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Recently Filled Needs

Holiday Dinner

Sycamore Bridges is working with a community advocate to help a single mom with a holiday dinner over winter break. Mom and her three children are currently living in a hotel without access to a proper kitchen. We would like to offer them a gift card to their favorite restaurant (Olive Garden) so they can enjoy a meal together. Thanks to the generosity of our community, this request was filled before being posted.

Junior High Athletic Geaar

Sycamore Bridges is working with a Junior High athletic coach to obtain warm-up and Aves gear for a handful of his team members. The coach shared some of his student athletes are unable to afford any of the extra items that their teammates purchased for game days and tournaments. He would love for all members of the team to have matching warm-up gear and a spirit wear item to show pride for their team. We are collecting $204 to make this happen. If you would like to contribute to this request, CLICK HEREand designate your donation to "Athletic Gear".

Christmas Tree Donation

Sycamore Bridges received a beautiful donation of a gently used 7 ft. Christmas tree and lights. Thanks to our team of advocates, we were able to brighten a new home in time for the holidays with this thoughtful gift. We are so grateful to our incredible donors for thinking of Sycamore Bridges.

Turkey Vouchers

Sycamore Bridges received a donation of (7) FREE TURKEY coupons to pass out to our most vulnerable families as we head into the holiday break. We are honored to receive this gift and our advocates are busy making sure they end up with families who need it most. If your company has a service or voucher to offer, please reply to this post! All gifts and services are tax deductible. We love nothing more than our local businesses supporting their neighbors.

Overdue Lunch Accounts

Sycamore Bridges received another generous donation from our Kindness Council Member, Spice Spice Baby Cincinnati, that allowed us to pay off overdue lunch balances for eleven students over the last two months. These students' families are all experiencing financial hardship but do not qualify for free lunch. We are so grateful to help alleviate this burden for so many students thanks to the kindness of a local business. If you know a company that wants to make a meaningful impact in our community, reply to this post.

Car Payment for Large Family

Sycamore Bridges is working with a community advocate to help a large Sycamore family with their car payment. Both mom and dad work hard to support their six children and two grandchildren. Although the family is not currently behind on their payment, they are facing significant financial struggles this month due to some unexpected expenses. We have been asked to give them a boost and cover two months of payments to ease some of their burden. The total we are seeking is $384. If you would like to contribute to this request, CLICK HERE and designate your donation to "Car Payment".

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About Sycamore

Lori Drasnin, Area Director

Lori Drasnin is an active Sycamore parent and volunteer. She previously served as PTO President for Montgomery Elementary, as well as PTO Treasurer at Montgomery Elementary, E.H. Greene Intermediate, and Sycamore Junior High School. Over the past decade, Lori has chaired too many PTO events and fundraisers to count and brought innovation and updated programs to our local schools. Lori also organized a Bedtime Bundle collection from the YWCA Battered Women's Shelter from 2014-2017, and served on the board of Ohio Cleats for Kids (C4K) until taking this role.

Lori holds undergraduate degrees from the University of Michigan, as well as a law degree from Emory University. She practiced liability defense for six years at Dinsmore in Cincinnati, OH before "retiring" to stay home and raise her children. Lori is married to husband, Jeff, has two boys, Matthew and Ryan, and two puggles, Max & Erma.

Lori enjoys serving the greater Sycamore community and bridging kindness across the neighborhood.

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