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Eastside Community Ministries Awarded Grant for new Clothing Garage
MUSKINGUM COUNTY, Ohio- Eastside Community Ministries was one of thirty organizations to receive a grant through the Straker Charitable Foundation.
The $50,000 grant award will go towards its new clothing garage project. The new building will allow the community to stop by, shop and drop off donations.
“We currently have a free clothing bank and anyone that has ever dropped off donations or visited our clothing bank knows that we’re really short on space. This is a project we wanted to do for a while now,” Executive Director Jamie Trout said.
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ZANESVILLE – The annual auction is one of Eastside’s largest fundraisers. The organization receives different chairs from donors with added incentives to be bid on. The program will be done entirely virtually.
“This year we’re taking everything online. We are so excited. We have reached over 100 entries this year so we’re just really thankful for everyone who has stepped up and supported us. We have received so many wonderful entries. We have something for everyone – kids, adults; beach, camping. We have chairs that have packages in them for overnight stays in cabins so we just really have a variety of entries,” ECM Executive Director Jamie Trout said.
Eastside Community Ministry is Looking for Chair-ity Auction Entries
th Annual Chair-ity Auction.
The popular auction is a large contributor to Eastside’s everyday programs. the food pantry, clothing bank, emergency relief services and youth programs all benefit from the proceeds. Executive Director Jamie Trout is asking the community to submit entries for the auction.
“Like most things this is a little bit different for us this year. We’re used to being able to have all of our items on display, in person auctions, and lots of festivities going on. But this year everything’s going to take place online,” explained Trout. “We are in need of entries from local businesses, individuals, churches, organizations, just anyone really that wants to get involved. They can take any type of chair and add an incentive package to it. And we’re going to auction it off to support the programs here at Eastside.”
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Eastside Community Ministry Looks Forward to 2021
ZANESVILLE, OH – Many local organizations are looking forward to the start of the new year. Eastside Community Ministry is one of those organizations that is optimistic about 2021.
Executive Director Jamie Trout says she has learned a lot from 2020. The pandemic made the team at Eastside stronger and brought them closer together. This newfound strength and bond will help propel them into 2021.
“We’re excited to be in 2021, we have a lot of great plans for Eastside. Last year was one of the busiest years that we’ve ever had here. And we’re looking to expand and really grow in 2021… I’m looking forward to seeing where Eastside goes. We are running out of space here and I know initially when they built this building they thought that we would have all the room we would ever need. But we are outgrowing Eastside and looking to expand here in the very near future.”