Good Neighbors

Good Neighbors - Tallmadge

Since their founding in 1957, Good Neighbors, Inc. has been helping those in need through the help of volunteers. Good Neighbors is a non-profit organization that asks for volunteers who are willing to donate anything -- whether it’s their time, talents and sometimes cash or food donations -- to help those less fortunate in their local communities.

This past weekend, Great Lakes Base, Ohio Garrison and Rancor Clan offered to be Good Neighbors -- with members of Tallmadge Police Department -- during their “Fill the Cruiser” food drive at Giant Eagle. As you’d expect, a bunch of Star Wars characters standing around a police cruiser will draw a lot of attention. Once people realized what we were doing there, many were more than willing to hand us cash donations; others went inside and came back with extra groceries -- specifically for the purpose of donating to be “Good Neighbors” to those in need!

As the morning passed by, our police cruiser was starting to run out of room -- so we had to “call in for backup.” Even with the second cruiser, food donations kept coming in! As we got near the end of the toy drive, one of the managers showed up with grocery carts filled with bags of food -- donated on behalf of Giant Eagle staff members. By then, the second cruiser was filled to nearly to capacity as well and it was safe to say that we’d had a very successful food drive!

GLB "Mission Photos" - Good Neighbors (Tallmadge)

When everything was said and done, we helped bring in two police cruisers filled with groceries as well as $1,000 in cash donations -- all going towards Good Neighbors’ efforts to help feed those in need during this holiday season.

I think next year… “we’re gonna need a BIGGER (transport)!”