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Senior Corps Volunteers Recognized at Luncheon
September 18, 2017 Senior Corps volunteers from Montgomery, Clark and Greene counties in the Foster Grandparents Program (FGP) and Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) will be recognized at a luncheon to be held on Friday, September 15, 2017 from 11am – 1pm at the Montgomery County Business Solutions Center, 1435 Cincinnati Street, Dayton. Lorine…
Read MoreF&CS Awarded $188,478 to Support Senior Volunteer Service
August 2, 2017 Family & Community Services, Inc. (F&CS) announced today that it has received a Senior Corps RSVP grant totaling $188,478 from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to support 452 RSVP volunteers serving in four more counties in Ohio. The grant will expand the F&CS RSVP presence in Delaware, Franklin, Geauga…
Read MoreMobile Meals Receives $60,000 Grant from GAR Foundation
June 23, 2017 The Distribution Committee of GAR Foundation awarded Mobile Meals, a program of Family & Community Services, Inc., $60,000 to fund general operations at its May meeting. Mobile Meals is a nonprofit organization that provides hot and frozen meals to seniors in Summit, Portage and Cuyahoga counties. The award from GAR will be…
Read MoreMural Offers Striking Image for Valor Home in Lorain
May 17, 2017 LORAIN, Ohio – “Lady Liberty” towers with an upraised sword, flanked by a mighty lion, on the side of Valor Home, a residential facility for homeless veterans that is getting a new, distinctively identifying exterior mural. The work is the latest project of Amherst artist Mike Sekletar, 40, who in recent years…
Read MoreStamp Out Hunger Food Drive set for May 13
May 8, 2017 In 2016, the Center of Hope served over 4,400 households in the Ravenna and surrounding areas, providing 25,000 bags of groceries and serving 35,000 hot meals. Nearly 1,100 of those households came from the 44266 zip code. The need is not diminishing, especially given the rising costs of groceries, said Anne Marie…
Read MoreEx-judge Swift Honors Son with Donation to Valley Counseling
May 1, 2017 WARREN — Retired Trumbull County Probate Judge Thomas Swift remembers his late son Ethan as a champion of the underprivileged. “He would always go out of his way for those kids who grew up with hardly anything. I remember him taking some of the disabled kids to ballgames in Cleveland and Pittsburgh,”…
Read MoreStark County – Mayor and County Day of Recognition for National Service
March 24, 2017 Senior Corps of Stark County was grateful to have the Honorable Thomas M. Bernabei present a proclamation to the gathered group of volunteers, Advisory Council members, local Site Supervisors and FCS Staff in honor of Mayor and County Recognition Day for National Service. The celebration took place at the Community Campus at…
Read MoreMobile Meals Fighting Trump’s Plan to Cut Funding for Meal Delivery Programs Nationwide
March 20, 2017 Mobile Meals Inc. — the group that delivers about 2,600 meals and supplements daily to Northeast Ohioans — is fighting back against President Donald Trump’s proposal to cut funding for meal delivery programs nationwide. Mark Frisone, executive director of Family & Community Services, said the proposed federal funding cuts make up the…
Read More“Jars of Inspiration” Give Thanks and Appreciation to Valor Home Residents
February 15, 2017 Twenty students from the North High School Biomedical Science program made their second annual visit to the Valor Home of Akron. On Monday, February 13th, they presented over a dozen homemade “Jars of Inspiration” to the director of the Valor Home, Michael Semon, and some of the resident veterans. The clear plastic…
Read MoreOperation Restoration: Enhancing Veterans’ Lives, Preserving a Piece of Ravenna
January 27, 2017 A Ravenna house built in 1871 by a Civil War veteran will be completed in February when four homeless veterans from Portage County move into Operation Restoration. The brainchild of Family & Community Services, Inc., the housing project is now nearing completion. A soft opening of the house, located at 213 W.…
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