WHAT WE DO ...
Feed the Hungry
Care for the Sick
Nurture Children
Support Families
Strengthen Neighborhoods
941 Princeton Street
Akron, Ohio 44311
330.434.0110
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Programs
"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
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 rehabilitate toys and sort through thousands of donated items — both new
and gently used — 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.
For additional information please contact: Sheila Sims
OPEN M Family Development
330.434.0110, Ext. 403
family@openm.org
RUBBER CITY WORK CAMP
Each Summer we provide a program of mission education and service through our unique
urban work camp. Campers, adult and teenage, live in our Neighborhood Center and spend
each day working at various repair and painting projects for a week. Work sites include church
buildings and the homes of persons who need assistance in keeping their home; we focus
especially on the disabled and elderly who are unable to make necessary repairs themselves.
Each evening, campers are hosted for dinner by different congregations. Experiencing
different ethnic groups, their food and particular ways of being in mission to their
communities brings new awareness to the issues of urban ministry.
For additional information please contact: Betty Eberly
OPEN M
Opportunity Parish
Ecumenical Neighborhood
Ministry
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A Beacon of
Hope
in the Heart
of the
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