News from Community Resource Services

July, 2021

Thanks for Making A Difference!

‌

We are so excited to be partnering with the Center of Science and Industry (COSI), the Ohio Library Council and the Avon Lake Public Library to distribute these Learning Lunchbox Kits! These boxes, historically created to be distributed alongside meal programs, provide five activities aligned with Ohio’s learning standards and promote science, technology, engineering, arts, math (STEAM), culture, history, and more. The Learning Lunchboxes are tailored to specific themes, such as Space, created in partnership with NASA. We are thrilled to have the opportunity for our clients to receive these educational and fun learning boxes!

Ohio Library Council and COSI will distribute thousands of COSI Learning Lunchbox Kits to each Library District in Ohio as part of Ohio Distance Learning Initiative.

2021 Hooks for Hunger

On behalf of the families that we serve, we would like to thank the participants, volunteers, donors and sponsors who made the 2021 Hooks for Hunger Walleye Tournament a huge success! This year’s event raised over $32,000 bringing the total raised since 2013 to almost $178,000! All proceeds go directly to supporting our mission of diminishing the effects of poverty for our neighbors in Avon and Avon Lake.

Special thanks to the Hooks for Hunger volunteer committee: Ed Moran, Brian Belmont, Scott Bruegger, Moses Yonkers, Tyler Randall, Tony Tomanek, Joe Reitz, Jim DePaul, Craig Lewis and Sean Boutin. This group puts in hundreds of hours of hard work to ensure that Hooks for Hunger is a success!

We finally got to present the 2021 John T. Shook Award to the Hooks for Hunger Committee. This award is given annually

to a group or individual that embodies

John's commitment to volunteering and

community service.

Prizes are given for biggest walleye,

biggest sheephead and most weight for

5 walleye. The event also featured raffles, door prizes, and a barbecue!

CRS Volunteers

Boats coming into the Miller Road Boat Launch

Weighing the fish!

Please join us in acknowledging the 2021 Hooks for Hunger Sponsors:

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.

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 Lakes, Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital, Avon Lake High School - English National Honor Society, Avon on the Lake Garden Club, Avon Lake Giant Eagle, Barry Bagels, Bay Presbyterian Food Pantry, Christ Church Westshore, Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Cleveland Clinic Nursing Institute, Coleman Gardens, LLC., Discovery Works - Avon Lake Public Library, Fall Brawl - Frank Murphy, Holy Spirit Church, Hunger Network Food Rescue, Mealey School of Music, and Miss Kristin's Dance Studio.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, jelly, pasta sauce (in plastic jars please), dish soap, toilet paper 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!

Text Link

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.