I am writing on behalf of Love INC North Oakland County. “Love In the Name of Christ of North Oakland County is a non-profit-cooperative effort that links churches, volunteers and service agencies and helps them to organize their efforts by reaching out to the poor and disadvantaged.
We serve as a needs Connection Center, where people in need contact us and we in turn, get them connected with local churches and agencies that provide them with assistance.
Currently, we are in need of a facility to house our Bed, Blessings and Beyond inventory to assist our community members in need. We had a flood in our facility and we can no longer house our household items there.
At this time, our Connections Center is located at Lakepoint Community Church on Drahner Road in Oxford, and our Clothes Closet is located at Oxford Free Methodist Church on Lapeer Road in Oxford. Unfortunately, neither of these two facilities have sufficient space to accommodate our Bed, Blessings and Beyond items.
Long-term, we would LOVE a location that could house all three spaces together; Connection Center, Clothes Closet and Bed Blessings and Beyond. However, currently, we would be extremely happy with a space for our Bed, Blessings and Beyond items.
We prefer to be in the Orion/Oxford area, since those are predominantly the communities we serve, as well as the facility being very affordable, or an “in-kind” donation. We know this is a big ask, however, we are hoping someone, or someplace, has some unused space and would love to help us out so we can better serve our communities.
Here is a link to the website www.loveincnoc.org. Here is the Connections Center/Office phone number, 248-693-4357, you may talk to whoever answers the phone, or ask for Executive Director Patricia Schapira.
Please reach out if you have any available space, any contacts or ideas.
Karen Appledorn
Love, INC Board Member