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When Wrecking Ball Hit Plaza, 'We Care' Lost its Home

Charitable group that delivers clothes, food to Appalachian kids every Christmas has no place to collect donations

We Care, the Strongsville-based group that for 22 years has made Christmas bright for kids in the Appalachian region, is looking for a helping hand of its own this year.

The group lost its home when a  just south of Royalton Road was razed.

For more than two decades, We Care used space at ERA Page One Realty, 14400 Pearl Rd., as a collection and packing site. 

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"We would box and pack there," said Terry Evans, who runs We Care. "We also had some room to store our food."

The group is hoping someone in the community will donate about 800 square feet it can use from October through December to collect and pack clothes, toys and food it loads into trucks and delivers to children in one of the poorest areas of the United States.

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"I've already had calls come in from people who want to drop things off," Evans said.

Anyone who might be able to help can call Evans at 440-826-0390. 

If worse comes to worst, the group may try to rent space, but that would cut into the donations.

"It's been a real blessing to be able to do this for the children," Evans said. "Many of them wouldn't have anything to eat for Christmas."

She isn't giving up hope on finding a new home.

"I have a good feeling about it," she said. "I believe someone in this community will be able to help."


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