The Value of Relationship in the Community
Lerner and Rowe Gives Back community outreach program firmly believes in power of our relationships with neighbor and local community groups and the strength that each relationship provides to the projects and events we sponsor.For example, last November we met with CAPS officer Sabrina King of The Chicago Police Department District 9 at an event in Morgan Park to help provide families with Thanksgiving dinner in Southside Chicago.
The event, which also partnered with 45 other organizations including the Boys and Girls Club and the Salvation Army, was able to provide over 1,000 different families with complete Thanksgiving meals.
This success was largely due to the awareness of Officer King that some of the seniors and shut-ins in her district would miss out on this great chance if delivery was not offered, Officer King took action upon herself. So with the help of her partner, Officer Clark registered the families and delivered the food baskets to their homes personally. Without their help, families would have missed out who were in desperate need of food during the holidays.
Though it has been almost five months since our first introduction to Officer King, we have continued to remain in contact and meet frequently in order to coordinate future community outreach events.