Community

Events at OCS

As apart of our 3 cornerstones of service (food, financial assistance, and resiliency), OCS centers these around the communities we serve and partner with. This piece of our strategic triangle offers events that instill a sense of togetherness and strength.

Check out our annual community-centered events below!

Back-to-School Giveaway & supply drive

In memory of our beloved volunteer and board member, Jaqui Willis.

Every year, it is our aim to ensure that every student in the Oberlin City Schools has access to school supplies. We begin the summer with a supply drive through the community, then host the Back-to-School event to distribute these supplies to the Oberlin City School students!

Holiday Food & Holiday Helping Hands

Every year, OCS offers a special food distribution for Thanksgiving and for December holidays to Oberlin residents. We provide items such as a turkey or ham, potatoes, cranberry sauce, stuffing, cornbread mix, ingredients for green bean casserole, and more! This requires registration, which usually begins in October.

In addition to the food, we also offer our Holiday Helping Hands Gift Distribution for children 0-17 residing in Oberlin. This program matches sponsors with families to provide wrapped gifts so that every child in our community has a wonderful, cheerful holiday season. This program also requires registration, which usually begins in October.

Interested in becoming a sponsor? Contact Kathy, our Client Services Coordinator, at kathy@oberlincommunityservices.org.

Empty Mugs

The Empty Mugs Holiday Brass and Organ Spectacular— the largest annual fundraising event on behalf of OCS—celebrates with a large and generous crowd at the First Church In Oberlin. This event offers lively holiday music, a spirited auction of Oberlin Pottery Co-op offerings, and refreshments. This event takes place in December - stay tuned for this year’s spectacular!