Stockbridge Community Outreach
Outreach in Action: If buying food is putting a hole in your pocket, help may be on the way.
UPDATE: This Outreach in Action column in the February edition of the Stockbridge Community News mistakenly attributed the food distribution on first Fridays from 1–2 p.m. to the wrong program and neglected to specify who is eligible for this food distribution program. CORRECTION: The First Friday distributions from 1 to 2 p.m. are part of the […]
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Collaboration between Outreach and South Michigan Food Bank still going strong by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall Nearly ten years after its inception, a collaboration between Stockbridge Community Outreach and the South Michigan Food Bank is still going strong, according to coordinator Dianna Carpenter. Offering a monthly food distribution for low-income families in Jackson County, […]
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Outreach provides community services with an eye to protecting the environment by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall Reduce, reuse, recycle. This phrase dates back to at least the 1970s. And while it might not be the first thing you think of when you think of Outreach, this phrase describes a large part of what Stockbridge […]
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Outreach Holiday Program: The need keeps growing, for enrolled families and for donors by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall The holidays are fast approaching and with them come thoughts—and a bit of panic—of the holiday programs at Outreach. Demand for the programs, which involve special distributions of food and gifts donated by the community, is […]
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Outreach ‘Featured Recipes’ evolve from 2010 cookbook by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall Clearing out a pile of old cookbooks the other day, we were rewarded with an unexpected gift. Tucked in the corner: a humble, recipe-card-sized Outreach cookbook from 2010. It delighted us to look through and remember past and present board members, Outreach […]
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Don’t let ‘thinking traps’ sabotage your mental health by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall July’s Social Hour at Outreach started with a discussion of “Thinking Traps,” and how we sometimes sabotage our mental health by falling into them. Thinking traps? They’re common—they refer to negative actions like focusing more on our perceived failures rather than […]
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Stuck in a web of debt? Outreach has suggestions that can help. by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall Spider webs abound in the summer, with multiple intricate shapes and designs. But no matter how they look, webs share a common purpose: trapping prey. Many of our Outreach clients find themselves trapped in a web of […]
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At Outreach, Christmas begins long before cold weather sets in by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future.” —Scrooge, in Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” Sure, it may be a hot […]
Outreach in Action: Mary Myer, dedicated volunteer and board member, retires after 25 years with Outreach
by Jackie Scheller In the field of volunteerism, there are some genuinely amazing, pioneering leaders whose stories are sure to motivate you. Mary Myer of Stockbridge is one of those people. Like so many other volunteer leaders, Myer learned from the late Margaret Wild, a founder and champion of Stockbridge Community Outreach, along with several […]
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“I need help.” These words hold so many meanings. by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall “I need help.” Difficult words to say—and hear—but common words heard in the Stockbridge Community Outreach office. Sometimes the words indicate someone needs a financial hand with utility bills or filling their food needs, but other times, these words mean […]