Lakewood’s GV Art + Apparel has created a Lakewood Community t-shirt, and a portion of the proceeds of each sale will help Lakewood Community Services Center provide fresh fruit and vegetables, milk, eggs and protein to Lakewood families. ow.ly/wJXY30qHa3V

What matters most to you? Schools? Transportation? Hospitals? Lakewood Community Services Center reminds you that data from the U.S. Census Bureau helps planning efforts for our community. To learn how census data impacts our community, visit 2020census.gov. #2020Census

Lakewood Community Services Center encourages you to stand up and be counted - participate in the #2020Census! Your responses are confidential. To learn more about the #2020Census, visit 2020census.gov.

Summer is here! It’s a time for playing outside & enjoying the sunshine, but it’s also when many children face food insecurity with the absence of school lunches. The Greater Cleveland Food Bank is doing their part by offering grab-and-go children’s meals every Friday!

Census data plays a vital role in documenting the links between the areas in which people live and their health and well-being. The data from the #2020Census helps planning efforts for our community and has implications for racial and health equity.

If you don't participate in the #2020Census you are invisible - you don’t exist in the data that tells the story about our community. Your participation affects the allocation of funding for our community’s public resources, how we plan for the future and our voice in government.

LCSC is proud to be working with the city of Lakewood to help ensure housing stability for Lakewood residents impacted by COVID-19. Please click the link for full details and resources: onelakewood.com/residential-re…

Being in quarantine is hard. You know what isn't? Wearing a mask, washing your hands and putting a little distance between yourself and everyone else. Let's keep fighting COVID-19 together. #MaskUp

2020 has been a year of challenges, from the pandemic, to protests over social injustice, to a contentious election. It’s time to shift our attention to local challenges. Making difference starts next door and we invite you to help us help our neighbors. ow.ly/bcRf30rp4IM

The CARES Act passed by Congress in 2020 created a universal charitable deduction for tax year 2020. This means that everyone, even non-itemizers, will be able to deduct charitable contributions to LCSC! When you donate, we can help more of our neighbors. ow.ly/bcRf30rp4IM

LCSC is making twice-monthly food deliveries to over 1,200 Lakewood residents, and every day, 10-20 new individuals are signing up for service. With your support, we can help more of our neighbors. ow.ly/bcRf30rp4IM

A recent Washington Post analysis of federal data shows that more Americans are going hungry now than at any other point in the pandemic. No one should experience food insecurity & w/ your generosity we can help more of our neighbors. ow.ly/bcRf30rp4IM

LCSC has been providing kid-friendly meals for students learning at home, & we’ve renewed our commitment to providing fresh, healthy food. Making a difference starts next door and we invite you to help us help our neighbors. ow.ly/bcRf30rp4IM

Our social workers have helped clients claim unemployment or PUA benefits, helped them understand the moratoria on evictions, advocated with landlords & have connected many of our neighbors to SNAP benefits, utility assistance and more. ow.ly/bcRf30rp4IM

The CARES Act passed by Congress in 2020 created a universal charitable deduction for tax year 2020 only, which means everyone will be able to deduct charitable contributions to LCSC! Make your donation before the end of the year to help your neighbors. ow.ly/bcRf30rp4IM

In the 1st days of the pandemic we kept our food center open 5 days a week, & then changed to drive-thru/walk up to safely provide food to 3000 people a month. In Sept, after 38yrs as a walk in center, we launched our 100% delivery model. ow.ly/bcRf30rp4IM

It has been a challenging year, & our hope is that we can all look back on this time & feel that we did what we could to reduce the damage to people in our community. And you can help - when you take action, we can help more of our neighbors. ow.ly/bcRf30rp4IM

24% of our clients are seniors who need to stay as distanced as possible for their health and safety and we’ve added more fresh produce to our 400 deliveries to senior housing buildings. When you take action, we can help more of our senior neighbors. ow.ly/bcRf30rp4IM

The pandemic has forced many parents to stay home. That includes our neighbors. 26% of our clients are single female heads of household who are staying home to supervise remote learning. With your generosity we can help more of our neighbors. ow.ly/bcRf30rp4IM

LCSC has managed the City of Lakewood’s CARES Act funds for low-income residents, and our social workers have assessed and qualified over 300 Lakewood households for rental assistance and paid over $600,000 to landlords to keep our community safely housed. ow.ly/bcRf30rp4IM