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Opportunities for Kindness
Clothing need for new foster student
2 siblings in need of clothes
Little girls size 4/5
little girls size 5/6
Fall and winter clothes are preferred.
Children in Need of Clothing
7 year old boy- wears size 8 slim and will wear both sweatpants and jeans
9 year old girl- wears size 10 slim and prefers leggings or flared yoga pants, and also needs some thermal long johns
11 year old boy- wears size 12 slim pants and will wear jeans, sweatpants, or cargo pants
School Clinic Clothing Needs
We are in need of gently used pants and shorts for our 3 elementary school clinics to be used when children have accidents at school and don't have other clothing to change into. Pants and shorts for both girls and boys sizes 4-12 are recommended. A couple of our clinics could also use new in packaging underwear for boys and girls sizes 4-12. There is currently a higher need for boys pants and shorts.
National Sponsors
Ohio Sponsors
Recently Filled Needs
Student in need of shoes for gym class
Big Kid girls size 4, family is grateful for any help.
Students in need of shoes for school
Family with 7 students who are school age are in need of shoes, family is very appreciative of any help.
Boys Big Kid size 6.5
Girls Big Kid size 5 : already purchased
Boys Big Kid size 5
Boys Big Kid size 4
Boy's size 3
Boy's little kid size 13 : already purchased
Girls little kid size 9 : already purchased
Family in need of shoes for 2 students.
Family would prefer a gift card to a shoe store so that the two students can pick out their shoes for school. Examples: Kohls, Meijer, Sketchers gift cards.
High school students in kinship care need clothes
A brother and sister in kinship care would like gift cards to buy a few new outfits for clothes. Grandparents are both disabled and they are on a fixed income. Ideas of gift cards: Amazon, Walmart, and Target,
Help for Disabled Child
We are hoping to help a family purchase a handicapped accessible van. He has been diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy this year. He is getting a custom manual wheelchair with a power attachment made, and the family needs a handicapped accessible van as Duchenne’s is a progressive illness.
Single Mother Needs Help
We have a single mom needing help for her daughter and herself. They are in need of the following clothing:
Size 7/8 girls shirts, shirts, dresses
Size 8 girls pajamas
Size 2 (kids) girls shoes
Medium no show girls white socks
Size M/L women’s graphic t-shirts
Size M/L women’s shirts
Size M women’s leggings
Size M women’s shorts
Size 8 women’s tennis shoe
Art/craft supplies
Stuffed animals
About Pataskala
neighborhood bridges Pataskala will be the FIRST community to serve two school districts!
The students and families in need from Southwest Licking Schools and Licking Heights Schools will be served and directly impacted through our work.
Carol Stoffel - Area Director
Carol has been a life long resident of Pataskala. She graduated from Ohio University with an Associate’s Degree in Secretarial Studies and was married to Steve, her high school sweetheart, for 43 years until cancer took his life in 2000. Together they have two married sons who both graduated from Watkins Memorial High School, and four wonderful grandchildren. Steve spent 35 years working at The Ohio State University and The James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute, with much of his career being in Human Resources. Carol was secretary at Etna Elementary School for 20 years. After retiring she has been a substitute secretary for Southwest Licking Local Schools for 15 years. She is active in her church and has been a volunteer for Hospice of Central Ohio for 15 years. Carol considers it an honor to promote kindness in her community through Pataskala Bridges.
Megan Myers - Area Director
Megan is a life long (mostly) resident of Pataskala, only living away for four years in Augusta, Georgia and three years in Clintonville. She attended Miami University and received her undergraduate degree in Elementary Education. After moving to Augusta to teach, she decided Ohio was calling her home, and she returned to teach in the school she, her parents, and grandparents attended. She received her Master’s degree from Ashland University in Curriculum and Instruction, and taught for 33 years before retiring in 2019. She still volunteers in the schools when she can. Megan loves travel, and spending time hiking in nature. She is excited to continue helping kids and families through her work with Neighborhood Bridges.