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News from
Community Resource Services
February 2024
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2024 Charity Ball News
We are excited to announce the 35th Annual Charity Ball, A Community of Love, which will be held on Saturday, April 20, 2024 at The Shipyards Event Center in Lorain. The Charity Ball is our biggest fundraiser of the year! Watch for more information about this fantastic event! Tickets will go on sale in March!
Ways to Support the Charity Ball
We are currently collecting items for the live and silent auctions including gift cards to local retail stores and restaurants (also a great way to support local!), lottery tickets, themed gift baskets and other special items that we can combine with other items. Sponsorship opportunities at all levels are also still available. If you would like more information, please click here to email Sheila.
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Galantines Sip & Shop
Please join us for an open house event in support of our Annual Charity Ball! The Charity Ball committee is hosting a Sip & Shop at Little Meraki Market at 32479 Detroit Road in Avon, on Thursday, February 22nd. The open house is from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm and features wine tasting, light bites, a cash bar and shopping! Please bring a gift card to be donated to CRS for use in the Charity Ball auction. Cash donations also accepted.
The Little Meraki Market is a wine shop - but also so much more! In addition to a large selection of wines, it also offers charcuterie boards, wine inspired gift items, and Wine Gift Crates! We hope you will join us to check out this awesome local business! No need to RSVP.
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Eclipse News
In anticipation and celebration of the total eclipse on April 8, 2024, CRS will be distributing free eclipse glasses to our clients and a bottle of Sunny D orange drink to our younger clients (while supplies last). If you are able to donate some Sunny D for this project, it would be greatly appreciated!
Please note: the CRS office will be closed on Monday, April 8, 2024.
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Thank you for your support!
Special thanks to the members of Avon Oaks Country Club for their support of CRS through the "Celebrate Avon Oaks Ca$ino Night!" Due to the great success of their event, they were able to make a generous donation to CRS for $4,086! We are grateful that they selected CRS as one of the recipients of this fundraiser!
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John T. Shook Community Service Award
Award Nominations Now Being Accepted
Deadline to Submit Nominations is March 15, 2024
The John T. Shook Community Service Award pays tribute to a very special friend and longtime CRS Board member who passed away in 2018. John touched the lives of many people in our community. He was dedicated to community service and he volunteered for many local organizations including CRS. In John’s memory, the CRS Board of Directors established an award in his name, to be given annually to an individual or group that embodies John’s commitment to volunteerism in our local community.
We are now accepting nominations for this award. If you know of an individual or organization that has been dedicated to volunteering for CRS or other organizations in our community, please complete this nomination form. Evaluation of the nominees will be conducted by a selection committee and the recipient will be announced at the Charity Ball on April 20, 2024.
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Student Board of Directors Position Available
The Board of Directors of Community Resource Services will be seeking a high school student from Avon Lake High School to serve as the student representative to the board. The applicant should be a sophomore or junior entering the 2024-2025 academic school year. The position is for a two or three year term. Deadline to apply is May 1, 2024. Click here for more information and to access the application.
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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 Bowling Team, Avon Lake Giant Eagle, Barry Bagels, Bonnie Bell, Christ Church Westshore, Holy Spirit Church, Holy Trinity Parish, Hunger Network Food Rescue, Moose's Mission, Rainforest Car Wash, Redwood Elementary First Grade, and St. Vincent DePaul.
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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