Monthly Updates
Cooke’s Food Stores
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008Cooke'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 [...]
Introducing our New Volunteer Manager
Sunday, September 7th, 2008Volunteer 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 [...]
Growing, Grace, and Groceries
Thursday, August 14th, 2008Growth
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 [...]
