GUIDE TO CHARITABLE GIVING
A Helping Hand
In disaster’s wake, service organizations continue to rely on public support BY TIM WALKER
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o one can deny that 2019 brought its share of difficulties to the Dayton area. When nature’s storms and a gunman’s unimaginable violence impacted so many local families dozens of local churches, food pantries and other charitable service providers went above and beyond the call of duty to help those who were so desperately in need and then continued to do so for months afterward. We are blessed that the Miami Valley has a wide variety of charities and it’s good to keep in mind that all of them rely on monetary donations, volunteer work and the other means of support so generously provided by local residents. When it comes to charity in the Dayton area giving is always better than receiving. Local homeless shelters and food pantries, organizations that provide aid to the needy and those who support animals and the arts are only a few of the groups that can always use the help of local residents. If you are a kind-hearted, caring individual and you are interested in giving of yourself to benefit those less fortunate these are just a few of the many wonderful organizations that can use your time, your help or a donation.
WITH GOD’S GRACE FOOD PANTRY 622 SPRINGFIELD ST.,DAYTON, OH 45403 937-397-4124 • WITHGODSGRACEPANTRY.ORG
Nicole Adkins, her husband, James, their family and a small army of volunteers feed hundreds of hungry families in the Miami Valley each week through With God’s
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Local charities rely on the generous help of individuals in the Miami Valley to fulfill their missions. Grace, their local nonprofit food pantry. And whether they are providing residents with boxes of nutritious food from their Springfield Street warehouse or at any one of the numerous mobile events they run on a regular basis they rely on donations and the help of the public to keep Dayton-area families fed. Nicole’s family were victims themselves of the Memorial Day tornadoes when an F4 destroyed their home in Northridge. Even while displaced, however, With God’s Grace never faltered in its mission to help the hungry families of the Miami Valley and they continue that mission today with a renewed sense of purpose—when Kroger announced in October that it would be closing its store at Needmore Road and North Dixie Drive Nicole immediately announced she would combat the “food desert” her old neighborhood could become by holding regular mobile food pantries to help the families living there.
ties. It partners with over 100 local social service agencies, offering help to those in immediate need while also working toward long-term solutions for a variety of larger social problems. “The best way that people can help the United Way is to provide contributions to United Way during the campaign season,” says Tom Maultsby, president and CEO of United Way of Greater Dayton. “That way we can try to keep pace with the demand for the services we provide. The demand is great. There are a lot of very benevolent donors—we just need a lot more individuals to be able to give to what the United Way does, as well.” The United Way of Greater Dayton offers a variety of resources to connect people with assistance, all of which can be accessed through its easy-to-navigate website. There are also valuable links there for individuals who would like to make donations or help in other ways.
UNITED WAY OF GREATER DAYTON
THE NEW PATH INC.
33 W. FIRST ST. #500, DAYTON, OH 45402 937-225-3001 • DAYTON-UNITEDWAY.ORG
7695 S. COUNTY ROAD 25-A, TIPP CITY, OH 45371 937-669-1213 • NEWPATHSERVES.ORG
United Way of Greater Dayton helps tens of thousands of people ever y year in Greene, Montgomery and Preble Coun-
Quietly tucked away just north of Dayton in Tipp City, The New Path has been helping the needy in dozens of different ways for