Agency Programs
We provide these programs to a range of clients including singles, families and seniors.
Once approved, based on guidelines of household size and income, the following programs become available to them at no cost to the client.
Food Pantry: Part of our facility is our food pantry which provides complete and balanced meals to our clients with sufficient food to accommodate all persons living in the home. It is our philosophy that regardless of parental lifestyle, if there are planned meals in the home the children will not go hungry and may also benefit in other ways from the familial value of an organized mealtime. If someone is in immediate need of food and they are not one of our pre-approved clients, our policy is to give them "emergency food” from the food pantry and have them complete an application form for future needs.
Clothing and Household Items: We provide our clients with gently used clothing, laundered by our volunteers, and made available on a daily basis. The clothing is donated by persons in our community. Household items are also donated, and special needs are met whenever possible such as requests for beds, cribs, household furniture, etc.
Utility and Housing Assistance: In order to provide our clients another opportunity to maintain reasonable living accommodations, we assist with utility and rent/mortgage payments. When a client requests assistance, we are able to send the necessary funds directly to utility companies and/or landlords to ease the economic burden that many families have had to shoulder in recent years.
Summer Lunches: Five lunches per week are offered for school age children who have been on a government funded school program which ends with the school year. Their eligibility is qualified by the North Ridgeville City Schools. Food is purchased in bulk and then packaged and distributed by volunteers.
School Supplies: Required school supplies are purchased and distributed to school age children. We feel it is important for all children to begin the school year on an equal footing with their classmates, and to better enable them to focus on their studies in the year ahead, dignity intact.
Easter Baskets: Easter baskets for client children and senior citizens are distributed along with a box of food for Easter dinner, including a ham, and eggs for coloring.
Thanksgiving Baskets: Each Thanksgiving we receive donations of turkeys and other food items for Thanksgiving. The week before the holiday, we offer baskets containing an entire meal complete with a turkey.
Christmas Store and Adopt-A-Child Program: Every Christmas we request donations from the community for new gift items: brand new toys, clothes, games, etc. We place all of these items by category in our specially designated "gift shop" area and, prior to Christmas, invite our clients to shop (with no money) for their family members and loved ones. We also ask our clients to fill out Wish Lists which we pass on to people in our community who would like to "adopt" a child or family for Christmas. Each year we make every effort to ensure that every client with a Wish List receives gifts for Christmas.
Essentials: Twice a month, items that are needed on a daily basis, which are not covered by Food Stamps, are offered to our clients. These essentials include personal hygiene products such as toothpaste, soap, shampoo, laundry detergent and cleaning supplies, as well as paper products like paper towels, Saran wrap, aluminum foil and toilet paper.
Community Care Garden: An amazing group of volunteer men and women from the community work together at a local garden plot in order to grow produce to donate and distribute to our clients. We believe it is a great blessing to be able to offer fresh, in-season vegetables to our clients.
We provide these programs to a range of clients including singles, families and seniors.
Once approved, based on guidelines of household size and income, the following programs become available to them at no cost to the client.
Food Pantry: Part of our facility is our food pantry which provides complete and balanced meals to our clients with sufficient food to accommodate all persons living in the home. It is our philosophy that regardless of parental lifestyle, if there are planned meals in the home the children will not go hungry and may also benefit in other ways from the familial value of an organized mealtime. If someone is in immediate need of food and they are not one of our pre-approved clients, our policy is to give them "emergency food” from the food pantry and have them complete an application form for future needs.
Clothing and Household Items: We provide our clients with gently used clothing, laundered by our volunteers, and made available on a daily basis. The clothing is donated by persons in our community. Household items are also donated, and special needs are met whenever possible such as requests for beds, cribs, household furniture, etc.
Utility and Housing Assistance: In order to provide our clients another opportunity to maintain reasonable living accommodations, we assist with utility and rent/mortgage payments. When a client requests assistance, we are able to send the necessary funds directly to utility companies and/or landlords to ease the economic burden that many families have had to shoulder in recent years.
Summer Lunches: Five lunches per week are offered for school age children who have been on a government funded school program which ends with the school year. Their eligibility is qualified by the North Ridgeville City Schools. Food is purchased in bulk and then packaged and distributed by volunteers.
School Supplies: Required school supplies are purchased and distributed to school age children. We feel it is important for all children to begin the school year on an equal footing with their classmates, and to better enable them to focus on their studies in the year ahead, dignity intact.
Easter Baskets: Easter baskets for client children and senior citizens are distributed along with a box of food for Easter dinner, including a ham, and eggs for coloring.
Thanksgiving Baskets: Each Thanksgiving we receive donations of turkeys and other food items for Thanksgiving. The week before the holiday, we offer baskets containing an entire meal complete with a turkey.
Christmas Store and Adopt-A-Child Program: Every Christmas we request donations from the community for new gift items: brand new toys, clothes, games, etc. We place all of these items by category in our specially designated "gift shop" area and, prior to Christmas, invite our clients to shop (with no money) for their family members and loved ones. We also ask our clients to fill out Wish Lists which we pass on to people in our community who would like to "adopt" a child or family for Christmas. Each year we make every effort to ensure that every client with a Wish List receives gifts for Christmas.
Essentials: Twice a month, items that are needed on a daily basis, which are not covered by Food Stamps, are offered to our clients. These essentials include personal hygiene products such as toothpaste, soap, shampoo, laundry detergent and cleaning supplies, as well as paper products like paper towels, Saran wrap, aluminum foil and toilet paper.
Community Care Garden: An amazing group of volunteer men and women from the community work together at a local garden plot in order to grow produce to donate and distribute to our clients. We believe it is a great blessing to be able to offer fresh, in-season vegetables to our clients.
