Stockbridge Community Outreach
Stockbridge Outreach in Action
Assistance advice and energy-saving tips for combating winter’s chill by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall While the cool breezes of fall bring back memories of school, fall sports, bonfires and hay rides to some of us, to others they bring the chilling realization that heating season will start soon. Many are ill-prepared to weather that […]
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Director milestone: Looking back on paper towel, prom shoes, and smiling faces. by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall August 18, 2022 marked the first full year of Gwen Reid’s tenure as Director at Stockbridge Community Outreach, so we sat down with her to ask a few questions about how she is faring. Paul: If you […]
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Tide Me Over tackles food insecurity challenges for school-aged children by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall Lately the pandemic has cast a brighter light on food insecurity in our country, but the problem is hardly new. In fact, a Stockbridge Community Outreach program to send home backpacks of food with kids who qualify for the […]
2022 Stockbridge Community Outreach Programs
CHRISTMAS IN JULY: Double your donation by helping us match our “Secret Santa’s” gift of $5,000! Mail donations from July 1 to 31 to Outreach, P.O. Box 682, Stockbridge, MI 49285 or pay using the donate button on Facebook. Also, you can drop donations at our office in the old middle school, door #120, Elm […]
Outreach in Action
Groceries and bank reform can help ease the grip of financial need by Jo Mayer In the parking lot outside Stockbridge Community Outreach today, we gave out 70 “surprise” grocery bags filled with food. “Surprise,” because each week the contents vary based on what the Greater Lansing Food Bank’s truck disgorges. What’s not surprising is […]
2022 Stockbridge Community Outreach Programs
CHRISTMAS IN JULY: Double your donation by helping us match our “Secret Santa’s” gift of $5,000! Mail donations from July 1 to 31 to Outreach, P.O. Box 682, Stockbridge, MI 49285 or pay using the donate button on Facebook. Also, you can drop donations at our office in the old middle school, door #120, Elm […]
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Public transportation options in and around Stockbridge by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall Getting from point A to point B when you have no working vehicle presents a challenge in lots of places, but especially in rural locations like the Stockbridge area. Fortunately, we do have public transportation options, which can be a life-saver for […]
Do your part to Stamp Out Hunger
Information provided by Stockbridge Outreach For 30 years, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) has conducted the annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive, collecting non-perishable food donations along postal routes across the country. The drive returns this spring on Saturday, May 14, 2022. On that day, residents are encouraged to leave a bag of […]
Outreach: It takes a village—and then some
by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall Every Wednesday Pete Lonsberry pulls into the parking lot of Stockbridge Community Outreach off Cherry and Elm Streets and unloads pallets of produce, dairy and other perishable food from his Greater Lansing Food Bank truck. “It’s nice helping people out,” said Lonsberry, who’s been delivering for the Greater Lansing […]
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Local food programs help fill the grocery gap for those in need by Jo Mayer and Paul Crandall Those living on a tight budget in the greater Stockbridge area have to be resourceful when trying to meet their food needs. With the nearest abundantly stocked grocery at least 15 miles away, many rely on what […]