Established in 1991 by Jan Venkayya, Day of Caring is a grass roots organization based in Beavercreek, made up of volunteers committed to increasing personal awareness and involvement toward confronting the ever-increasing national plight of hunger and homelessness.

From the first pancake brunch with 12 locations to over 40 locations in 2012, Day of Caring is continually growing. As in the past, churches, community organizations, and public foundations host, prepare, and serve the annual pancake brunch.

Not only have the number of brunch locations increased but the number of cities, towns, and counties have also grown. In 2014, there are brunches scheduled  in Clinton, Greene, Miami, Hamilton and Montgomery counties as well as the City of Dayton.  They’ve also reached beyond our local boundaries to sites in Cinicinnati and Richmond Indiana.  Brunches run on average $6 per person.

 

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Day of Caring is more than just a one-day fundraising event; Day of Caring is first and foremost, designed to create personal awareness. By making people aware of the needs in their community, individuals can come together as one and help. We create opportunities for people to get involved.

In philosophy, Day of Caring is similar to Thanksgiving, where one day a year we come together as a nation to give thanks for our good fortune. Likewise, Day of Caring, through its ever increasing number of volunteers, sets aside one day – the last Sunday in February – where we, the community, can come together to help our less fortunate neighbors.

A new addition to the brunch includes the forming of a personal hygiene pantry  which will include items that cannot be purchased with food stamps and are often difficult for those in need to get.

Suggested items to donate include:

Shampoo	Deodorant	Dental hygiene products	Razors
Feminine hygiene products	Baby wipes	Shaving cream	Body soap
Hair brushes/Combs	Band-aids	Diapers	Toilet paper
Dishwashing liquid	Laundry detergent

From the first pancake brunch with 12 locations to over 40 locations in 2012, Day of Caring is continually growing. As in the past, churches, community organizations, and public foundations host, prepare, and serve the annual pancake brunch. Most sites will serve pancakes, sausage and orange juice, but there are also Indian Brunches serving chicken curry, vegetables, rice, nan, dal and raita and Middle Eastern Brunch featuring falafel, spinach and cheese pies, hummus and tabbouli salad.   Below is a list of area brunches.

 

Sunday February 23, 2014 

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Hygiene Pantry Items Drop Sites Are Noted Below

RICHMOND INDIANA
First Baptist Church 1601 South “A” Street, Richmond, IN  47374 11:30am – 1:00pm	New Life Church of the Nazarene 1004 North “A” Street Richmond, IN 47374 9:00am – 11:00am
CINCINNATI OHIO
St. Monica-St. George Parish 328 W. McMillan St. Cincinnati, OH 45219 9:00am – 2:00pm	St. Bernard Church 745 Derby Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45232 11:00am – 1:00pm
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church 1522 Race Street Loveland, OH 45202 10:00am – 12:00pm	St. Mary’s Church, Hyde Park 2853 Erie Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45208 8:00am – 1:00pm
DAYTON OHIO And Surrounding Areas
Abiding Christ Lutheran Church 326 E. Dayton Yellow Springs Rd. Fairborn, OH 45324 10:00am – 1:00pm	Mad River Lions Club Community United Methodist 339 Meyer Ave., Dayton, OH 45431 9:00am – 1:00pm
Apex Church 5200 Far Hills Avenue, Dayton, OH 45429 9:30am – 1:00pm Hygiene Pantry Drop Site	New Paris  Food Pantry @ National Trail School 6940 Oxford Gettysburg Rd New Paris, OH 45347 12:00pm – 3:00pm
Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church 500 Belmont Park North Dayton, OH 45405 “Time: After Church” – HONEY PUFFS	National Council Of Negro Women St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church 5301 Free Pike, Trotwood, OH 45426 9:00am – 2:00pm
Beavercreek Nazarene Church 1850 N. Fairfield Rd Beavercreek, OH 45432 8:00am – 11:00am	North Riverdale Lutheran Church 45 Kurtz Ave Dayton, OH 45405 11:30am – 1:30pm Hygiene Pantry Drop Site
Beavercreek Senior Center 3868 Dayton-Xenia Road Beavercreek, OH 45432 9:00am – 12:00pm Hygiene Pantry Drop Site	Host a Brunch Site Next Year
Belmont United Methodist Church 2701 S Smithville Road Dayton, OH 45420 8:00am – 12:00pm	Omega Baptist Church 1821 Emerson Ave Dayton, OH 45406 7:00am – 12:00pm
A Pancake Day Keeps Hunger Away	Our lady of Mercy & Corpus Christi & Queen of Martyrs & St. Vincent DePaul 220 West Siebenthaler Ave Dayton, OH 45405  9:30am – 1:00pm
Concordia Lutheran Church 250 Peach Orchard Oakwood, OH 45419 10:30am -12:30pm	Polk Grove United Church Of Christ 9190 Frederick Dr. Dayton, OH 45414 9:00am – 2:00pm Hygiene Pantry Drop Site
Eaton United Church of Christ 113 W. Decatur St. Eaton, OH 45320 11:30am – 1:00pm	Queen Of Apostles Church 4400 Shakertown Road, Dayton, OH 45430 11:00am – 1:00pm
Epiphany Lutheran Church 6430 Far Hills Avenue Dayton, OH 45459 9:00am – 1:00pm Hygiene Pantry Drop Site	Shiloh Church Philadelphia and Main, Dayton, OH 45415 9:00am – 1:00pm
Support the Day of Caring	St. Leonard – Station House 8200 Provincial Way. Centerville, OH 45458 10:00am – 2:00pm
Germantown United Methodist Church 525 Farmersville Pike. Germantown, OH 45327 8:00am – 12:30pm Hygiene Pantry Drop Site	Pancake Brunches are Awesome
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 901 E. Stroop Rd Kettering, OH 45429 8:00am – 12:00pm Hygiene Pantry Drop Site	Stillwater United Methodist Church 6911 Fredrick Pike Dayton, OH 45415 8:00am – 1:00pm Hygiene Pantry Drop Site
Grace United Methodist Church 1001 Harvard Blvd Dayton, OH 45406 10:00am – 1:30pm Hygiene Pantry Drop Site	Target Dayton 111 Xenia Road, Dayton, OH 45415  am – pm
Harmony Creek Church 5280 Bigger Road, Kettering, OH 45440 9:00am – 12:00pm	Help the Hungry and Homeless
Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton 525 Versailles Dr, Dayton, OH 45459 am – pm	Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine White Hall (Phi Rho Sigma) 3640 Colonel Glen Highway Dayton, OH 45324 11:00am – 2:30pm
Your Site Could be Here Next Year	Xenia Adult Recreation and Services Center 130 E. Church Street Xenia, OH 45385 8:00am – 1:00pm Hygiene Pantry Drop Site
Lewisburg United Methodist Church 3147 US Route 40 East Lewisburg, OH 45338 11:00am – 2:00pm	Zion Lutheran Church 5550 Munger Road Dayton, OH 45459 9:00am – 1:00pm
Lutheran Church of Our Savior 155 East Thruston Blvd. Dayton, OH 45419 9:00am – 1:00pm	Think of Others