From a Head Start classroom volunteer to a Site Supervisor, Sue Beadnell, mother of 4 and grandmother of 12, reflects on her accomplished career in Community Action as she celebrates her 30th anniversary with the Community Action Agency of Columbiana County (CAACC). Beadnell’s Community Action journey began in 1992 when she enrolled her youngest daughter in the local Head Start …
Community Action distributes 20,000 bottles of soap across Ohio
The Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies, in partnership with the Office of Governor Mike DeWine, has coordinated the distribution of over 20,000 bottles of soap to Community Action Agencies across Ohio. Thanks to a generous donation from Bath and Body Works, these soaps will be distributed across the state at food pantries, domestic violence shelters, homeless shelters, and other vital locations …
Community Action Provides Opportunities
Many families come to a Community Action Agency’s Head Start program looking for help for their children, but in the process begin to see the resources available for their entire family. Following is the story of one such person at the Community Action Agency of Columbiana County: While attending college in the spring of 2005 I met a wonderful lady …