— from Erin O’Dell for Orcas Community Resource Center —
On behalf of the Orcas Community Resource Center, we are so excited that the Orcas Food Co-op has chosen our organization as the recipient of their Community Hero Program in July, 2019.
Orcas Community Resource Center helps Orcas Islanders in need by accessing services and support for their well-being. We’re here to make sure that folks in crisis have a place to turn to. Sometimes a person lacks the resources to address a medical problem. Sometimes a bad turn of events leaves someone homeless. Sometimes the impact of poverty means one of our seniors or children don’t have enough to eat or stay warm through the winter. We help people find the information and support available in our community to help them reclaim their lives.
The Resource Center is a hub that connects Orcas Islanders in need with resources that can help: food, housing, healthcare and more. Sometimes we can help with food stamps or rental assistance, sometimes with access to health insurance or counseling to get through a personal or family crisis. All year round, we assist families and individuals, young mothers and veterans, children and seniors.
On Thursday, July 18, 3% of the gross receipts of Orcas Food Co-op are donated to a community organization. You can also Round-up at the Register all month long to donate. When your cashier asks you if you want to round up, simply say “Yes!” The Coins for Community program allows shoppers who bring their own shopping bag to donate as well. Donating to a great cause couldn’t get much simpler than that.
We are extremely grateful for the opportunity to be part of the Co-op’s Community Hero program.
The Community Resource Center has helped countless people, countless times, in countless ways – they are my heroes year-round! Thank you, Orcas Food Coop, for recognizing their amazing and tireless services to our community and low income people. Just a few of the many things they have helped qualified low-income people with:
~ transportation vouchers
~ dental van help
~ Lions Club hearing aids and other services
~ Energy Assistance
~ Food stamp Program help
~ Farmers Market vouchers
~ the pantry (i forget name) open every Tues to assist with household goods needs
~ DSHS and healthcare help
~ help with phone calls for medical and other appointments on the mainland if a person has no long disance or cell service
~ social work services
~ help and services for homeless people
~ the new Fresh Bucks Program partnered with Orcas food Coop!
~ and MORE.
The are also helpful disseminating all kinds of information on services out there that people may not even know about; for instance, Mert’s Taxi to help people get to medical appointments at Island Hospital.
Check out their website. Their staff are all angels, I’m convinced; kind, helpful, compassionate, and with lots of knowledge and dedication. I Hope the Coop features them often so we can donate our “wooden nickel bag discounts” to their essential services. I can’t say enough good things about them, or thank them enough; and thanks to the Coop.
https://orcascrc.org/