March 2016 - Lake Township FISH

Faithfully I Serve Him
Lake Township FISH
March / April 2016
Editor: Jan Moore-Dwenger
Volume 3, Issue 2
Recap of Jan. / Feb.
Food Orders……..…427
Housing: 5……....$1,715
Electric: 7…...$1,229.85
Gas: 2………..…$147.00
Oil: 0………….….$00.00
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Food for Thought for the New Year
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a
listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which
have the potential to turn a life around. ---- Leo Buscaglia
We have seen how these actions, coupled with the donations given
by the many generous individuals, churches, schools, and businesses
of this community and surrounding area have the power to change
people’s lives. As in 2015, the New Year, 2016, has thankfully
continued this trend. In January and February we have these
groups and individuals to thank:
Faithfully
I
Serve
Him
Food Pantry Needs:
 Crackers
 Cereal
 Shampoo
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Wish List:
X-Large Trash Bags
(39 Gallon)
Ziploc Sandwich
bags
Brown Bag Drives:
 Advent Lutheran Church Grocery Drive
plus a Soup Drive for Souper Bowl
Sunday
 Chapel in Green
 Cornerstone Mennonite Church
 East Nimishillin Church of the Brethren
 Grace United Church Of Christ
 Holy Spirit Catholic Church
 Maple Grove Mennonite Church
 New Life Episcopal
 St. Jacob’s Community Church
 St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church - Souper
Bowl Sunday Soup and Monetary
Collection
Individuals and Groups that brought items:
 Arukah Market
 EnerVest
 Marty Myers
 Mary Myers
 Bonnie Tubo
 Jennifer Roman
 Tom and Jan Dwenger
 Jim Bateman
 Carol Kuryn
 Prestige Baseball
 Jeff Heap
 Barb Laughlin
 Brenda Palinkas
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Helen Ball
Carolyn Clark
Erin Crimaldi
Gayle Sommers
Stark County Hunger Task
Force
Anthoni Rossi
Dave and Linda Dirrig
Sarah Miller
Hartville Pizza Hut
Shirley Schaffer
Shear Shoppe
Chrystal Rose
One–Hundredth Day of School Commemoration
Uniontown Elementary School - 1,300 items
Hartville Elementary School - 2,300 items
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Our wonderful friends at R Grocery Outlet recently held
a "heart" fundraiser for FISH. Customers could simply
write a message on a heart and donate a minimum of
50 cents to FISH. R Grocery matched their donations.
The total combined donation to FISH was $467.30!
Thank you to all those who designated their United Way Dollars
to FISH. This resulted in $1944.44 from the 2015 United Way
General Campaign.
FISH Supporters shopping on-line at Amazon designated a
portion of the purchases’ prices to FISH, which earned
$20.99. This may not seem like much, but with this
money we can purchase 90 pounds of beef, chicken or
pork at the Akron Canton FoodBank...WOW!
Other Donations:
 Seven volunteers from Walsh University and Canton Central Catholic High School helped with
Spring Cleaning of the pantry.
 Dr. Gabe Russo and Dr. Schikowski gave toothbrushes and toothpaste to distribute to all members of clients’ families during February - Dental Health Month
 ACME Fresh Market donated $710.51 as a result of the recent Community Cash Back program.
Thanks to everyone that donated their register receipts to FISH!
March 1 - May 15, 2016 Sponsor Drive - Individuals or businesses: Please consider being a FISH sponsor at
one of 3 levels: $250 - Silver; $500 - Gold; or $1,000 - Platinum. The drive is early this year in order to get
sponsors’ names on T-shirts for the 5K Run/Walk. The sponsorship recognition period will run from
June 1, 2016 to May 31, 2017.
March 6, 2016 - Free concert with canned donations to FISH - New Life Episcopal Church in Uniontown
will host “Simple Gifts”, an award-winning folk music duo at 2:30 PM. Canned goods may be brought to
donate to FISH.
June 11, 2016 - The 6th Annual FISH 5K Walk/ Run will be at Lake High School track and stadium. We are
pleased to announce that we have added two new events this year! Please see the flyer attached to this
newsletter. We hope to have 200 participants so get your running, walking, or strolling shoes and feet ready
for action!
July 19, 2016 - The FISH General Meeting will be held at 7:00 pm @ a location TBA. All volunteers and
anyone else interested in happenings within this organization are invited to attend.
September 20, 2016 - 9th Annual Benefit Dinner will be held at The Hartville Kitchen. Tickets
are still $25. This year’s entertainment will be by Harry “Canary” Arble, a local vocalist. This
is FISH’S largest fund-raiser and we hope to again have a sell-out crowd.
DON’T FORGET THAT……….
Amazon donates 0.5% of the cost of your purchases to Lake Township FISH
by logging on to: http://smile.amazon.com/ch/80-0253590.
Lake Township FISH is now on Facebook and you can follow news, coming events and
activities to keep current with FISH activities and news at www.facebook.com/laketownshipfish or go
to the FISH website at www.laketownshipfish.com for more information.
We sincerely thank you for your benevolence. Whether it is financial help when eviction is pending, a utility shut-off notice comes,
or there is little or no food in the home, FISH is there to help. Your support with prayers, monetary donations and groceries will
make it happen. Thank you for making a difference in this community and helping carry out the mission of FISH…
Living Christ’s love by serving our neighbors.
Thank you to our 2015—2016 Sponsors
Platinum
Silver
Andy & Jill Pressler
Donald & Lydia Baker
Ellis Erb
Forever Lawn
Gentle Brook
Hadassah Lodge #450
Hartville Health & Wellness Centre
Hartville Collectibles
Hartville Hardware
Hartville Kitchen
Hopkins Lawver Funeral Home
Jan Moore Dwenger & Tom Dwenger
Pole Position Marketing
R Grocery Outlet
Ramsburg Insurance
Richard W. Zellers
Roy & Beverly Grable
Yoder-Bontrager Insurance Agency
C. Farah, DDS
Charles & Elaine Slaybaugh
Cutter Power Sales, LLC
Dave & Patricia Wartko
Don & Phyllis Dickes
Glenn & Glennis Lautzenhiser
Geoffrey Gibbs
Gertrude Brenckle
Loretta Shackelford
Mark & Pat Hearns
M.J. Miller & Company
Nickie & Rich Hetrick
Schoner Chevrolet
Thomas & Julia Besenyodi
Trent Hershman – Edward Jones Investments
Gold
Charles & Joan Dayton
Donald & Kathleen Schenck
Hartville RV Center
Jeffrey & Lisa Zellers
Ken & Peggy Zellers
Lions Club of Uniontown
Mary Ann Crawford
Rich & Ruby Wittmer
Virginia Powell
Lake Township FISH
PO Box 611
Hartville, Ohio 44632
330-877-1845