Rea’s 14th annual “Help Can Hunger” food drive was the firm’s most successful food drive to date. Team members collected 36,526 pounds of food for local food pantries across Ohio – 7,350 pounds more than last year. This lively contest puts office-against-office to see who can collect the most pounds of non perishable food per employee. Last year, Rea’s Cambridge office won after collecting 364 pounds of food per employee.
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Rick Lash (Cleveland) will serve as president of the board of trustees for the Northeast Ohio Chapter of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America until 2020. The organization, which serves Cleveland, Akron, Sandusky, Canton, Youngstown and the surrounding areas, is dedicated to finding cures for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, and to improving the quality of life of children and adults affected by these diseases. Rick, president of Rea’s Northeast Ohio Region, joined the organization and became a board member in 2015. That year, he and his wife, Monica, stepped up to chair the chapter’s signature Toast of the Town event. Since then, the event has seen substantial growth. More than 400 people attended in 2018 and helped raise $148,000 for the local chapter. Since 2015, the event has raised more than $300,000.
Members of the firm's Dublin team fill up the truck with donations. Since 2003, Rea team members have collected more than 260,000 pounds of food. All donations support local food banks, which in turn helps our neighbors in need. Last year’s donations benefited the following community food pantries. • Christ’s Table • Guernsey County Senior Citizens Center • West Ohio Food Bank • Christian Corner Community Center • Millersburg BackPack Program • Wooster Salvation Army • The Gospel Mission Food Pantry • Share-A-Christmas • Community Hospice of Tuscarawas County • Battered Women’s Shelter of Summit & Medina Counties • St. Gabriel Food Pantry • Haven of Rest Ministries • Genesis House