NWS Volunteers partner on Blankets for Beds Project

October 23, 2023October 22, 2023 / jinnyn

Over the past several months Rotary obtained hundreds of imperfect blankets vacuum sealed in bags of 5 – 8 blankets each. They were donated by a Groveport, Ohio manufacturer. New Westsider Club-Volunteers joined Rotarians on four different occasions to unpack, sort for cleaning, sewing or good for the animal shelter. All the immediately usable ones were rewrapped to be distributed to organizations helping those in need. Dozens of imperfect blankets required hours of additional sewing repair and again volunteers from New Westsiders accepted the challenge.

Sixty-five blankets were distributed at the Homeless Stand Down at Sacred Heart Church in South Lorain last week. “Thank you for the blankets, they were wonderful. All of them were gone before the end of the Stand Down!” wrote an organizer of the Lorain County Taskforce for the Homeless (it’s 10th annual event).

We couldn’t have done this without the help of New Westsider volunteers – Thank you!

Rotarians at CRS

October 21, 2023 / jinnyn

On a Tuesday evening, Rotarians were able to support CRS by checking donated products, sorting them and stocking shelves. “You accomplished a lot,” said the CRS Executive Director. We look forward to helping at CRS again.

In continued support of people in need, we will be picking up soup and serving soup at Empty Bowls by the Lake on Saturday October 21^st. That’s today – hope to see you there!

Building Beds at Good Knights/ Twin Blanket Donations

September 1, 2023August 27, 2023 / jinnyn

Rather than having a sit-down meeting North Coast Rotarians met at Good Knights in Amherst to build beds. Sanding, hole-pressing and drilling we worked with several other community groups in support of this worthy cause. We also delivered about two dozen twin blankets from our Blankets for Beds campaign.

Blankets for Beds Thank You and Keep Them Coming!

July 13, 2023July 12, 2023 / jinnyn

Thank you to the many people who have donated blankets gently used or new – please keep them coming! Just recently 75 Blankets were delivered to Neighborhood Alliance. A continuing thank you to Ridge Cleaners who cleans, sanitizes and wraps each blanket, and to the French Creek Family Y for providing temporary storage!

For your convenience, The Avon Lake Public Library and Moe’s Southwest Grill in Avon along with other organizations have agreed to be collection points. And you can always drop blankets off at Ridge Cleaners.

Sprenger Parkway Memory Care Courtyard Beautification

May 23, 2023May 17, 2023 / jinnyn

Rotarians, Rotary’s youth group Interact and Sprenger Towne Center staff collaborated to beautify the enclosed garden area of the Parkway Memory Care Building. With this improvement residents will be able to enjoy a beautiful and peaceful place for many hours this spring and summer.

Blankets for Beds – May 2023 Update

May 20, 2023May 17, 2023 / jinnyn

As of the beginning of May, Ridge Cleaners had provided hundreds of clean, sanitized blankets to Blessing House, Neighborhood Alliance and the Good Knights organizations.

The Blankets for Beds campaign began March 1^st. Community members generously donated new and gently used blankets, and these donations are continuing every week. 300+ Blankets were donated by two Avon Lake School organizations and the Sheffield/Sheffield Lake schools are in the midst of a district-wide collection finishing up this month.

As blankets are cleaned and sanitized, they will be distributed to participating organizations.

Photo: Lisa Sebastian, Owner and President Ridge Cleaners and staff members

My Very Own Blanket – Service Project

June 15, 2022June 13, 2022 / jinnyn

North Coast Rotarians joined the French Creek Family Y Caps and Laps group to cut and knott fringed edges finishing twenty-two fleece blankets. The blanket kits were purchased by North Coast Rotary as part of a District-wide project in which many local rotary clubs participated. The finished blankets will be distributed to foster children in Lorain County and to Blessing House.

School Supplies Collection Update!

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 / northcoastrotary

Dozens and dozens of notebooks, binders, sharpies, post-it notes, pencils, filler paper, and headphones and more were delivered to Community Resource Services and the Sheffield Schools and they all say THANKS! Partnering with New Westsiders and Avon Lake Kiwanis, we were able to provide school supplies needed by students in Avon, Avon Lake, Sheffield and Sheffield Lake.

School Supply Collection for Students in Need

North Coast Rotary gets Flexible!

August 23, 2018August 20, 2018 / northcoastrotary

….with its meeting times, that is. If a breakfast meeting doesn’t match with your busy schedule, we invite you to join us at one of our new monthly lunch meetings – the 4^th Tuesday of the month at The Wine Room, 35840 Chester Road in Avon. Lunch is served at 12:15 pm, and the meeting begins at 12:30 pm. President Pete Sandrev has everyone out the door by 1:15 pm. Check our website for a list of lunch dates. POA_Banners_Digital_1600x350_EN_Inspire