E-Newsletter September 2019

Good Neighbors, Inc. The purpose of Good Neighbors is to help families and individuals in times of crisis and need with clothing, emergency food and support. Good Neighbors E-Newsletter September 27, 2019 Good Neighbors We have closed our Goodyear Heights Clothing Unit located in the Goodyear Heights Baptist Church. Thank you to our Council President Valerie Straw for all of her hard work and efforts over the last year managing this unit. Also, thank you to the Goodyear Heights Baptist Church for allowing us to use a room in their building for our clothing unit. Our volunteers now operate six Good Neighbors locations in Akron, Cuyahoga Falls, Ellet, Green and Tallmadge. We continue to receive great reviews on our Google Business Pages and Facebook Pages. Recently, one of our reviewers posted "Love this place, life savers." Community Support First Energy Employees will be volunteering at our food center in October. Newcomer Funeral Home will be having a 5K Run/ 1 Mile Walk fundraiser on October 12th, the proceeds will benefit Good Neighbors. Unit Activities Community Outreach and Food Center Valerie Straw reported that more than 60 families were given school supplies while visiting our food center in August. Thank you to all of our volunteers that haul, unload and organize thousands of pounds of food from the Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank and other grocery stores to our food center every week. We thank Bob Roberts for volunteering to pick up food on Wednesdays and later helping out in the food center. We are grateful for so many student volunteers helping out this summer. Many of the students are from Archbishop Hoban , Walsh Jesuit and St. Vincent High Schools . We are happy to have the the University of Akron Nutrition Department Students volunteering at our food center this semester. We welcome our new food center volunteers Amy Brasiel and Mark Armstrong. We are so very grateful for everything that George Camilletti does for our Food Center, Good Neighbors and the community. He continues to manage and maintain our food center, central office and annex buildings. He also serves as a Trustee and Ways & Means Chairman. Charlene Nevada-Krummel and George Camilletti are always busy writing grants to fund our food center and central office. The annex building located next to our food center needed a new heating system. Forquer Heating should be finished with that task by the end of the month. Thank you to the Live Nation Employees from Blossom Music Center for their continued support, they continue to donate groceries and egg cartons. Thanks to our helpful volunteers and generous supporters, the food center volunteers are able to serve 1,100 households every month. Cuyahoga Falls Good Neighbors Thanks to community support, their annual back to school drive was a success. From January through September of this year, their volunteers have helped more than 2,557 families (6,651 individuals) with food, clothing and household items. They are beginning to collect gifts for their annual Christmas Drive. They are in need of NEW boy and girl teen gifts, men's warm gloves sizes Large, X-Large and XXL. Gift cards to restaurants, I-Tunes gift cards, make-up kits, cologne kits for both girls and boys are needed for the teen gifts. Please drop off donations on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00 am until 2:00 pm at their Unit, located at 1742 2nd Street, across from St. Joseph Catholic Church. Ellet Good Neighbors Thanks to community support, they were able to provide school supplies and clothing to more than 40 children during their back to school program. Thank you to Chris Bolyard and Ella Krinjeck for their hard work and dedication for more than 50 years now. Green Good Neighbors Thanks to community support and donations that they received at the Green Freedom Fest, they were able to provide back to school supplies to more than 71 families and 150 children. From January through August of this year, their volunteers have helped more than 1,484 families with clothing and 1,413 families with groceries. Good Neighbors Superior-Wooster Clothing Unit The volunteers continue to see a significant increase in the families visiting their unit for assistance with clothing and accessories. They are also serving the families that previously visited our Goodyear Heights and Spicer Clothing Units. They were able to help more than 20 families with back to school clothing and supplies. They are always in need of personal care items for the families visiting their unit. Tallmadge Good Neighbors The volunteers are preparing for their annual Thanksgiving and Christmas distributions. They were able to help 25 families (48 children) with back to school supplies. From January through August of this year, they have assisted 282 families (698 individuals) with clothing and 449 families (1,052 individuals) with food. Thank You For Your Help and Support! ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Good Neighbors, Inc.
The purpose of Good Neighbors is to help families and individuals in times of crisis and need with clothing, emergency food and support.

Good Neighbors E-Newsletter
September 27, 2019

Good Neighbors

We have closed our Goodyear Heights Clothing Unit located in the Goodyear Heights Baptist Church. Thank you to our Council President Valerie Straw for all of her hard work and efforts over the last year managing this unit. Also, thank you to the Goodyear Heights Baptist Church for allowing us to use a room in their building for our clothing unit. Our volunteers now operate six Good Neighbors locations in Akron, Cuyahoga Falls, Ellet, Green and Tallmadge.
We continue to receive great reviews on our Google Business Pages and Facebook Pages. Recently, one of our reviewers posted "Love this place, life savers."

Community Support

First Energy Employees will be volunteering at our food center in October.
Newcomer Funeral Home will be having a 5K Run/ 1 Mile Walk fundraiser on October 12th, the proceeds will benefit Good Neighbors.

Unit Activities

Community Outreach and Food Center

Valerie Straw reported that more than 60 families were given school supplies while visiting our food center in August.
Thank you to all of our volunteers that haul, unload and organize thousands of pounds of food from the Akron-Canton Regional Food Bank and other grocery stores to our food center every week. We thank Bob Roberts for volunteering to pick up food on Wednesdays and later helping out in the food center.
We are grateful for so many student volunteers helping out this summer. Many of the students are from Archbishop Hoban, Walsh Jesuit and St. Vincent High Schools.
We are happy to have the the University of Akron Nutrition Department Students volunteering at our food center this semester.
We welcome our new food center volunteers Amy Brasiel and Mark Armstrong.
We are so very grateful for everything that George Camilletti does for our Food Center, Good Neighbors and the community. He continues to manage and maintain our food center, central office and annex buildings. He also serves as a Trustee and Ways & Means Chairman.
Charlene Nevada-Krummel and George Camilletti are always busy writing grants to fund our food center and central office.
The annex building located next to our food center needed a new heating system. Forquer Heating should be finished with that task by the end of the month.
Thank you to the Live Nation Employees from Blossom Music Center for their continued support, they continue to donate groceries and egg cartons.
Thanks to our helpful volunteers and generous supporters, the food center volunteers are able to serve 1,100 households every month.

Cuyahoga Falls Good Neighbors

Thanks to community support, their annual back to school drive was a success. From January through September of this year, their volunteers have helped more than 2,557 families (6,651 individuals) with food, clothing and household items.
They are beginning to collect gifts for their annual Christmas Drive. They are in need of NEW boy and girl teen gifts, men's warm gloves sizes Large, X-Large and XXL. Gift cards to restaurants, I-Tunes gift cards, make-up kits, cologne kits for both girls and boys are needed for the teen gifts. Please drop off donations on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00 am until 2:00 pm at their Unit, located at 1742 2nd Street, across from St. Joseph Catholic Church.

Ellet Good Neighbors

Thanks to community support, they were able to provide school supplies and clothing to more than 40 children during their back to school program. Thank you to Chris Bolyard and Ella Krinjeck for their hard work and dedication for more than 50 years now.

Green Good Neighbors

Thanks to community support and donations that they received at the Green Freedom Fest, they were able to provide back to school supplies to more than 71 families and 150 children. From January through August of this year, their volunteers have helped more than 1,484 families with clothing and 1,413 families with groceries.

Good Neighbors Superior-Wooster Clothing Unit

The volunteers continue to see a significant increase in the families visiting their unit for assistance with clothing and accessories. They are also serving the families that previously visited our Goodyear Heights and Spicer Clothing Units. They were able to help more than 20 families with back to school clothing and supplies. They are always in need of personal care items for the families visiting their unit.

Tallmadge Good Neighbors

The volunteers are preparing for their annual Thanksgiving and Christmas distributions. They were able to help 25 families (48 children) with back to school supplies. From January through August of this year, they have assisted 282 families (698 individuals) with clothing and 449 families (1,052 individuals) with food.

Thank You For Your Help and Support!