Kiwanis has Mid-Ohio Food Drive
Members of the Ridgewood Generals girls’ soccer team joined the Coshocton Kiwanis Club on Wednesday, July 29 to help distribute food and produce items from the Mid-Ohio Food Bank at the fairgrounds. Pictured left to right are juniors Breann Asbury and Mallory Simmons helping Twila Krieger at the event. Ten year old Kylah Patterson is also pictured helping. Members of the Ridgewood Generals girls’ soccer team generously devoted their time to helping keep the Food Bank running smooth and sound.
By Drew Everhart
COSHOCTON – There’s no spirit like the spirit of giving. That mindset could not have been more evident during the Kiwanis Mid-Ohio Food Drive that took place at the fairgrounds on Wednesday, July 29. The event drew a large crowd of not just those in need, but also selfless volunteers.
Organizations such as the Coshocton County Juvenile Detention Center and the Ridgewood girls’ soccer team came out to volunteer and give back to the community. Tabitha Patterson, who is the President Elect of the Coshocton Kiwanis Club, explained that this food bank has many goals in mind other than just supplying food to those in need.
“The food bank helps in so many ways, whether it’s helping build stronger bonds with members of our community or just simply supporting our nonprofit organizations,” Patterson said. She also wants to thank the Mid-Ohio Food Bank for donating the food. “Without the generosity of the Mid-Ohio Food Bank, this event couldn’t happen,” said Patterson, “they do all the work in supplying us with the food and we just host it.”
The giving spirit was uniform throughout each and every volunteer at the food bank and it was especially evident with Mindy Fehrman. Fehrman, who is the director of Coshocton County Job & Family Services, was all smiles as she helped the masses on Wednesday.
“Although it’s our first time putting on this event, it is so nice seeing the collaboration from everybody who came to chip in,” said Fehrman. “It’s important that we provide these services to those in need, but what makes the food bank even better is that everyone seems to be very grateful for our services.”
The presence of the Ridgewood girls’ soccer team was greatly appreciated as they helped distribute food and transport it to people’s cars. Many of the girls exclaimed that it makes them feel good inside to give back to those less fortunate and that seeing the smiles on their faces make it all worthwhile.
Doug Speicher, who is the President of the Coshocton Kiwanis Club, was also out and about talking to people and answering their questions. Speicher said that, “Kiwanis is always looking for new ways to support our community and since this is a new endeavor for the club, we appreciated the collaboration, organization and effort required to host the event.”
“We haven’t partnered with the Mid-Ohio Food Bank on this type of project before, and we were very excited to be given the opportunity to do so”, said Speicher, “Our members feel that it’s extremely thoughtful and beneficial to do something for other folks.” Speicher also wanted to give a big thank you to Mindy Fehrman who handled the logistics and organization of the event.
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