News from Community Resource Services

June, 2021

Thanks for Making A Difference!

DONATED BOOKS!!

THANK YOU to the students in the English National Honor Society at Avon Lake High School! They collected and donated over 550 books to CRS! The books are all levels from board books and children's books to those for young adult and adults. Our families are going to love having so many good books to read this summer!

SUMMER SNACK BAGS

The Summer Snack Bag Program is supported by donations from Christ Evangelical Church, Holy Spirit, Avon Lake Presbyterian Church, Avon Lake United Church of Christ and St. Joseph Church! The bags are filled with individual snacks and games and are offered to kids 13 and under two times per month.

Saturday, June 26, 2021

The 9th Annual Hooks for Hunger Walleye Tournament is being held on Saturday, June 26, 2021! The fishing tournament features dinner, raffles, door prizes and an awards presentation. All proceeds go directly to CRS and our mission of diminishing the effects of poverty in Avon and Avon Lake. Since it's inception in 2013, Hooks for Hunger has raised close to $140,000 for CRS!

For more information contact Ed Moran at edmocraft57@gmail.com.

Home Runs for Hunger

HOMERUNS

FOR HUNGER

is Back!

Join us on Thursday, August 26th for CRS night at Mercy Health Stadium in Avon! Support CRS while you watch the Lake Erie Crushers take on the Southern Illinois Miners! This is always a fun night for family, friends or co-workers!

Tickets are $10 each. Click here to purchase! Be sure to enter the User ID and password: AALCRS21 and crushers21. For more information or if you would like to purchase a large block of tickets, please contact Sheila at 440-933-5639 or sroth@aalcrs.org

SOUPer Bowl Food Drive XI

We are excited to announce that the SOUPer Bowl Food Drive will take place this year on September 10, 2021 at the Avon Lake vs. Avon varsity football game at Joe Firment Chevrolet Stadium in Avon. The SOUPer Bowl is a friendly competition between Avon and Avon Lake to see which community can collect the most food for our food pantry. Watch for more details on how you can participate. Questions should be directed to Sheila at sroth@aalcrs.org.

Community West Foundation Grants

Community Resource Services was recently presented with two checks from the Community West Foundation. The first is a grant of $10,000 for funding General Operating Support for our Client Assistance Programs. The second is for $1,847 from the Community West Foundation Community Impact Fund which is funded through generous donations from their supporters. We are so blessed to be supported by an organization that trusts us to fulfill our mission of serving the needs of Avon and Avon Lake residents who are struggling financially. Thank you Community West Foundation for your ongoing support! Link

CRS has truly 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 Lakes, Avon & Avon Lake Republican Club, Avon Lake United Church of Christ, Avon Lake Giant Eagle, Barry Bagels, Bay Presbyterian Church, Christ Church Westshore, Coleman Gardens, LLC., Holy Spirit Church, Hunger Network Food Rescue, New WestSiders, Redwood Elementary School and St. Joseph Parish.

This is in addition to the many individuals who bring donations to the CRS office on a daily basis.

We are so very grateful for all of the donations that help keep our food pantry well stocked. Thank you for making a difference, right here at home!

Don't forget to log into the Amazon Smile website when you make your purchases from Amazon! Amazon Smile will donate .5% of your eligible Amazon purchases when you choose "Avon Lake Community Resource Services" as the charity of your choice.

Amazon Smile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same services.

As of March 2021, Amazon Smile has donated $466.04 to CRS! Thank you to everyone that has already chosen CRS as your charity!

Please login to smile.amazon.com today to begin supporting CRS while you shop!

Our food pantry exists thanks to so many who generously donate. We currently are in need of boxed macaroni & cheese, peanut butter, jelly, pasta sauce (in plastic jars please), dish soap and small (40 oz..) liquid laundry detergent. We do not need any canned vegetables right now.

Thank you for your generous support in keeping our pantry stocked!

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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.