Programs
COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNER
Each year, on Thanksgiving Eve, we prepare and serve a complete dinner, with turkey and all the
trimmings, to many who would not otherwise have one. In cooperation with Kent State University
and the participation of several area churches, hundreds of volunteers seek to feed the soul as
well as the body. This program is not limited to our geographic service area but reaches into
almost all neighborhoods of greater Akron.
For additional information please contact:
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
Each year, through the generosity of numerous businesses, fraternal organizations, church groups
and individuals, we are able to provide several hundred families with a bit of holiday warmth.
Volunteers sort through thousands of donated items to create a collection of food, toys and
clothing to assist those who might not otherwise have much to celebrate at Christmas.
Families, businesses, and church groups "adopt" families for the holiday. Gifts for each member of
the family are selected by the sponsors. In addition, sponsors assemble all the fixings for
Christmas dinner and ( if they wish) deliver the fruits of their labor directly to the family they have
selected.
At the same time, the churches of OPEN M each adopt an item of food to build 200 food boxes
(e.g. one congregation provides 200 turkeys; another collects 600 boxes of macaroni-and-cheese
dinners, etc.). When these items are assembled, they make up a week's menu for a family.
These are distributed to the last 200 families after all the gifts have run out.
- "What can we do better together than anyone of us can do apart?"
- - Jack Dennison, Founder & President CitiReach International
COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING DINNER
Each year, on Thanksgiving Eve, we prepare and serve a complete dinner, with turkey and all the
trimmings, to many who would not otherwise have one. In cooperation with Kent State University
and the participation of several area churches, hundreds of volunteers seek to feed the soul as
well as the body. This program is not limited to our geographic service area but reaches into
almost all neighborhoods of greater Akron.
For additional information please contact:
- Bobbie Boyer
OPEN M Food Service Manager
330.434.0110 Ext. 424
food@openm.org
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
Each year, through the generosity of numerous businesses, fraternal organizations, church groups
and individuals, we are able to provide several hundred families with a bit of holiday warmth.
Volunteers sort through thousands of donated items to create a collection of food, toys and
clothing to assist those who might not otherwise have much to celebrate at Christmas.
Families, businesses, and church groups "adopt" families for the holiday. Gifts for each member of
the family are selected by the sponsors. In addition, sponsors assemble all the fixings for
Christmas dinner and ( if they wish) deliver the fruits of their labor directly to the family they have
selected.
At the same time, the churches of OPEN M each adopt an item of food to build 200 food boxes
(e.g. one congregation provides 200 turkeys; another collects 600 boxes of macaroni-and-cheese
dinners, etc.). When these items are assembled, they make up a week's menu for a family.
These are distributed to the last 200 families after all the gifts have run out.
- Dave King
OPEN M Operations Manager
330.434.0110 Ext. 419
operations@openm.org
Celebrating Over 40 Years......
- Feeding the Hungry
- Caring for the Sick
- Nurturing Children
- Supporting Families
- Strengthening Neighborhoods
| 941 Princeton Street Akron, Ohio 44311 330.434.0110 |
A Beacon of Hope in the Heart of the City |
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