Thank you to our wonderful community for donating their time at the monthly events, helping moderate the Cleveland, TN Mutual Aid Network facebook group, stocking the Open Community Pantries/Fridge, delivering groceries, Holiday Meal Kits, & so much more!
We couldn't do it without the community's support, so thank you to each person who donated funds, items, and/or time to help provide food & other basic necessities to the community! We couldn't do it without each person's assistance! So whether you've donated your time, a single item, and/or a whole trunk of items, THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts! 🖤
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Thanks to our wonderful community, this year in 2023 we were able to:
▪️ Collect OVER $2000 to provide families with food & other basic necessities through the Open Community Pantries/Fridge, Grocery Deliveries, & monthly Free Pop-Up Shop events
▪️ Provide & deliver 16 Holiday Meal Kits
▪️ Provide & deliver 19 Grocery Deliveries
▪️ Provide OVER 360 families with clothes, shoes, household items, food & other basic necessities at the monthly events
▪️ Build & deploy 2 new Open Community Pantries (in Cleveland, Tennessee)
▪️ Obtain & deploy 1 Open Community Fridge (the first in Cleveland, Tennessee)
Not counting for the thousands of mutual aid requests that were met in the Cleveland, TN Mutual Aid Network facebook group.
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With the community's continued help & support in 2024, we hope to:
▪️ Continue to provide families with food & other basic necessities through the Open Community Pantries/Fridge, & monthly Free Pop-Up Shop events
▪️ Provide over 30 Holiday Meal Kits
▪️ Create a Mutual Aid facebook group for:
- Athens
- Chattanooga
▪️ Locate a free space for a permanent Free Store in Cleveland
▪️ Start a newsletter to keep everyone up to date on the monthly events, raffles, giveaways, & more!
▪️ Revive the Grocery Delivery Program
▪️ Build & deploy more Open Community Pantries/Fridges in surrounding cities
▪️ Create a quarterly event for volunteers & donors
▪️ Partner with local businesses to fill the Open Community Pantries/Fridge
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You can help your community in 2024 by:
▪️ Donating a $1 (or more, if possible) per month to the $SETNMutualAidNetwork CashApp
▪️ Stocking the Open Community Pantries/Fridge
▪️ Bringing items to the monthly Free Pop-Up Shop events
▪️ Volunteering your time
- At the monthly Free Pop-Up Shop events
- Checking in on Open Community Pantries
- Moderating the Cleveland, TN Mutual Aid Network facebook group, or a future mutual aid group in your city (Athens or Chattanooga)
- With the Grocery Delivery Program
▪️ Scheduling a donation pickup with the Free Expression Closet
Remember, no one person can do it all! But every single individual has the power to make a difference!
#BeKindLikeAdrian
This will be our last update on the Open Collective as we will be closing our account. You can continue to make monetary donations through our CashApp $SETNMutualAidNetwork Thank you for your understanding.
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If you have any questions not answered in this post, or on the page, please feel free to reach out to us in the following methods:
Facebook Messenger: South East Tennessee Mutual Aid Network
