Goodwill’s CARE Participants Show Their Giving Spirit this Holiday Season!
Ohio Valley Goodwill’s Center for Advocacy, Recreation and Education (CARE) program was truly in the giving holiday spirit this year as they made a contribution to the Shared Harvest Food Bank. The Food Drive was held through the month of December and the program’s participants as well as staff team members gathered food to contribute to the Food Bank. Almost 200 items were collected and given to the Shared Harvest team on Thursday, December 23rd. Shared Harvest was delighted to receive the generous donation and the CARE team took great pride in carrying out and delivering the boxes of non-perishable items to share with those in need.
Pictured are: Eddie Morgan, Liz Steele, Jonathan Hicks and Liz Roy, 1st image. Eddie and Liz in the 2nd image. Jonathan, Eddie and Liz in the 3rd photo and Liz Roy, Elizabeth Steele, Eddie Morgan, Jonathon Hicks and Tiffany Jackson, (rear), in the 4th photo.
” I am very proud of all of the CARE team members for stepping up and working so hard to help others in our community,” said Lois Kramer, CARE Program Coordinator. In Ohio, more than two million citizens are currently struggling with food insecurity and the CARE team really wanted to do their part to help out. Goodwill’s Center for Advocacy, Recreation and Education (CARE) is designed to offer enrichment, personal development and community integration opportunities for individuals with Developmental Disabilities served by the organization. The award-winning program recently celebrated its 17th anniversary of service and has a long-standing reputation for promoting the idea of giving back to the community through a variety of volunteer opportunities.
When the CARE volunteers delivered the 2021 Food Drive Donation, Shared Harvest Executive Director, Terry Perdue, was there to thank them for their kind contribution. “I love your mission of service to the community and thank you so much for your generous support,” said Perdue after accepting the donation.
Ohio Valley Goodwill is very proud of the CARE program and its participants efforts to do their part to help the larger community during this challenging holiday season for many of our local citizens.
To find out more about the Center for Advocacy, Recreation and Education, visit www.cincinnatigoodwill.org/services.
CARE Team with Coordinator Lois Kramer
CARE Team loading van with food donations
CARE Team making Holiday Donation to Shared Harvest Food Bank with Terry Perdue, Exec Director, center.
