Header Photo of barn in Lorain County on Otten Rd.; Courtesy of Diane Mohrman
“Each New Year, we have before us a brand new book containing 365 blank pages. Let us fill them with all the forgotten things from last year—the words we forgot to say, the love we forgot to show, and the charity we forgot to offer.”
― Peggy Toney Horton
― Peggy Toney Horton
Hygiene Drive 2019
Many folks in our community are on a fixed income and/or government assistance and need help to get the necessary hygiene products for their families. Invest Elyria and the Lorain County Urban League are both proud to serve as hosts of this personal hygiene drive. Your donations will help establish invest Elyria, partnering with Our F.A.M.I.L.Y as a Mobile Market Pantry. Invest Elyria hygiene purchases along with your donations on this drive will be distributed to those in need on the south side of Elyria, OH. We hope that you will find it in your hearts to donate generously to this cause...Thank You!
Drive runs from 1-16-2019 through 1-31-2019 Note: In lieu of donating a product you can go to our Website's Donate Page. All donations made there using the Hygiene Drive button will be used to buy hygiene products for this drive...Thank You!
Drive runs from 1-16-2019 through 1-31-2019 Note: In lieu of donating a product you can go to our Website's Donate Page. All donations made there using the Hygiene Drive button will be used to buy hygiene products for this drive...Thank You!
“You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.” -John Wooden
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Warming Event update 1-16-2019:
Thanks to all that stopped over 1-15-19 to help bag over 500 the clothing items for the Warming Drive: Jane Schuster, Linda Jackson, Jacque Mancuso, Sally Whitfield, Chris & Amanda Pyanowski, Tim and & Mary Bryan, Marissa Peacock, Barbie Blackhall and our host Bobbie Sears.
Thanks to all that stopped over 1-15-19 to help bag over 500 the clothing items for the Warming Drive: Jane Schuster, Linda Jackson, Jacque Mancuso, Sally Whitfield, Chris & Amanda Pyanowski, Tim and & Mary Bryan, Marissa Peacock, Barbie Blackhall and our host Bobbie Sears.
Warming Event Videos 1-21-2019 in Ely Square:
Message from Beth Doyle who spearheaded this event with her group The Elyria Hookers: "Thank you to everyone who donated, bagged, shoveled snow, braved the cold...never forget this community is full of good humans."
Message from Beth Doyle who spearheaded this event with her group The Elyria Hookers: "Thank you to everyone who donated, bagged, shoveled snow, braved the cold...never forget this community is full of good humans."
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St. Andrews - McDonald's Gift Card Drive 2018
For the homeless that stop by the church asking for help - donate a McDonald's $5 Gift Cards. Please purchase and drop off at St. Andrews Church (Holly Lane entrance - there is a mail slot there). McDonald's Gift Cards can also be sent by mail to: St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 300 3rd. St., Elyria, OH 44035. These gift cards are used to provide a hot meal for those people that stop by the church asking for help. ...Thank You!