The Open Shelter still is in need of groups that can provide sack lunches for those we serve every month; homeless men, women, children, and families.

We are in definite need of sack lunches for 9/22 & 9/28.

Due to increased demand, we can use sack lunches for any weekday but need sack lunch groups for the 1st Tuesday, 4th Thursday, and 4th Friday of each month in addition to any 5th Tuesdays or 5th Fridays.

Feel free to give us a call at 614-222-2885 or email us back if you can help or have any questions.

Many groups that have helped say it is a fun and rewarding activity. YOUR support can help fill the bellies of the 250+ homeless and marginally housed men, women, and children we see each weekday. Thank you!

Ta’Kiya Young – an unarmed 21-year-old pregnant woman – was shot and killed by local law enforcement for allegedly shoplifting. What many may not be aware of is that Kroger corporate – averaging $30 billion in annual profit since 2020 – has forgone shoplifting charges for several years now, and if caught by store security, those caught are asked to leave and never come back.

Curbing increasing gun violence, police-involved shootings, and shoplifting, has no good solution no matter how hard the community tries. But one thing we have learned from relatives of those killed by local law enforcement is that police shootings give our young people this attitude – “If the police can do it, then I can do it.”

But there may be an answer to police-involved shootings, but the GOP-besieged state government won’t allow this potential solution be approved for a statewide vote and thus decided by citizens themselves.

It is fitting that I am writing this review of Serving Herself the day before the last leg of professional tennis’ Grand Slam, the United States Open, which is scheduled from August 28 through September 10 at Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York. Gibson, one of the greatest women’s tennis players ever, won back-to-back titles there in 1957 and 1958, when it was known as the United States National Championship. Its prestige then and now is undeniable.

Sunday, August 27, 6pm
Kroger, 5991 S. Sunbury Rd., Westerville

We are shattered by the news of the extrajudicial murder of Ta'Kiya Young by Blendon Township police on Thursday evening. The 21 year old woman was a mother of two and expecting her third at the time of her killing. With this act, the true face of American policing is on display.