Portage Gathers Around Food: Ravenna

Join your neighbors for Portage Gathers, a free community gathering centered around food, connection, and local resources. Presented by Portage Grassroots Project and the Community Action Council of Portage County (CAC).

Come enjoy a community food spread made possible by local businesses, farms, and food partners. While you’re here, connect with local organizations, food-security resources, and other community services. Bring the kids for activities and crafts, enjoy some music, and stick around for a chance to meet and be heard by local leaders in a relaxed, informal setting.

What to expect:

• A community food spread donated by local businesses and farms
• Local resource tables and food assistance
• Kids’ activities and crafts
• Music
• A casual space to meet neighbors and local leaders

Want to know why we’re doing this?
Read John Kennedy’s op-ed in The Portager:
One Meal, One Child, One Family at a Time

"Here in Portage County, when we see a need, we try to fill it. When we see a wrong, we try to right it. We don’t always get it right; sometimes our solutions aren’t always perfect. I wish I could wave a magic wand and solve every problem — I can’t, just ask my wife, Marybeth!

But we can do something. We can deliver a box of nutritious meals to a child’s doorstep. We can open a meal site in a neighborhood where children need it. We can make sure a child doesn’t have to wonder where their next meal is coming from.

And this summer, we did that for more than 1,240 children here in Portage County.

That’s worth celebrating.

One meal. One child. One family at a time."