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Donations Collected Sunday, March 15
On Sunday, March 15 we will wrap up our Lenten study, The Cardigan Effect: Cultivating Kindness & Community with a volunteer fair during which we will be collecting several items benefiting our Outreach partners:
- Toothpaste & toothbrushes
- Prom dresses & men’s wear
- Small & medium men’s sweatpants
- Plastic grocery bags
- Vegetable oil
- Laundry detergent and/or dish soap
- Bar soap
We are collecting monetary donations to funnel to Hudson Food Pantry, North High School Food Pantry, and North Hill Community House. Click here to donate.
Trinity Clothing Room Fall Clothing Donations Needed
Ongoing donation opportunity.
Please leave gently used, laundered donations in the marked cabinet in FCCH back stairwell.
Donations go to the clothing rooms at Trinity, North High School & Preschool, Findley CLC, Grace House and the International Institute of Akron. Thank you!
Needed:
- Men’s small & medium pants, jeans & joggers
- Men’s t-shirts (college logos accepted, but please no local school logos)
- Lightweight jackets & hoodies (esp. boys’ & men’s)
- Boys’ tops & bottoms sizes 6-18
- Shoes in all sizes & styles
- NEW socks and underwear, all sizes
Please, only shoes/clothing in excellent condition. And please, no swimwear.
Thank you!
Questions, please contact Sandy Miller.
VOLUNTEER
Help Us Meet Our Goal!
Our goal is to have the North High School Food Pantry open every day!
We need your help to make sure that each week North High School students and their families can secure basic needs through the Food Pantry and Clothing Room. These two rooms provide essential items that have directly impacted on students’ ability to be successful at school by making sure students have food to eat, hygiene products and clothing.
How can you help?
- Consider volunteering from 2-3:30 p.m. on school days to provide coverage so the Food Pantry can be open for students.
- Help families obtain food at the Food Pantry on Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. - Assist in the Clothing Room on any school day between 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
If you have questions, please contact Kris Stoehr.
On April 8, First Serve, United Way and Akron Public Schools will sponsor a Spring Dinner and Egg Hunt for the North Hill Community. Please consider helping with this event. We need volunteers for setting up, serving and running the egg hunt.
Kris Stoehr with any questions.
NEW OPPORTUNITY!
Help students select prizes in the school store as part of an incentive program rewarding positive behavior in school. Volunteers are needed for morning shifts (8:30-10 am) and afternoon shifts (11 am – 2 pm).
Other opportunities may be available as teachers’ needs arise.
NEW OPPORTUNITY!
Forest Hill will host a Reading Night for students and their families on Thursday, March 19 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. We could use some volunteers to help distribute food at the event.
NEW OPPORTUNITY!
Findley CLC will host a Math Night for students & their families on Thursday, March 12. We could use volunteers to help set up, serve pizza, and even wear the Falcon mascot costume!
ONGOING
Findley Food Bag Packers: We are so fortunate to have Good Samaritan Hunger Center helping to feed our students at Findley CLC. If you are able to help us pack food bags on Wednesdays, please sign up here. Many thanks for your continued support of this amazing elementary school.
Join the Team Findley email group to keep up to date on Findley information and opportunities by emailing Jane Penny.
Gennesaret, Inc. Soup Kitchen
The First Saturday of Each Month
8:30 a.m. to Noon
SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER IN 2026 HERE
Help prepare and serve hot lunches at Gennesaret Inc. soup kitchen in downtown Akron.
Volunteers are needed the first Saturday of each month from 8:30 a.m. to Noon.
Questions? Contact Jeff Wells.
Help needed every Tuesday, 10 a.m. – Noon
Meet at Trinity UCC Church in Akron (915 N. Main Street) to sort donations and pack up bags of clothes for a variety of people in need in the North Hill area.
To volunteer, contact Sandy Miller.
Help make sleeping mats benefiting Akron Snow Angels, an organization that offers warmth, dignity and hope to unhoused individuals. We’re looking for volunteers to help us prep and weave plastic grocery bags into sleeping mats. Hands-on instruction is provided!
Volunteers meet most Thursdays from 12:30 – 3 pm and some Saturdays.
If you’re interested in lending a hand, please email Patti Hester.
Tutor Students With A Goal (SWAG) at the Reach Opportunity Center at Summit Lake, assist middle school and high school students with their homework.
Volunteers are needed M-W from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
To volunteer, contact Allen Park.