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JUNE 2024
NEWS FROM
COMMUNITY RESOURCE SERVICES
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There are a few spots left for the 2024 Hooks for Hunger Walleye Tournament on Saturday June 22nd. Stop up at Erie Outfitters, 5404 E Lake Rd. in Sheffield Lake to sign up. 50 boat limit! $150 per boat enters you in two big fish pots worth $2,500. Includes a fully catered lunch during the awards party and you’re automatically entered in the drawing for one of the many door prizes! Call or message Tyler at 440-787-5290 for details. Click HERE and HERE for more information.
There are also some great opportunities to win fantastic raffle prizes and you don't have to be at the event to win them! Raffle tickets are $10 each to get a chance at winning one of three prizes, including a Slate Flat Top Grill, a hand-carved bear and a hand-carved walleye! Winners will be drawn June 22nd at the Hooks for Hunger Tournament. You don’t need to be present to win! You can also contact Tyler Randall at 440-787-5290 to purchase tickets.
We are also looking for a few volunteers to help out at the event, so if you're available from 12:30 - 3:30, please contact Pam for more details.
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SLATE FLAT TOP GRILL
The volunteer Hooks for Hunger Committee has raised almost $250,000 for CRS since the first tournament in 2013!
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The Meijer Simply Give Spring Campaign is underway and runs through Saturday, June 29, 2024. Stop by the Avon Meijer store and purchase a $10 Simply Give card located at each register check-out. Double Match Day is Saturday, June 15th! Meijer will double match any cards purchased on this day, effectively tripling the donations. At the end of the campaign, all donations will be converted in to food-only gift cards that CRS can use to purchase items for our food pantry! Since the Avon Meijer store opened in 2019, we have received almost $36,000 in Simply Give cards! | |
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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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We are currently in need of snack foods, canned fruit, Velveeta Shells & Cheese, (or similar brand), side dishes, boxed pasta, canned pasta, hearty soups and toilet paper.
If you are able to donate it would be greatly appreciated. We accept donations 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! | |
Car repairs can be very expensive, and are essential for transportation to work, doctor's appointments and other errands. We were recently contacted by a single mom with 2 kids requesting assistance with a large car repair bill. She needed her car to get to work and was walking to her place of employment in Westlake while the car was inoperable. We were able to collaborate with 2 other organizations to help her pay for the entire car repair bill! She was so very grateful for our assistance and we are so grateful for other organizations that we can collaborate with!
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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 Lake Postal Carriers, Avon Lake Giant Eagle, Avon Lake Scouts, Avon Lake United Church of Christ, Avon Postal Carriers, Barry Bagels, Christ Church Westshore, Cleveland Clinic Avon Pointe Pediatrics, Holy Spirit Church, Holy Trinity School, Hunger Network Food Rescue, New Westsiders, Redwood K Kids, and UH Bootcamp.
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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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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