Upcoming Events The Hunger Never Takes a Vacation Golf Outing be held Friday June 11, 2010. Don't miss out this year! See below for more information or REGISTRATION forms, or call Anna at 937-325-8715!
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Hunger Never Takes a Vacation Golf Outing
The 9th Annual “Hunger Never Takes A Vacation” Golf Outing was held on Friday, June 19th at Northwood Hills
Country Club. This year we had 26 foursomes participating in our event and as far as Catholic Charities is concerned, “You are all Aces!”
We all had a wonderful, fun and lighthearted event. This year’s golf outing event raised
over $16,000.00! Proceeds will benefit the Second Harvest Food
Bank
of Clark, Champaign and Logan Counties, but more importantly will be used to provide assistance to the neediest
individuals and families who live within our own community.
Congratulations
to the Ray James/Security National Bank Team who won the 1st Place Men's
Division. Members include Mark Stephenson, Shannon Doyle, Steve Whitacre and
Jack Conroy. Likewise, congratulations also goes out to the 1st Place Ladies
Division representing the Ladies Springfield Country Club Team. Members include
Kathy Henry, Lynn McLaughlin, Paulette Bay and Nancy Ernestes.
Thank you to all our sponsors, golfers and volunteers who helped make this year’s event a huge success. A special thanks to
Mid Ohio Harley Davidson for
sponsoring the “Hole-in-One” prize with a Harley
Davidson Motorcycle, Panera Bread for our donating the continental breakfast, Sheehan’s Catering
Service for donating 175 delicious boxed lunches, Aqua Falls, Pepsi Americas and Eagle Beverage for donating all our favorite beverages.
The Second Harvest Food bank honors all of our sponsors: The Champion Company, Aqua Falls Bottled Water,
Security National Bank, Eagle Beverage, Bob Evans Farms, Wood Medical Billing, Champaign Residential
Services, Inc., M&M Restaurant Supply, Fifth Third Bank, Pepsi Americas, Coilplus-Ohio, Clark Schaefer Hackett & Co.,
Wes Banco, Howard’s IGA, Drees & Associates – Nationwide Insurance, Congressman Dave Hobson, ORE Boards, Ideal Steel,
Inc., Per4mance Health Network, Arctech Fabricating, Dr. Donald Johnson, MD, A.G. Samuelsson, VFW Post 1031,
Phil Metzger – General Contractor, Foreman-Blair, Dave’s Truck & Auto Paint, The Turner Foundation, Airpark Ohio,
Springfield Overhead Door, Royal Hidden Fence, State Representative Ross McGregor, I Supply Company, Triec Electrical
Services, Express Personnel Services, Fazio Color Shop, Home City Federal Savings Bank, Dairy Queen Brazier-Home Rd.,
O’Charley’s Restaurant, Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., The Doug Kilfoyle Insurance Agency, Westwater Supply,
Dr. Abed “Sam” Koja, McCall Sharp Architecture, Miami Valley Mailing, A Friend of Jesus, Northwood Hills Country Club,
K.K. Tool, Greater Ohio Eye Surgeons, Dillon Manufacturing, Inc., Springfield Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Institute,
Village Pharmacy, Cole Acton Harmon Dunn, City Wide Towing, Martin Browne Hull & Harper, P.L.L., Conroy Funeral Home
and Teikuro Corporation. In-kind donations: Marshalls, Texas Roadhouse, O’Charley’s Restaurant, Chakeres Theatres, Domino’s Pizza, Donatos Pizza, Fazoli’s, Red Lobster, Rocky Lakes Golf Course, Northwood Hills Country Club, Springfield Country Club Golf Shop, Eagle Beverage, Sheehan’s Catering Service, Panera Bread, Joe’s U.S. 40 Grille, Kroger Company, Pepsi Americas, Aqua Falls Bottled Water, Reiter Dairy, Young’s Jersey Dairy, Economy Linen & Towel Service, Tom & Tina Lagos, LPGA International Golf Club, Victoria Hills Golf Club, Anna Plataniotis, Dairy Queen Brazier-Home Rd., Ohio Edison, Drees & Associates – Nationwide Insurance, Teikuro Corporation, Woeber’s Mustard, Margie Wheeler, Rothschild Berry Farm, Foreman-Blair and Mumma Auctioneers. Keep your June calendars open for the 2010 outing as we look forward to planning next year’s annual golf outing. We are seeking players, teams, hole sponsors, meal sponsors for the 2010 golf outing. This is a fun and popular event, which includes a box lunch, beverages and snacks throughout the day and a dinner with lots of prizes and gifts. The golf outing follows a scramble format with both morning and afternoon sessions. Registration begins at 7:15am with tee times at 8:00 am which includes a continental breakfast and a 1:00 pm tee time for the afternoon session. Questions? Contact Anna Plataniotis (937) 325-8715, or email Anna. Date:
Friday, June 11,2010 |
Hunger Never Takes A Vacation Fund Drive The 11th annual "Hunger Never Takes A Vacation" will take place in from May 30 through June 30, 2010. The Springfield News & Sun sponsors this event. Donations are collected to benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank which distributes food to Clark, Champaign and Logan Counties pantries, soup kitchens and other various agencies that feed the hungry. A recent Feeding America study shows that in any given week 4,200 people in our three count service area depend on emergency food providers such as the agencies we support through the food bank. This drive helps us source food to get through the difficult summer months where dependency is even greater. Children that rely on free school lunches to eat, suddenly are faced with no meals at all unless their parents can access a pantry or soup kitchen. Every dollar donated to the food bank can provide seven meals to someone in need. In this tough economic environment this year, our goal is $40,000, or a little over $10,000 a week. That would provide 280,000 meals (almost half of the need) to families losing jobs, homes, and their dignity. Many of which are your neighbors, friends, family, or strangers you pass daily not realizing the desperation of their situation. Please help us fight hunger in our community! Envelopes are in every Sunday Springfield News/Sun, or you can mail a donation to:
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Wittenberg's "Empty Bowls" Event 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.
The 15th annual Wittenberg Empty Bowls dinner was held on Thursday, March 26th, 2009 at the
Central Dining Room, Wittenberg University. Eight hundred fifty bowls were hand crafted for this year’s event. The
event offered a variety of delicious soups and salad buffet for a $15 donation. While eating, free entertainment
was provided by many on-campus musical groups that added ambience. Volunteers washed the beautifully hand-crafted
bowls and patrons were able to take them home as a keepsake and an ongoing reminder that “Hunger” exists everywhere,
as many people in our own community go hungry every day. Special thanks goes to SODEXHO Catering Service and
their staff for all their support and in donating 56 gallons of their delicious Chicken Bow Tie and Potato Leek
Soups. We would also like to thank Bob Evans for donating 25 gallons of their delicious Chili and The Linardos
Villa and Anna Plataniotis for donating 14 gallons of their Chicken Avgolemono Soup. Wittenberg & Second Harvest Foodbank honor 2008 sponsors for their generous support: Grimes-Kohl VFW Post 1031, Greek Orthodox Church Ladies Philoptochos Society, Union Club, Della Selsor Trust, King Kennel, 800 Paint Place, Springfield Clark CTC-Culinary Arts Program, Speedway SuperAmerica, LLC, Madison Avenue Pharmacy, Kohls, Edward Jones Investments, Coilplus-Ohio, Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, A.G. Samuelsson, Inc., Mary Alice & Steve Neely, The Eyesite of Springfield, Security National Bank, Community Mercy Health Network, Fifth Third Bank, Dairy Queen Brazier, Jackson Lytle & Williams Funeral Home, Mayor Warren Copeland, Teikuro Corp., International Harvester-Employee Credit Union, Dependable Roofing, Kathleen Donnellan, Schneider’s Florist, OIC of Clark County, The Thomas Tape Co., Dr. & Mrs. Mark H. Erickson, Laird’s Tax and Financial Services, Pat & Julie Weeks, Congressman Dave Hobson, Sheehan Bros. Vending Services, A&E Powder Coating, Harry H. Chakeres, Levine Realty Company, Springfield Flight Academy, Springfield Police Division, The Studio for Hair & Nails, Richard, Raff & Dunbar, Chris & Melissa Patsiavos, The Smedley Sales Team at Real Estate II, Community Mercy Home Care, KEVCO Corp., Tammy Compton, Hero’s Bar Grill, Merle G. Kearns, The Styling Gallery Salon & Spa, Shaffer’s Collision Center, Midland Properies, Coe Catanzaro & Sons Produce, Garnett Purnell, Dr. Louis Bourekis and Northside Soft Tissue Center. In-Kind Donations:
Bob Evans, Brain Lumber, CLS Graphics, Dole Salad, Donatos, Eagle Beverage, Economy Linen & Towel Service,
Howard’s IGA, Linardos Villa, Lisa Boitse, O’Charley’s Restaurant, Route 40 Signs, SODEXHO,
Springfield-Clark CTC-Culinary Arts and Carpentry Departments and Schwebel Baking Company.
We would also like to thank Professor Scott
Dooley and his student volunteers for their hard work in creating
850 beautifully hand crafted bowls. Also,
a special thanks goes to the Empty Bowls Committee for their commitment in securing sponsors and volunteering
their time to help make this year’s event a huge success: Anna List (Wittenberg University Student Coordinator),
Lee Ann Lopez, Stephanie McCuistion, Kathy Kridler, Terese Larson, Ellen Levine, Mandy Collins,
Lori Burcham, Kary Iddings, Melissa Patsiavos, Marjorie Coleman, Anna Plataniotis. The event total for 2009 was
$21,889!!! Great job everyone!
If you or your group wants to sponsor or help with
the 2010 year's 16th Annual event, contact Anna Plataniotis
at (937)325-8715
or
email Anna.
Date:
Thursday March 25, 2010 |
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Barstool Open 2008 marked our inaugural Barstool Open Mini-Golf event. Mini-Golf holes were set up at nine area participating bars/pubs. Teams of 4 Donated $100 to play, with the winning team receiving $400! Even though it was our first year, 35 teams signed up to participate! They traveled in a 14 mile circle to the nine bars sponsoring the event. Each team also had to have a designated driver who received free non-alcoholic beverages at each stop. All Proceeds went to the Second Harvest Food Bank! The final toll after expenses was $2,607 raised!! Congratulations to our 1st place winners from Lacy's, Sports Bar, Bill Carlos, Chuck Fenwick, Joe Kunkel and Matt Williams. Everyone is already excited about next year! Look for signs and get ready... it will always be on the Ohio State "bye" weekend.
Getting into the spirit of the season! Some even wore costumes!
Date:
Saturday Nov 6, 2010 All Bar's decorated their own holes.
Some holes were more challenging than others.
Catholic Charities & Second Harvest Food
Bank honor
2008 sponsors for their generous support:
Heroes Bar & Grill, O'Conners Irish Pub, Ridgewood Cafe', Mug-N-Jug, Lacy's Sports Bar, Disabled American Veterens (DAV),
Savoy Lounge, Station 1, & Murphy's Pub
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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 food bank to meet the demands of its agencies.
Food drives are accomplished through door to door or use of collection barrels
(to name a few methods). Below are links to some specific
food drives conducted annually.  |
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