How to get utility bill assistance in Elkhart County…

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First contact your utility company to find out if they offer payment plans, free conservation measures, or shut off prevention.

As the temperature increases, the energy companies in the region find that people’s utility bills spike up accordingly. Those sudden spikes have been leading to more Elkhart County families seeking help.

Local organizations working together to help low income, struggling, and unemployed residents pay their bills include Elkhart Community Church Services, Open Door, Inc. (for Elkhart County residents living south of Goshen), Family Christian Development Center (for residents in the Wa-nee School District), Real Services, Inc. as well as Elkhart County’s Township Trustees and the Salvation Army.

For more information about emergency assistance call:

• Church Community Services: 295-3673

• REAL Services, Inc.: 233-8205

• Open Door: 773-3820

• Family Christian Development Center: 773-2149

• Elkhart Salvation Army: 970-0088 (Northern half of Elkhart County)

• Goshen Salvation Army: 533-9584 (southern half of Elkhart County)

Here’s how to get in touch with the township trustees:

• Baugo: 293-5873

• Benton: 642-3659

• Cleveland: 264-2453

• Clinton: 642-3202

• Concord: 293-6889

• Elkhart: 533-2066

• Harrison: 875-6408

• Jackson: 831-3322

• Jefferson: 535-9015

• Locke: 773-3320

• Middlebury: 825-3446

• Olive: 862-1480

• Oscelo: 262-2175

• Union: 784-3110

• Washington: 848-7024

• York: 848-9387

The weekly hours for Community Church Services emergency assistance:

Monday, Wednesday and Thursday

9 AM-11:45 AM and 1 PM-3:45 PM

Tuesday

9 AM-11:45 AM and 1 PM-7 PM

Friday

No emergency services available

Elkhart Citizen proud to help his Elkhart County neighbors

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“This a testament to the reach of hunger and the plight of people in need. What an excellent expression of Elkhart…. ” said Rob Robinson, executive director of Church Community Services in response to Mr. Singh of Franklin’s Citgo’s generous donation.

“Elkhart as been good to me and my family. I want to give something back to this community.” Mr. Singh, owner of Franklin’s Citgo, said his generous gift to Elkhart families in need was  his way of giving back to Elkhart County.

Thank you, Mr. Singh, for the financial gift you brought to us from your business. You’re helping us extend hope to lots of your neighbors. What a pleasure to meet you,” Rod Roberson, executive director of Church Community Services, is most appreciative of the support Church Community Services has received from businesses like Mr. Singhs and from much of the Elkhart Community.

The results of some of ‘Seed to Feed’s” first harvest. I can hardly believe the summer and food picking season is almost over.

Church Community Service’s Weekly ‘Seed to Feed’ Update…

Hi Everyone,
As summer is coming to a close, so will our gardens. But, we still have
some good harvests left to pick. We will go back to our regular schedule:
the Bullard Garden on CR17 will be picked on Monday, Sept 10th at 6:00 p.m.
This will probably be about our last picking. We might have one more on the
17th of Sept, but we will let you know.

The Goshen Garden on CR 36 will be picked on Tuesday, Sept 11, at
6:00 p.m. and we should have a “stellar” harvest of tomatoes and peppers. The
green beans are just about finished, but we still might get some this next
week.

The potato field will be tentatively be ready to pick up next Friday,
Sept.14. The field will be “turned” and then we have a 24 hr window to
pick up the potatoes before they turn green which is not good. We will need
about 50 volunteers with 5 gal buckets to pick them up and load them into
the containers that will then be loaded onto the semi. Date and details to
follow next early next week.

And finally, I’d like to thank the 7th grade class of St. Thomas School
for their wonderful support of the Seed to Feed program. They came to CCS
yesterday along with their teachers and mothers, took a tour of CCS to see
what happens on a daily basis at the Food Bank and then came to the Bullard
Garden to pick beans. The students, 50 in total, along with their teachers
and mothers all got down in the dirt and picked 430 lbs of green beans in
2 hrs. It was a good learning experience for the kids and what a wonderful
blessing for the Food Bank and the people they serve. Thank You kids,
teachers and mothers for your wonderful support!!!
Have a great weekend and we’ll see you at the gardens as we close out
the harvests over the next few weeks, and don’t forget the potato field.
Details will follow next week.

Blessings
Dave Hochstetler
Coordinator of the ‘Feed to Seed’ Program

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