Empty Bowls In 1990 a high school art teacher in Michigan helped his students solve a problem. They were searching for a way to raise funds to support a food drive. What evolved was a class project to make ceramic bowls for a fund raising meal. Guests were served a simple meal of soup, salad, and bread, and were invited to keep their bowl as a reminder of hunger in the world. By the following year the originators had developed this concept into "Empty Bowls", a project to provide support for food banks, soup kitchens, and other organizations that fight hunger. The Imagine /RENDER Group, a 501(c)3 organization, was created to promote the project. Since then Empty Bowls events have been held throughout the world, with millions of dollars having been raised to combat hunger. Empty Bowls 2007
Pick a hand-crafted bowl!
Enjoy the Soup & Salad Bar Event organizers: Arwen
Kirkpatrick Kohl's
volunteers recognized
Anna Plationotis,CSS
Professor Scott Dooley,
Wittenberg Wittenberg & Second Harvest Foodbank honor the 2007 sponsors for their generous support: Madison Avenue Pharmacy; Perkins Family Restaurant; Littleton & Rue Funeral Home & Crematory; Fifth Third Bank; VFW Post 1031; Speedway Superamerica; Daughters of Penelope; King Kennel; Della Selsor Trust; The Thomas Tape Co.; McMurray's Irish Pub; Walt Wildman; Congressman Dave Hobson, Mr. & Mrs. Pat Weeks; North Side Family Physicians; Kohl's; OIC of Clark County; A.G. Samuelsson; Mallia Salon & Day Spa; Dr. & Mrs Mark Erickson; Levine Realty; The Gianakopoulos Family; Dr. Mary Jo Groves; Mic's Restaurant; Mary Dillahunt; Community Mercy Health Partners; Schneider's Florist; O'Charley's; Coilplus-Ohio; The Greek Orthodox Church Ladies Philoptochos Society Event total for 2007 was $13,938!!! Great job everyone! If you or your group wants to sponsor or help with the 2008 year's 14th Annual event, contact Anna Plataniotis at (937)325-8715 or anna_spfldcss@hotmail.com. Date:
April 3 2008 |
||||||||
Commodity Supplemental Food Program
This program was established as a Federal food and nutrition program for seniors. Distribution of a free, 40 pound box of food are scheduled once a month for registered seniors.
C.S.F.P. Registration Guidelines
1 person- $1107 or less per month 2 persons - $1484 or less per month 3 persons - $1861 or less per month 4 persons - $2238 or less per month Open enrollment is again taking place. If you are not currently receiving the commodities, call the office in your county listed below and sign up! Catholic Social Services - Clark County at (937)325-8715 Below are scheduled times, dates, locations.
Clark County: 8:30-11:30 am, Second Harvest Foodbank
May 27, 2008
June 24, 2008
Champaign County:
8:30-11:30 am, Champaign County Dept. of Human Services Parking Lot
May 20, 2008
June 17, 2008
Logan County:
8:30-11:30 am, Logan County Fairgrounds
May 19, 2008
June 23, 2008
|
||||||||
Hunger Never Takes a Vacation Golf Outing
Over $23,000
was raised at the 5th annual
Hunger Never Takes A Vacation Golf Outing held June 11 at Northwood Hills Country Club.
This year’s event was the most successful to date with 136 golfers in attendance and over 65 sponsors.
Proceeds will benefit the Second Harvest Foodbank of Clark, Champaign and Logan Counties. A special thanks
to Mr. Jim Foreman of Foreman-Blair Pontiac/Buick/GMC/Cadillac who donated the "Hole-in-One" prize which was
won by Otto Larson on hole #13. He won a trip to a golf resort of his choice. Congrats Otto!!
Thank you to all our sponsors, golfers and volunteers who helped make this year's event a huge success.
CORPORATE SPONSORS: The Champion Company; Aqua Falls Bottled Water; Security National Bank; Tec-Tonic Services/Scanlan Construction; Cincinnati Bell; Eagle Beverage;
Wood Medical Billing.
HUNGER PATRON SPONSORS: WesBanco; M&M Restaurant Supply; Hobson for Congress; Bob Evans Farms Inc.; Dr. Donald Johnson; Baker Krizner Financial Planning; Ideal Steel, Inc.; Pepsi Americas; Champaign County Residential
Services Inc.; Champaign Bank; Howard’s IGA; Fifth Third Bank; Nationwide Insurance/Sean Drees; Arctech Fabricating
Inc.; Peace of Mind Pet Care; Coilplus; Clark, Schaefer, & Hackett & Co.; Dr.
Richard Furay.
HOLE SPONSORS: A.G. Samuelsson Company; I Supply Company; K. K. Tool Co.;
Astra Communications; McCall Sharp Architecture; Ameriprise Financial; Dr. Abed”Sam” Koja;
Benjamin Steel Co. Inc.; Express Personnel; Woeber’s
Mustard; Lewisberg Container;
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network; Oreboards; Village Pharmacy; Minette’s Barber Styling;
Air Park Ohio; Royal Hidden Fence; Citizens for McGregor; Sequent Retirement & Benefits; Metzger Construction.
CONTRIBUTING SPONSOR: Conroy Funeral Home; Cole, Acton, Harmon, & Dunn; Martin, Browne, Hull,
& Harper PLL; City Wide Towing; Morgal Machine Tool Co.
IN-KIND DONATIONS: Eagle Beverage; Kroger Derr Rd.; Stevens Bakery; Sheehan Bros. Vending;
Springfield News-Sun; Pepsi Cola Bottlers of Springfield; Panera Bread; O’Charley’s; Red Lobster;
Young’s Dairy; AutoZone; Woeber Mustard; Rothschild Berry Farm; Cincinnati Bell; First Energy;
Home City Federal; Morgan Stanley-Dian Scmid; Foreman Blair; Margie Wheeler; Hershey Ice Cream Shop; Lewisberg Container; Schneider’s Florist; W.R. Hackett; Domino’s Pizza; Nationwide Insurance-Sean Drees.
We are seeking players, teams, hole sponsors, meal sponsors for 2008. This fun and popular event
includes a box lunch, beverages and snacks throughout the day,
and dinner with
lots of prizes and gifts. The golf outing follows a scramble format with both
morning and afternoon sessions. Cart and hole assignments in
2007 begin at 7:15 am
and actual tee times beginning at 8 a.m. morning and 1 p.m. afternoon. Northwood
Hills Country Club is located at 1536 Villa Road, Springfield, OH 45503.
Questions? Contact Date:
Friday, June 13 2008 |
||||||||
|
Food Drives Looking for a meaningful way to take action and a great
opportunity to get involved? Food and fund drives raise awareness of hunger in the community,
collect food for people in need, and play an essential role in the fight against Hunger. Food and fund drives
are conducted throughout the year to help stock up the foodbank to meet the demands of its agencies.
Food drives are accomplished through use of collection barrels
or door to door collection, to name a few methods. Post Office Food Drive  The Springfield Branch 45 of National Association of Letter Carriers, in conjunction with the U.S. Post office, the AFL-CIO, and your local United Way conducted a food drive to help needy families in Clark, Champaign and Logan Counties. Donations of canned food goods and other non-perishable food items were left near mailboxes on walking routes or placed in mailboxes on rural routes. All food donated to the Second Harvest Foodbank remained in the county in which it was collected. This was the 13th annual NALC (National Association of Letter Carriers) Food Drive. This year, 37,999 pounds of food were collected at a critical time when food supplies remaining from the holiday period are now exhausted. Date of this
year's event:
Saturday, May 12, 2007 |
Hunger Never Takes A Vacation Fund Drive
The dates for the 9th annual "Hunger Never
Takes A Vacation" have been set. The Springfield News
& Sun is sponsoring this event. Donations will be collected to
benefit the Second Harvest Foodbank, a program of Catholic
Social Services, which distributes food to Clark, Champaign
and Logan Counties pantries, soup kitchens and other various agencies that feed the hungry. If you wish
to make a monetary gift or donation, contact: Hunger Never Takes A Vacation" (937)323-6507 Date:
June 1 through 30, 2007 |
|||||||
Holiday Food Drive This annual event will benefit the local Second Harvest Foodbank. The Springfield Kiwanis Club sponsors this event with cash prizes to the top four schools with the highest donations. All area schools/businesses are asked to collect food or funds for distribution during the busy holiday season. The 2007 event raised 47,835 pounds of food to needy families in Clark County through collection barrels and events in the area schools. Local businesses collected an additional 52,147 pounds of food, bringing this years total to 99,982 pounds of food. OUTSTANDING!! Interested in donating food or funds? Contact Barbara Eggers at (937)325-8715 or barbe_spfldcss@hotmail.com for further information.
Dates:
October through December |
||||||||
Annual Luncheon
Catholic Social Services' Annual Luncheon will be held at the Springfield Country Club.
Date:
Thursday, June (?), 2008 (currently planning) | ||||||||
|
