all win when we come together to support our neighbors when they need us most.
Since its inception in 2010, the SOUPer Bowl Food Drive has collected over 87,000 pounds of food and $over 202,000 in monetary donations.
Thank you to everyone that donated food or money and to those who volunteered for the SOUPer Bowl as well! We couldn’t do it without you, and we are so very grateful!
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CRS HOLIDAY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
It's planning time at the CRS office for all of our amazing Holiday Assistance Programs! These are some of our biggest seasonal programs of the year, and we couldn't do it without the support that we receive from our very generous donors! From Santa's Workshop and family baskets, to holiday food baskets and Senior Gifts, we work very hard to make the holidays a special time for our clients! If you are interested in supporting any of these program, CLICK HERE for more information.
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Volunteer to be a Salvation Army Bell Ringer!
CRS will once again be ringing the bell for Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign at the Avon Lake Giant Eagle. If you are interested in volunteering for a 2-hour shift, please click the link below for more information and to access the volunteer sign-up sheet.
Click here to sign up to be a Bell-Ringer!
More information will be provided after you have signed up. Please email Sheila if you have any questions.
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NEW TO FOOD PANTRY PROGRAM!
We now have an Amazon registry for the CRS food pantry! We will keep it updated with items most needed as well as items we always need! CLICK HERE to check it out! If you place an order, select "CRS Pantry's Gift Registry Address" as the shipping address to have your donation delivered directly to CRS.
We are currently in need of snack foods, canned fruit, side dishes, cereal, boxed pasta, canned pasta sauce, hearty soups, canned chili, all-purpose cleaners, dish soap and toilet paper.
If you would like to drop off your donation, we accept pantry items during our regular business hours, Monday - Friday, from 10am - 2pm. Just drive down the alley behind our office and ring the doorbell by the CRS sign. Thank you!!
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*We cannot accept clothing, household items or medical supplies. Thank you! | |
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CRS has been blessed this month with many donations of non-perishable items for our food pantry.Thank you to the following businesses and organizations:
Avenbury Ladies of the Lake, Avon-on-the-Lake Garden Club, Avon Lake Boat Club, Avon Lake Giant Eagle, Avon Lake United Church of Christ, Barry Bagels, Christ Church Westshore, Crumbl Cookie, Holy Spirit Church, Holy Trinity Parish, Hooks for Hunger, Hunger Network Food Rescue, Ladies of the Lake, Lake Shore United Methodist Church-Women of Faith, Lubrizol, Mealey School of Music, Nestle Professional Solutions, St. Raphael Teachers and Westside Flea.
We are so grateful for all of the donations that help keep our food pantry well stocked. Thank you for making a difference, right here at home!
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Is Your Business or Organization Looking for a Way to Support CRS?
Would your business or organization like to support CRS? Hosting a drive for the CRS food pantry is a great way to help!
We are always in need of staples like peanut butter, jelly, hearty soups, cereal, pasta, pasta sauce and canned chicken/tuna. Or you can get creative and collect specific items based on a theme such as snack foods, breakfast foods, toiletries or cleaning supplies. Another great idea is to have a spice drive. It is such a treat to offer our clients spices that they normally wouldn't be able to purchase for themselves.
If you would like more information about hosting a drive, please email our Pantry Manager, Cece Carlson or call her at 440-933-5639.
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Charity Ball Photos!
Photos from the Charity Ball held on April 20, 2024 are now available for viewing! Click here to view!
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Community Resource Services is a responsive, community-based organization whose mission is to diminish the effect of poverty in Avon and Avon Lake. We provide basic needs assistance and individualized resource and referral services in a compassionate and confidential manner.
We believe in a community where every resident is free from poverty.
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Community Resource Services | 440-933-5639 | aalcrs.org
33479 Lake Road, Suite C, Avon Lake, OH 44012
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