Mindy Penn at CRS accepted North Coast Rotary’s donation of 60 dozen eggs for the Community Resource Services’ Easter brunch bags for families in need.
Volunteers from New Westsiders supplied an additional 30 dozen eggs for a successful Easter Brunch Bag project.
On May 14th, Rotarians will help CRS sort and stock donations from the “Stamp Out Hunger” campaign.
Community Support is important to us; thank you to CRS for providing these opportunities to help!
MESA – Medical Equipment and Supplies Abroad is a 501(c)3 organization formed in 1981 by the Rotary Clubs of Ohio District 6600. North Coast has been supporting MESA with used but usable medical supplies, clothing, educational resources and more donated by our community members, donors from Community Resource Services, and local businesses and stored in a trailer made available by Rotarian Doug Maurer. Sprenger Healthcare Towne Center also collected equipment and supplies, stored them locally and made them available for a collection day in August. At MESA’s warehouse in Fostoria, Ohio, donations are sorted, stored and subsequently into a shipping container destined for a port of a local rotary club for distribution. This year over 30 containers have been shipped including 12 to Ukraine.
Rotarians also provide financial support and participate in MESA’s annual bike ride fundraiser. This year cyclists rode through our service areas and Tri-C Westshore generously hosted North Coast Rotarians and the MESA bike riders for lunch.
North Coast Rotary will be continuing to collect used but usable medical supplies for MESA.
In September, we received a certificate of appreciation from CRS, Community Resource Services (serving Avon and Avon Lake) and “thanks” from the Brookside Schools for our boxes and boxes of school supply donations for students in need – this initiative was in collaboration with New WestSiders and Avon Lake Kiwanis.
We also received a Thank You letter from Blessing House (a children’s crisis care center) for our financial contributions to their capital campaign of $1000, when leveraged with matching donations.
Thanks to these Rotarians, CRS was able to distribute some pretty awesome looking produce to 64 seniors, 26 adults and 23 children. This is the 2nd year that Rotarians have been able to help at a CRS Farmers’ Market. CRS, Community Resource Services, helps people in need in Avon and Avon Lake.
North Coast Rotary Club and Foundation 