Grandma's Gifts
based in Columbus, Ohio
Area served: Appalachian counties in the states of Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New York, and Maryland
Religious/political affiliations: None
From their website at
http://www.grandmasgifts.org/
Vision.
Grandmas Gifts envisions the end of Appalachian poverty. We wish to educate and assist our way out of "business".
Mission.
With the support of the community Grandmas Gifts works to improve the lives of Appalachian families by providing goods, services, and opportunities, while educating people on regional issues and teaching the value of volunteerism.
Purpose.
We believe that the end of Appalachian poverty is through building people in the following ways:
1.Providing Goods - We work to provide goods such as books, food, clothing, toys, school supplies, and scholarships to children families, and schools in need, who reside in the Appalachian region.
2.Providing Services: We work to provide educational, health care, and organizational development service opportunities to children, families, and organizations in need, who reside in the Appalachian region. We also help organizations in Appalachia get started so they can better serve the community.
3.Providing Inspiration: We work to inspire people to get people involved in their community.
4.Providing Education: We work to educate people on the current socioeconomic status of Appalachia and how to become active in their community.
Diversity Statement.
The Appalachian region embodies a rich culture, heritage, and history. At Grandmas Gifts we believe that to fully reach our constituents and to work with our donors and volunteers we must be an organization that not only recognizes diversity but deeply appreciates it. We know that by loving everyone for who they are and what they embody will lead to innovative and creative problem solving, recognition of opportunities for improvement, and new projects.
Thus, Grandmas Gifts works to insure that no person is excluded from receiving goods or services, donating, commenting, or volunteering because of cultural heritage, race, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, educational situation, or any other discriminatory reason.
Here's an article about a recent donation from Grandma's Gifts:
The Ironton Tribune
Ironton, Ohio
Harvest for the Hungry gets large donation
Published 10:40am Thursday, October 30, 2014
Columbus-based Grandma’s Gifts secures basic needs for pantry
Several pallets fully loaded with blankets, diapers, books, detergent and shoes on Wednesday arrived at the Harvest for the Hungry food pantry in Ironton.
The basic needs were secured by Columbus-based Grandma’s Gifts, a charity organization that works to provide goods and services to children and families in Appalachia, from Alexandria, Virginia-based Americans for Americans, which partners with local organizations to provide food, clothing, blankets, emergency medical assistance and more for people in need.
“If we can help someone with this stuff then we’ve done a good thing,” Michael Hampton, a volunteer at Harvest for the Hungry, said. “It’s good that we got these because I have friends who live underneath the bridge.”
What doesn’t get given out at the pantry is given to the city mission....
http://www.irontontribune.com/2014/10/30/harvest-for-the-hungry-gets-large-donation/
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