Events
Register Your Children for Toys for Tots
Register your children at 1305 Main Street in Meadville on:
Saturday-Sunday-Monday, October 22-23-24 from 9 AM to 3 PM
Or Friday-Saturday, November 19-20 from 9 AM to 3 PM
For details on what to bring to registration, call 814-282-5876
Sponsored by the Marine Corps Reserve
Our v
olunteers will be collecting new school supplies and book bags to help students in Crawford County, grades Pre-K through 12th.
Interested in being a sponsor or volunteer? Contact us!
Items needed:
- New Book Bags
- College Ruled and Wide Ruled notebooks and loose leaf
- Traditional #2 Pencils
- Black or Blue Pens
- Highlighters
- Index Cards
- 24 count Crayons
- Erasers (pencil top and large)
- Pencil Boxes
- Pocket Folders
- Colored Pencils
- Composition Note Books
- 3 Ring Binders
- Markers
- Glue Sticks
About the “Success is in the Bag” Back to School Program
Our volunteers will be collecting new school supplies and book bags to help students in Crawford County, grades Pre-K through 12th.
Interested in being a sponsor or volunteer? Contact us!
Items needed:
- New Book Bags
- College Ruled and Wide Ruled notebooks and loose leaf
- Traditional #2 Pencils
- Black or Blue Pens
- Highlighters
- Index Cards
- 24 count Crayons
- Erasers (pencil top and large)
- Pencil Boxes
- Pocket Folders
- Colored Pencils
- Composition Note Books
- 3 Ring Binders
- Markers
- Glue Sticks
About the “Success is in the Bag” Back to School Program
Our volunteers will
be collecting new school supplies and book bags to help students in Crawford County, grades Pre-K through 12th.
Interested in being a sponsor or volunteer? Contact us!
Items needed:
- New Book Bags
- College Ruled and Wide Ruled notebooks and loose leaf
- Traditional #2 Pencils
- Black or Blue Pens
- Highlighters
- Index Cards
- 24 count Crayons
- Erasers (pencil top and large)
- Pencil Boxes
- Pocket Folders
- Colored Pencils
- Composition Note Books
- 3 Ring Binders
- Markers
- Glue Sticks
About the “Success is in the Bag” Back to School Program
You are invit
ed to participate in the First Annual “Success is in the Bag” Back to School Community Event, hosted by Center for Family Services, Inc. We hope you can join us on August 8th at Diamond Park 9:00AM to 2:00PM!
Why an event?
Center for Family Services has been collecting new book bags and school supplies and distributing them each August for the past 11 years. We hit a record breaking milestone by serving 624 Crawford County Children in 2014. Our goal is to double the number and fill book bags for 1,200 students this year. With the opportunity to reach so many children (pre-K through 12th) and their families, a community event is a great idea.
Connecting families to opportunities is the goal. August 8th is also a Second Saturday event at the Market House. We anticipate a “cross marketing” of events and a boost in event attendees, as a result. The more the merrier!
Who should participate?
The program serves a wide range of student grades and ages. It is open to any child attending school in Crawford County (public, home school, private or cyber). The variety of age groups, geographic locations and interests make this a perfect opportunity for outreach for educational, recreational, and athletic organizations. Looking for program participants or volunteers? This is the perfect place.
Non-profit and For Profit businesses are welcome to participate.
How can you participate?
You are welcome to put up a table with information … or host a workshop! Some of the ideas our community partners have, include:
• Health Screenings ~ Meadville Medical Center
• Low Cost Hair Cuts and tours ~ Laurel Technical Institute
• Yoga demonstration ~ Brookside Yoga
• Back to School Safety ~ Meadville Police Department
• Karate Demonstration ~ Flying Tigers Martial Arts
• Tours and performance ~ Academy Theatre
Laurel Technical Institute has graciously offered the use of classroom space if needed!
Registration forms available at
Please contact Maria Firkaly with any questions or great ideas you have!
Center for Family Services is teaming up with Armstrong’s Antlers and Anglers
Center for Family Services, Inc. is teaming up with Armstrong during the annual Antlers and Anglers event, to help provide food and funds for agency programs.
Armstrong’s Antlers and Anglers is enjoyed each Fall by hundreds of adults and children. The event offers a variety of family friendly activities and learning experiences, as well as vendors with fishing and hunting items. This year’s event will be held at the Crawford County Fairgrounds on September 26th and 27th from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Cost is $2.00 or two cans of non-perishable food for adults. Children 12 and under are free. Food donations and entrance fees collected will be donated to the Center for Family Services, Inc.
New this year is an “Outdoor Gear for a Good Cause” Hunting and Fishing gear and equipment drive and sale. Armstrong and Center for Family Services are collecting gently used “Outdoor” items to include in a flea market style booth at the Antlers and Anglers event. Items such as hunting or fishing clothing, rods and reels, bobbers and lures, calls, boots, archery equipment, hunting equipment (other than guns or ammunition) and more, are welcome. Please limit the donations to new or gently used items used for hunting or fishing.
Proceeds from the booth will assist Center for Family Services in providing warm winter coats for local children and adults. “The demand for warm coats begins in October and we are often scrambling to fill the need. Having a head start on funding to purchase coats is a great help.” says Center for Family Services Executive Director, Pam Jarrell.
The Winter Coat program helps upwards of 400 adults and children in Crawford County each year. The program relies on community donations of new and gently used coats. The Center for Family Services also holds coat drives later in the Fall. Monetary donations earmarked for the Winter Coat program help purchase coats in sizes that the agency doesn’t often receive. Low inventories of plus size and coats for teenagers is an annual issue. “The Outdoor Gear for a Good Cause booth is a wonderful way to give our Winter Coat program a boost.” says Jarrell.
How you can help
Bring your gently used hunting and fishing clothing, gear and equipment to the Center for Family Services or Armstrong offices by September 23. Donations may be tax deductible. No firearms or ammunition accepted.
Center for Family Services
213 W Center Street, Meadville – Business hours Monday through Friday 8am to 4:30pm
Armstrong
160 Westview Drive, Meadville
Contact Maria Firkaly, Center for Family Services: 814-337-8450 or at ctrforfamilyservices.org
Joan Kocan, Armstrong: 814-333-6731 ext. 228
Center for Family Services is teaming up with Armstrong’s Antlers and Anglers
Center for Family Services, Inc. is teaming up with Armstrong during the annual Antlers and Anglers event, to help provide food and funds for agency programs.
Armstrong’s Antlers and Anglers is enjoyed each Fall by hundreds of adults and children. The event offers a variety of family friendly activities and learning experiences, as well as vendors with fishing and hunting items. This year’s event will be held at the Crawford County Fairgrounds on September 26th and 27th from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Cost is $2.00 or two cans of non-perishable food for adults. Children 12 and under are free. Food donations and entrance fees collected will be donated to the Center for Family Services, Inc.
New this year is an “Outdoor Gear for a Good Cause” Hunting and Fishing gear and equipment drive and sale. Armstrong and Center for Family Services are collecting gently used “Outdoor” items to include in a flea market style booth at the Antlers and Anglers event. Items such as hunting or fishing clothing, rods and reels, bobbers and lures, calls, boots, archery equipment, hunting equipment (other than guns or ammunition) and more, are welcome. Please limit the donations to new or gently used items used for hunting or fishing.
Proceeds from the booth will assist Center for Family Services in providing warm winter coats for local children and adults. “The demand for warm coats begins in October and we are often scrambling to fill the need. Having a head start on funding to purchase coats is a great help.” says Center for Family Services Executive Director, Pam Jarrell.
The Winter Coat program helps upwards of 400 adults and children in Crawford County each year. The program relies on community donations of new and gently used coats. The Center for Family Services also holds coat drives later in the Fall. Monetary donations earmarked for the Winter Coat program help purchase coats in sizes that the agency doesn’t often receive. Low inventories of plus size and coats for teenagers is an annual issue. “The Outdoor Gear for a Good Cause booth is a wonderful way to give our Winter Coat program a boost.” says Jarrell.
How you can help
Bring your gently used hunting and fishing clothing, gear and equipment to the Center for Family Services or Armstrong offices by September 23. Donations may be tax deductible. No firearms or ammunition accepted.
Center for Family Services
213 W Center Street, Meadville – Business hours Monday through Friday 8am to 4:30pm
Armstrong
160 Westview Drive, Meadville
Contact Maria Firkaly, Center for Family Services: 814-337-8450 or at ctrforfamilyservices.org
Joan Kocan, Armstrong: 814-333-6731 ext. 228
Rock to fill the Food Pantry!
Join us, as Rick McGee and the Roadhouse Rockers fill the Conneaut Lake Park Volunteer Fire Hall with classic rock and blues. Not only will the hall
be filled with great music, event attendees are encouraged to bring a bag of non-perishable food items along. We want to fill our Crawford County Food Pantries. Each event attendee, with at least one bag of food, will be entered to win a $100 gas card. Your $7 ticket fee does not include food or beverages, however there will be a cash bar and (possibly) food items available for purchase.
The Center for Family Services, Inc. manages the State and Federal food programs for Crawford County. While these programs are crucial to helping provide hunger relief in our community, many families are in need of additional assistance. Donated food helps supplement regular food boxes. Community donated food can also be used to help families who don’t qualify for the State and Federal programs, but are facing serious financial difficulties. Your monetary donations help CFS purchase food at lower prices in larger quantities.
Can’t make it, but would like to help? Donate here.
Center for Family Services affiliate Food Pantry locations:
- Cambridge Springs
- Conneaut Lake
- Jamestown
- Meadville
- Saegertown
- Springboro
- Titusville
Suggested Non-perishable Food Items:
- Cereals • Soups
- Pasta & Sauce • Rice
- Proteins (meats, peanut butter or beans)
Find out more about our Hunger Relief program and our affiliate Food Pantries here.
Win a New “2018 Chevy Equinox”
Cost: $20 per ticket
Only 3,000 tickets will be sold
Drawing will be held Saturday, March 10, 2018 at the Center for Family Services 18th Annual Music Benefit.
- Grand Prize – 2018 Chevy Equinox All Wheel Drive LS
- 2nd prize: $2,000
- 3rd prize: $1,000
- 4th prize: $500
*Winners need not be present to win*
All proceeds to benefit Center for Family Services, Inc.
Vehicle Raffle Rules and Regulations
Center for Family Services, Inc. (CFS), is a tax exempt organization under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Rules and Regulations of the Raffle are set forth below. By purchasing a Raffle ticket the purchaser agrees to be bound by these rules and regulations.
The Grand Prize drawing for the raffle will be held on March 10, 2018. Tickets will not be sold after March 10, 2018. Tickets may sell out before that time. The drawing is open to the public, but the winner does not need to be present to win.
Only 3,000 tickets will be sold. The chances of winning are based on that number. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has taken the position that amounts paid for chances in raffles, lotteries or similar drawings for valuable prizes are not gifts, and consequently do not qualify as deductible charitable contributions.
By entering this raffle, entrants accept and agree to be bound by all the rules, limitations and restrictions set forth here and that their names and/or likenesses may be disclosed to and used by the news media and may other wise be used by CFS for publicity purposes and announced on the CFS Website and Facebook. Other rules and regulations may apply. Please contact CFS if you have any questions. CFS’s interpretation and application of the rules and regulations shall be final.
By entering this raffle, each participant releases CFS, its directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all liability, losses or damages of any kind caused by participating in the raffle or winning any prize or resulting from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize, and each winner agrees to indemnify and hold CFS harmless from any and all losses, damages rights, claims and actions of any kind rising in connection with or as a result of participating in the raffle or the winner’s acceptance or use of any prize.
Prizes
The Grand Prize is the 2018 Chevy Equinox All Wheel Drive LS. All 3,000 raffle tickets must be sold by March 10, 2018 for the Grand Prize to be awarded. If fewer than 3,000 tickets are sold by March 10, 2018, the raffle will be held as scheduled, and the Grand Prize Winner will receive a sum equal to 40% of the Net raffle proceeds. Net raffle proceeds will be calculated based on CFS accounting, which shall be final and conclusive with respect to the Grand Prize Winner. For these purposes “Net raffle proceeds” are defined as the balance of funds left after paying all raffle expenses and all expenses for the car.
The Grand Prize Winner has the option, if the Equinox is the prize, to use the cash value of the Equinox towards the purchase of any other vehicle. If a lesser costing vehicle is chosen, the Winner will not receive a cash value for the difference. If a higher costing vehicle is chosen, the Winner will be responsible for paying the difference in cost. Winner will pay all taxes, tile fee, state registration fee, and all other fees.
By purchasing a raffle ticket and choosing to participate in the raffle, each raffle participant acknowledges and agrees that CFS has the right, in its sole discretion, to elect not to proceed with the raffle for any reason whatsoever or for no reason, and in such event, a participant’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be to receive a refund of the full price paid by such participant for each raffle ticket purchased, without interest.
Please join Center for Family Services as we celebrate the hard work and dedication of our Director, Pamela Leap Jarrell!!
Appetizers and refreshments on us.
We hope to see you there!
Need a break from winter? You are invited to join us for our 18th Annual Music Benefit!
The Center for Family Services, Inc. is hosting it’s Annual Music Fundraising Event on March 10, 2018 at the Italian Civic Club. We will have entertainment by The Sofa King Cool Band. The $10 event ticket price includes great music, fun, and entry into a drawing for a $150 Gas Card. Doors open at 6:00 pm. Proceeds from the event will support Center for Family Services, Inc. programs throughout Crawford County.
Games!
- 100+ Balloon Burst
- Silent Auction
- 50/50’s
- Pull Tab tickets
- Chinese Auction
*Winners do not need to be present to win.
Food and Drinks!
Cash Bar and food available for purchase.
Sofa King Cool Band!
Sofa King Cool Band will be playing your favorites throughout the evening!
For ticket information please call 814-337-8450 or contact us.