Sunday, February 13, 2000
Lakota agency getting a home
Donates food, clothes, toys
BY ANNA GUIDO
Enquirer Contributor
UNION TOWNSHIP — What began 10 years ago as one woman's goal of helping her Butler County community has outgrown her dream.
In April, the nonprofit social service organization that Sharon McGuire founded, Reach Out Lakota, will move into a facility of its own and will expand its services.
“That dream of mine to help people in the community ... I never would have imagined that it would have come this far,” Mrs. McGuire said.
The organization donates food, clothing, toys, personal care items and household goods to more than 575 families in the Lakota Local School District.
At its new site on Station Road in Olde West Chester, Reach Out Lakota also will begin offering budget and nutrition counseling for adults, and tutoring for children.
“The only reason we're able to do this is because of the generous support of our community,” executive director Lourdes Ward said.
The land for Reach Out Lakota's new facility is being do nated by West Chester Presbyterian and St. John's churches. The $45,000 in seed money was raised by a group of local women through their annual “Key Event” charity dinner party.
Reach Out Lakota's new, 4,000 square-foot facility will provide more than enough space for all of the organization's needs, Mrs. Ward said.
Reach Out Lakota's current address is 6929 Tylersville Road, Unit 16 in the West Chester Corporate Center. Hours are 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday and Thursday and 10 a.m. to noon Wednesdays. Telephone: 779-7515.
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