ZANESVILLE – Lace Up for Kids is held from a partnership between Eastside Community Ministries, WHIZ, and Wendy’s. The fast food restaurant is running a program that is allowing money to be donated for the children. “So from today until July 19th, if you buy a kids meal at Wendy’s, we’re going to donate 1 […]
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ZANESVILLE – The standard tools for school is on hold for now. Eastside typically takes donations and packs around one thousand backpacks for kids to go back to school. “We still are planning to help the kids in some way for school supplies but its going to look a lot different if we follow the […]
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ZANESVILLE – Local insurance agency presents Eastside Community Ministry with $2,000 check. The check comes from State Farm was presented to Eastside Wednesday morning and agent Sarah Wickerham says, as a small business owner, she is happy to use the resources State Farm has to do good in the community. “Just 400 dollars buys several […]
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ZANESVILLE – First Baptist Church and Eastside Community Ministry gear up for their monthly produce giveaway. Like the giveaways have been in the last two months, supplies are only allowed to be gathered by driving up to the parking lot next to the church where a volunteer will hand off the items to you. Volunteers […]
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ZANESVILLE – Due to the pandemic, clothing donations are being put on hold for the safety of both volunteers as well as the people who receive the clothes. Eastside is focusing mostly on its feeding programs. The volunteers still do assist people who are in desperate need of the donations. “We have still been assisting […]
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ZANESVILLE – The check comes to recognize Eastside’s services and to also allow the organization to continue its mission. The local Masons presented a check of $2,250 to Eastside Monday morning. The Masons are a charitable organization and it feels like Eastside is very deserving of the donation. “Their food pantry and support of children […]
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ZANESVILLE – The giveaway is held the fourth Friday of each month and is brought on by a partnership between the First Baptist Church in South Zanesville and Eastside Community Ministries. Residents have heavily relied on the services since the pandemic and over 200 cars came to retrieve food items and there were two parking […]
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ZANESVILLE – The organization conducted an “Easter parade” on Sunday where they visited all of the children who attend the Ministry’s youth program year-round. The families that were in need of food were given food boxes and the kids were given “special” Easter bags. It’s a really important time for us to step up in […]
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ZANESVILLE, Ohio – With COVID-19 causing many lay-offs throughout our community, one organization says they’re assisting more families than ever before. Executive Director for Eastside Community Ministry Jamie Trout says the number of people they’ve served has dramatically increased in the past week. “Last week, Eastside served more people in one week than we generally […]
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ZANESVILLE, Ohio – People taking part in a silent auction raised almost double from previous years for a zanesville charity this weekend. The Eastside Community Ministries held their Annual Chair-ity Auction Friday and Saturday to raise money for their programs. Executive Director Jamie Trout says the fundraiser has doubled the amount raised since last year. […]
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