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IMPACT
REAL CHANGE AND REAL SOLUTIONS: HOW COSMO AND ITS
MEMBERS HAVE AN IMPACT
Community Shares of Mid Ohio
works with member agencies to bring about real change and real solutions in
our community.
COSMO has distributed over $1.5 million since 1994 to member agencies and
increased community exposure and funding for local non-profit organizations
through cooperative federation participation, giving COSMO members access to
over 125,000 new potential donors. We have successfully expanded
public sector campaigns in Franklin County, the City of Columbus, and The
Ohio State University to include over 150 additional non-profit
organizations as well as new private sector campaigns. Read below for a small sample of our of what a
difference your donation makes in our community!
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American Indian Center of Central Ohio [NAICCO] is the only place in Central
Ohio specifically addressing the needs of Native Americans. At
NAICCO, each person is treated with respect, compassion, integrity, acceptance,
encouragement of spiritual, physical, mental and
emotional growth, and wellness and recovery.
NAICCO
supporter Diana Durfey-Coy says, "I contributed some coats and shoes
to NAICCO. The next time I went there I noticed someone there
wearing one of the coats I had contributed.
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said to go to the back door to get meals. Then I went to a powwow
and spoke to a man about NAICCO. I asked what the organization was
about and did for people. He told me that they have a Sage and Cedar
program, provide meals for people, and also a sobriety program offered to
people. He was referring to the community around NAICCO as well as
the Native Americans."
"I wanted to give more to NAICCO
because they do provide services and items donated directly to people that
need the assistance. I am not a wealthy person but still I really
wanted to help. At work we received pledge cards for donations to
Community Shares, which is made up of different organizations in the
community. I immediately looked to see if NAICCO was one of the
organizations and it was. I donate a little bit out of each
paycheck. I know that the money I donate will really make a
difference in someone's life. I feel good knowing that, even though
it is a little bit of money, I am really helping."
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Cat
Welfare: Reaching out to the under-served areas in Central Ohio,
Cat Welfare is a unique no-kill shelter that sponsors a monthly
spay/neuter clinic for stray, abused and feral cats.
We try to ignore her...the scrawny
calico cat hanging around the back porch door looks innocent enough.
But she's harboring a dark, secret life of motherhood, birthing an
average of 18 kittens a year in a continuous cycle of pregnancy.
Over 10 years she and her offspring will produce 420,000 kittens
adding to the stray feline overpopulation problem that plagues our
community.
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NOMAD/Mash Unit and Shelter Outreach Services of Ohio provide spay/neuter
surgeries, rabies vaccinations and flea treatment to cats and kittens
living in low-income neighborhoods around Columbus. Last year 203 spay and
neuter surgeries were funded with Community Shares donations, and this
year 100 surgeries have been performed so far.
Breaking the cycle of homeless cats and
kittens...it takes a community to do the job. A community dedicated
to the welfare of cats, and generous Community Shares donors like you.
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Interfaith Center for Peace:
For the fifth year, the Interfaith Center for Peace participated in Camp Mom and Me,
a three day summer day camp program at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, Ohio.
On three days in July, boys and girls from all over Ohio came to the prison for activities
designed to maintain and strengthen family bonds. 27 mothers and 36 of their children spent time
in structured activities such as nature study, cooperative games, and arts and crafts. Free time
offered a variety of active or quiet pastimes, like making memory books or just sitting together,
talking, hugging, and being family. Together the campers ate meals, sang, danced, and shared other
family activities.
Peace Center volunteers led and supervised quiet time activities, volleyball, kickball, sack races,
and a group art project. ICP volunteers also helped prevent and peaceably resolved disagreements and other
conflicts among the children.
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