December, 2016
Newsletter
Vol. 13, Issue 12
Western Neighborhood Outreach Center
520 Garfield Avenue, Bellefontaine, Ohio 43311
Phone: 937-593-1449
Fax: 937-599-7296
Announcements
There were 19 children and 5 adults who came to the Center on November 21st and 22nd and helped make
Thanksgiving boxes and delivered them to 30 different families in the neighborhood. The list of families
came from families known to the Center as needing help, referrals from neighborhood residents and various
teachers at three different schools from Bellefontaine. Thanks to Family Video for donating 30 turkeys and
collecting food, Bellefontaine Elementary School and Bellefontaine Intermediate School for doing food
drives for canned and boxed foods for the Center. We were able to deliver 30 boxes to 30 families and helped
72 children and 51 adults with food for Thanksgiving.
On November 9th, the Center hosted its monthly birthday party and 19 children attended. We did several
games including, ping pong knockout, balloon relay, blindfold scavenger hunt and the Smartie relay. The kids
split into two teams and the winning team received extra points to be used for incentives. Members of the
winning team were: Dakota Lewis, Paige Ziegler, Tiarra Lewis, Drake Coral, Crissy Todd, Camden
Rayles, Katlyn Coral and Nick Saunders. After the games, everyone enjoyed cupcakes and snacks.
On November 18th, the Center hosted its monthly Parent Dinner and there were 23 children and 9 adults in
attendance. One of the neighborhood residents (Gina Ziegler) made her famous five pound pizzas. The kids
served the pizza and added dessert pizzas, chips and drinks to the meal. The kids set up for the dinner, served
their parents and cleaned up afterward. Thanks to Tiarra Lewis and Crissy Todd for all their help during the
dinner.
The Center partnered with members of the United Methodist Church of Bellefontaine to provide an Angel
Tree for Western Neighborhood children. Throughout the month of November, kids from the Center cut out
angels and wrote down their favorite toys that they would like to have for Christmas. The church put up a tree
with angels on them and church members selected an angel and purchased presents for that child. Forty one
children filled out angels and those presents will be distributed at our Christmas Party on the 20th.
The Center received 25 chicken BBQ meals from a Girl Scout troop on November 23rd to be distributed to children
and parents in the neighborhood. There were 6 children who came to the Center to help deliver boxes to 15 children
and 10 adults in the neighborhood. Thank you to Majestic Plastics for preparing the boxes.
Upcoming Events
Birthday Party will be held December 7th from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. at the Center. This month we’ll play relay
races and team events for gift certificates and prizes. We’ll also have cupcakes and snacks for everybody!
Christmas Party- will be held on December 20th from 5:00 -6:00 p.m. We will have punch, cookies and
snacks and Santa will be here for pictures. We will also pass out the Angel Tree gifts for the children who
filled them out earlier in the year.
Thank You!
Bellefontaine Elementary School for donating canned and boxed food for our Thanksgiving boxes
Bellefontaine Intermediate School for donating the canned and boxed food for our Thanksgiving boxes
Family Video for donating turkeys for our Thanksgiving boxes
Bellefontaine High School Interact Club for donating canned and boxed food for our Thanksgiving boxes
Kroger for donating boxes to the Center
Majestic Plastics for donating 25 BBQ chicken dinners that were distributed in the neighborhood
All the children from the Center for putting together and distributing the Thanksgiving boxes to the 30
families in the neighborhood
Reminder!
The center offers to do odd jobs in the neighborhood like raking leaves, shoveling sidewalks and driveways, pulling
weeds, etc. Please call Aaron at 593-1449 if you know of someone who needs help with odd jobs.
Announcement
The Center will be closed on the following dates in December: 12th through 16th and 22nd through 31st
Happy Birthday!
Naqeeb Adams -28th, Sahvanna Knasel -25th, Adam Vickers -10th, Alexis Davis -20th, Brian Johnson -29th, Ona
Leeper -1st, Duke Leeper -1st, Rollan Ratleff -26th, Makiya Simon -23rd, Emonte Adams 17th, Trae Wilgus -8th, Jaylon
Johnson -10th, Brooks Garber -21st, Dakota Stanfield -11th, Zavier Ziegler -22nd, Princess Mundy -29th, Brad Hughes 17th, Kierston Brinkman -20th, Damien Dick -19th, Ethan Rister -9th, Maleya Johnson -15th, Tabitha Thomas -12th,
Shaughnessi Hagans -7th
Western Neighborhood Outreach Center Hours:
Monday and Wednesday 10:30 am to 7:00 pm
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 9:00 am to 5:30 pm
Aaron Pool
Community and Family Outreach Worker