On Jan. 22, 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. Families kept the handmade, colorful bowls after the event and all the money raised was donated to The Caring Place.

“I got the idea from the Empty Bowl Project, which is an international effort to fight hunger. We implemented it on a local level by giving to The Caring Place,” said Duncan. Duncan said her students were responsible for every aspect of the fund-raising event, from making the bowls and helping serve soup to making posters and decorations for the night.

Empty Bowl Project

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.

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

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.

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

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

The Caring Place Mission Statement

The Caring Place is a Christian,
non-profit organization committed
to modeling the love of Christ
by meeting basic physical, spiritual,
and social needs of the disadvantaged
in Bradley County