Stockbridge Community Outreach
Outreach in Action
October kicks off the 2023 Outreach busy season by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall The mostly volunteer workforce at Stockbridge Community Outreach is always busy with regular commitments, including weekly distribution of grocery bags full of food to over 100 households, weekly food assistance to over 80 students, one-on-one help reaching over 70 families monthly […]
Stockbridge FFA Chapter Donates Fresh Eggs to Community Outreach
The Stockbridge Community Outreach is a non-profit organization that helps low-income Stockbridge families receive food and other necessities. They offer assistance with food, housing, transportation, prescription medications, utilities, clothing, and household goods. Outreach serves over 70 families per month. Even with all of these resources, Outreach still lacks fresh, wholesome foods. Farmers frequently donate their […]
Outreach in Action
Emergency Preparedness: If chimps can do it, we can too by Jo Mayer Sharing a pertinent news Item, from the August 8 issue of the New York Times: A retirement home for research chimpanzees in Louisiana has begun teaching its 300 chimps to quickly take shelter inside when employees sound an “extreme weather” alarm. Maybe […]
Outreach in Action
Cindy Ashley devotes time to two passions: Stockbridge Community Outreach and Celebrate Recovery by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall Cindy Ashley, a retired General Motors machinist after 32 years, loves a lot: God, her family and friends, horses, donkeys, dogs, sweets, and much more. Two passions, in particular, keep her fulfilled and grounded: volunteering at […]
Outreach in Action: Diaper Bank works with Stockbridge Outreach to provide supplies for all ages
by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall Outreach has a new, “undercover” partner: a diaper and adult disposable briefs bank. “I like to say it’s all about bottoms,” explained Sandy Andresen, volunteer at the Diaper Bank, located in the basement of the First Congregational Church of Chelsea, UCC. “We have diapers for children, adult disposable briefs, […]
Outreach Christmas in July: Your donation matched dollar-for-dollar
Information provided by Outreach supporter It is hard to believe we are almost through spring and on to a brilliant summer. At Stockbridge Community Outreach, we are neck-deep in preparing for our community’s needs in 2023-24 and raising money to support those needs. This year’s Christmas in July Matching Money event is more important than […]
Free Sparrow medical-clinic-on-wheels at Outreach in June and September for drop-in visits
by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall At last, summer is in the air. With it comes the welcome return of mobile health care to the Stockbridge area, offering no-charge services on a drop-in basis. Staffed by physicians and nurses and dedicated to providing care to those who lack access , the Sparrow Mobile Health Unit […]
Outreach in Action
Lori Hendrick is an Outreach staple who wears many hats by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall At first glance, the Stockbridge Library (CADL) seems to be in a very different business from Stockbridge Community Outreach, yet we have many things in common. We both serve the general public. We both offer services at no charge. […]
Outreach in Action
Got Milk? Clients of Stockbridge Community Outreach do! by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall Thanks to funding from Ingham County, clients who shop the Stockbridge Community Outreach food pantry also get “milk bucks” coupons—each good for a gallon of milk. The coupons are redeemable at three area Mugg & Bopps stores and at Plane Food […]
Women of Note
Volunteering is a way of life for Cheryl Holloway by Tina Cole-Mullins Retired Stockbridge teacher and coach Cheryl Holloway spends much of her time giving selflessly to others. Her help extends to organizations such as Stockbridge Community Outreach and a women’s golf league at Hankerd Hills Golf Course at Pleasant Lake. She works with programs […]