CBJ Foundation & partners team up to launch Spirit of Giving campaign

The Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation is teaming with club corporate partners Vorys, Energy Transfer, Delta Dental and ADS, along with Foundation grant recipients the Columbus Metropolitan Library, Community Shelter Board, Columbus Parks and Recreation Foundation and LSS Choices for Victims of Domestic Violence, for a Spirit of Giving campaign in the month of December, the Foundation and club announced today. During the Spirit of Giving campaign, the Foundation will highlight a grant partner and the work it is doing in central Ohio, especially for those vulnerable populations that have been greatly impacted by COVID-19, on each of the first four Tuesdays in December.
To kick off the program today, which is also GivingTuesday, Vorys is donating $10,000 through the Foundation to support the Columbus Metropolitan Library. This gift will go to support the Library's Winter Reading Challenge program that will reach 10,000 students in central Ohio and encourage more than 60,000 hours of reading.
"The need for financial contributions in our central Ohio non-profit community is great," said Vorys Managing Partner Michael Martz. "We're proud to support the Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation and their work supporting vital organizations like the Columbus Metropolitan Library. The Library's after school reading program has expanded to ensure that students have access to reading materials and meals while they participate in virtual schooling and we are honored to be a supporter of this very important work."

In addition, Energy Transfer will be donating $25,000 through the CBJ Foundation to support the Community Shelter Board and underwrite the provision of emergency shelter and housing services for families with children facing homelessness in Columbus, particularly those being served at Van Buren Center Family Shelter on the city's west side. Last year, Community Shelter Board's emergency shelters served 1,035 families, including 266 mothers-to-be and 2,235 children.
"We are honored to support The Community Shelter Board through our partnership with the Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation," said Energy Transfer Vice President of Corporate Communications Vicki Granado. "Your initiatives to help families in Central Ohio who are experiencing homelessness has touched thousands of lives. It is wonderful to work with organizations that have such a positive impact the communities they serve."
Delta Dental will be giving $10,000 to support the Columbus Parks and Recreation Foundation Adopt a Center program. The Columbus Parks and Recreation Foundation is a private not for profit that exists to further the mission of the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department to connect the people of our community through the power of nature, wellness and creativity. Money will go to families and kids that come from high-need neighborhoods by providing food, hygiene items, winter clothing and toys during the holiday season.
Finally, ADS has committed $10,000 in support of LSS Choices for Victims of Domestic Violence, which has been the sole resource for victims seeking shelter in Franklin County for more than four decades. Choices offers temporary emergency shelter, a 24-hour crisis hotline, counseling, legal advocates, peer support groups and community awareness building for those facing domestic violence.
If fans would like to support the Columbus Metropolitan Library, Community Shelter Board, Columbus Parks and Recreation Foundation, Choices or any of the Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation's other grant partners during this holiday season, visit
www.cbjgivesback.givesmart.com
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Today marks GivingTuesday, which is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. It was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past seven years, it has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity.