April Showers, May Flowers?
By | May 20, 2009
“Rain, Rain Go Away. Come Again Another Day“
The Drought is over according to our local weather forecasters. After such a long period with out rain it almost feels mean spirited to wish it would stop. Waking up with the rain, working in the rain, watching clients get soaked as they came to register for food. Unlike the drought, hunger and need did not stop with the rain.
March was incredibly busy. We saw a 47% increase year to date over the previous year and we are in an economic slow-down. The best surprise was witnessing the faithfulness of God. The Caring Place was blessed by individual’s, churches, businesses, and several organizations with donations of clothing and food. We met this increase of need through God’s wonderful blessings.
April was not quite as busy as March but we continued to see the trend of more than 1,000 bags of food given away. In fact, The Caring Place has not fallen below 1,000 bags per month since July 2008. Our many volunteers worked very hard to pack food bags, sort and hang clothing, and to reach out in love to each consumer.
May began with a rush of need. Many families are coming to The Caring Place for the first time. It is an awesome responsibility given by God to be His servants to hurting people. Remeber The Caring Place with your prayers and donations.
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Volunteer night at the Chattanooga Lookouts
By | April 22, 2009
Several volunteers from The Caring Place enjoyed a night of baseball and fun April 18th. Volunteer Manager, Angela Malone organized a group outing to the volunteer night at the Lookouts. In addition to watching the Lookouts and the Montgomery Biscuts, volunteers were treated to the antics of the Zooperstars from America’s got Talent tv show.
If you are interested in becoming a volunteer at The Caring Place please contact Angela at 423-472-4414.
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Training News
By | March 17, 2009
The Caring Place recently held our first annual training event. All active volunteers from various jobs came and updated their skills. Questions, games, and meeting new people gave the day a festive feel. The Caring Place staff came in fatigues but with great smiles for the commitment shown by our volunteers.
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Ocoee Middle School and the Empty Bowl Project
By jjones | February 13, 2009
Empty Bowl Projec
On Jan. 22, Ocoee Middle School art teacher Amanda Duncan and the OMS Art Club, Art I and Art II classes presented a check for $860 to The Caring Place. The art students made 68 ceramic soup bowls in class and then held a soup night where they charged $20 per family to attend. The families kept the handmade bowls after the event and all donated money went to The Caring Place.
Ms. Duncan got the idea from the Empty Bowl Project, which is an international effort to fight hunger. For more information about the Empty Bowl Project click on this link: http://www.emptybowls.net/EmptyBowlsProject.htm
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Cooke’s Food Stores
By jjones | December 16, 2008
Cooke's Food Store
Cooke’s Food Stores have partnered with The Caring Place since 2006. Their initial involvement was utilizing their employees to assemble bags of food for purchase. Customers are encouraged to buy these bags of non-perishable food items for $5 and then place them in The Caring Place’s barrel in the store’s front lobby. Cooke’s next level of involvement was allowing their Operations Manager, Tom Harris, to become a member of The Caring Place’s Board of Directors. Harris takes his role seriously and has proven to be an incredible asset to The Caring Place. Cooke’s recently increased their involvement by donating a total of eight pallets of food from their stores on Keith Street, Springplace and Georgetown Roads.
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Model Train Show November 8,9,15th, and 16th
By jjones | October 24, 2008
You are invited to a Model Train Show at 2020 Glenwood Drive, NW
(between Georgetown Road and 20th street) benefitting The Caring Place.
Admission is free, however a donation of non-perishable food items
or a monetary donation for The Caring Place would be appreciated.
Children of all ages are welcome.
For Groups, Please call for an appointment 423-479-1081.
The shows are:
- Saturday, November 8, 2008 from 1-5pm
- Sunday, November 9 from 2-4pm
- Saturday, November 15th 1-5pm
- Sunday, November 16th 2-4pm
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Introducing our New Volunteer Manager
By jjones | September 7, 2008
- Volunteer Manager, Angela Malone
Introducing our new Volunteer Manager, Angela Malone. Angela interned with The Caring Place in 2007-2008 during her senior year with UTC. She is a familar face, as she also volunteered following her Social Work internship. Angela will be working with our 100 plus volunteers training and scheduling. Angela will also be recruiting new volunteers as The Caring Place prayerfully works toward being open more hours. If you are interested in volunteering with The Caring Place, you can contact Angela at angela@thecaringplaceonline.org.
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Growing, Grace, and Groceries
By Admin | August 14, 2008
Growth
The summer of 2008 has set new growth records at The Caring Place. We had the busiest month since the opening 6 years ago. In July, 1022 households received food with 940 households receiving clothing. During this same time period our regional food bank (a primary source of food) was experiencing a record shortage. Yet, we did not run out of food. Donations have come in steadily as the number of consumers has grown.
Groceries
In July and August, Bi-Lo chose The Caring Place to benefit from the two Cleveland stores annual hunger drive. Hundreds of people purchased $5 bags of groceries. Volunteers from The Caring Place manned tables to encourage donations on three different Saturdays. Thank you Bi-Lo, the caring people of Cleveland, and our wonderful volunteers.
Grace
“Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope, comfort you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say.” 2 Thessolonians 2:16-17
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Coming in May
By Admin | May 1, 2008
Saturday, May 3rd (9am – 3pm) BI-LO Fundraiser: bake sale, car wash, concession stand at the store on Ocoee Crossing
Saturday, May 10th (11am – 3pm) Postal Food Drive
Saturday, May 24th (9am – 3pm) BI-LO Fundraiser: bake sale, car wash, concession stand at the store on Ocoee Crossing
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New Donor Cards – Available for Any Occasion!
By Admin | December 4, 2007
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