DAS Cares

In December, our Chicago team helped the Aurora Food Pantry provide nutritious food relief to the community in a humanitarian and compassionate manner.  We helped sort through food donations received to ensure the people we served received fresh, high-quality food while reducing food waste by composting the sub-optimal produce with local farms.  We also assisted in handing out food and loading cars while providing recipe ideas for food items our neighbors were unfamiliar with.  Learn more about the Aurora Food Pantry here: https://www.aurorafoodpantry.org/

Our Columbus Team assembled and donated 100 Women’s Care Kits for the residents at Faith Mission Homeless Shelters. These kits are essential to those in need as they start down their new path. The Lutheran Social Services Network of Hope provides hope and healing for people in crisis, allowing them to overcome barriers to becoming self-sufficient.

LSS Faith Mission in Columbus and Fairfield County provide caring support to homeless men and women transitioning into permanent housing by providing emergency shelter, nutritious meals, job and life skill support, and case management services. Medical, dental, vision and behavioral health services are also provided at their Columbus location. Learn more about them here: https://lssnetworkofhope.org/faithmission/

Our Tampa Team was honored to volunteer with Feeding Tampa Bay, where we sorted through 6,000+lbs of food and generated over 5,000 meals. Learn more about this fantastic organization and what you can do to aid their mission to end hunger in Tampa Bay here: https://feedingtampabay.org/

Our Las Vegas Crew took part in outfitting 425 critical needs kids with brand-new shoes and socks today along with handing out a dental hygiene kit. During the event today, Goodie Two Shoes Foundation served their 125,000^th kid. The Goodie Two Shoes Foundation provides disadvantaged children and children in crisis with new shoes and socks, as well as other items deemed essential for good health and positive development. Learn more about this fantastic organization here: https://goodietwoshoes.org/

We extended a helping hand to the Metropolitan Ministries in Tampa.  Some of our team volunteered with the Environmental Services team to keep their campus clean by disinfecting surfaces, taking out the trash, and doing outdoor beautification and yard work. The rest of our team assisted at the Clothing Warehouse by processing and sorting donation; these donations are then sent to their community clients in need or to their Thrift Store to sell and fund their community programs.

Metropolitan Ministries offers comprehensive services for at-risk and homeless families in underserved and impoverished communities. In the last year, they’ve served 4,062,622 meals to hungry neighbors, provided safe shelter for children and their parents 56,944 nights, and helped 95,717 families through their family support centers in the last year. Learn more about their cause and services here: https://www.metromin.org/