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Walking with Moms in Need - News Update

Updated March 31, 2025

March 2025 Diaper Drive

North Ridgeville High School had a diaper drive March 10-14, 2025, to benefit St Julie/St Peters Walking With Moms in Need ministry. The friendly competition between classes has produced a greatly needed supply of diapers for the moms we serve. 

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​Maggie and Alyssa, Student Council Officers, are part of the group that helped to organize this diaper drive. 

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Thank you North Ridgeville High School Students for your generous contributions of diapers, and thank you, Nikki, Student Council Adviser, for approving this activity.  We are very grateful!

October 2024 Afternoon Tea Fundraiser

Thank you to everyone that helped make our Fall themed tea fundraiser a tremendous success. We raised over $6,700, had 173 attendee. Browsing the thirty amazing baskets, while listening to pianist Lisa Berghaus made the event feel very elegant.

 

Thank you to all who created the baskets, gave monetary donations, and those who participated in the raffles. The highlight was the varied and tasty tea sandwiches, salad, and decadent desserts.

 

A special thank you to Polly Wittrup and Cindy Traut for organizing this beautiful afternoon. We are so grateful for everyone’s support, the turnout was overwhelming, and very encouraging. 

Help Make Us Known!

As you drive around town, be on the lookout for our bumper magnets and yard signs, publicizing our ministry, and desire to help pregnant and parenting moms in need. We would like to thank the St Peter/St Julie Knights of Columbus for helping us fund these signs and magnets. The Knights have been very supportive and generous to our ministry, and we are very grateful. Thank You Knights of Columbus!

 

Publicizing our ministry continues to be one of our main priorities. If you would like a free car magnet, and, if you or someone you know, has a business in a high traffic area and would allow us to put up a sign, please call 440-662-9068. Our service areas include North Ridgeville and Elyria.

 

We continue to help moms in need through our partnership with Catholic Charities, St Vincent De Paul, Cornerstone Pregnancy Services, Christ Child Society, St. Peter/St. Julie Knights of Columbus , Providence House, Zellies Home, Community Care,  Birthright and several other community organizations. 

 

This past Christmas, St Peter's PSR program had a drive to collect diapers, socks and other needed items for children we serve. The generosity of these students and their families was amazing.  As pictured above, North Ridgeville High School had a diaper drive to benefit Walking With Moms in Need Ministry in March.

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Over the past 8 months we have accompanied 16 women. This involves two volunteers meeting with the woman, assessing her needs and then helping her to find the resources available to assist her.  When the mother's situation becomes more stable, we continue to stay in touch with her through phone calls and visits. Some of the women we have worked with lack basic needs like shelter, financial stability, and reliable transportation. Some have no family they can turn to for support. We believe it is a privilege to walk alongside these  women. 

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We have received calls outside of North Ridgeville, so we are forming connections with nearby parishes in Lorain County. 

 

If you are interested in joining this ministry please call Ann Marie at 440-662-9068.

 

We continue as a group to meet monthly, inviting resource providers to educate us on their services. Most important, we continue to pray we are prepared when a mother in need calls for assistance. Please join us in that prayer request. If you would like to join our Circle of Hope group, who receives updates and emails when there is a need that area resources cannot provide, please call 440-662-9068.

 

We also want you to know we have a Facebook page: Walking with Moms in Need - North Ridgeville. Please like us and share with others. 

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