Reaching our neighbors by offering tangible help in order to create opportunities for relationships and wholeness through Christ’s love.
Born as a ministry of Vista, Bloom: A Free Store is a non-profit serving families with young children in Columbus and surrounding areas. Its goals are to aid in the flourishing of families and to create a supportive community for families by connecting people, providing basic needs, and sharing resources.
Columbus Relief (CR) is an organization located on the southside of Columbus but has a central Ohio reach. Their motto is “loving people where they are” and they focus on those experiencing homelessness, addiction and significant poverty. While helping with immediate needs such as food, care needs, showers, laundry and more, the seek to build relationships with those they serve.
Divine Dignity provides dignity, hope, and hygiene to individuals and families across Central Ohio. By partnering with schools, community centers, shelters, and other local organizations, they distribute essential hygiene products and household necessities while sharing God's love and helping people thrive. Their programs include Hygiene Centers, Hygiene Closets, Dignity4Kids, and DigniTeens, all designed to help remove barriers that prevent people from thriving and to restore self-worth through practical care and compassionate support.
The Dublin Food Pantry is dedicated to connecting people with nutritious food, essentials, and resources while educating the community about hunger’s impact and collaborating with others who address basic human needs.
Led by Dr. Norman Brown, J. Jireh is a faith-based non-profit organization, with a holistic approach to serving individuals and families, and responding to the needs of the Near Eastside of Columbus community.
Since 2010, the mission of JJDC is to improve the quality of life in the East Main Street community through housing and economic development, planning, coordinating of services, and other community-building activities.
At any moment, we might experience a sudden job loss, a health crisis, or an unplanned disruption to our everyday lives that may leave us temporarily in need of help. With the help of the community, One Dublin assists families living in the Dublin City School district to ensure basic needs are met with compassion and dignity.
Sanctuary Night serves vulnerable women in the Columbus area by providing a safe place to rest, connect, and access practical resources. Through meals, hygiene supplies, peer support, counseling, and community partnerships, they help women find pathways toward long-term stability. Led by a team that includes survivors and individuals with lived experience, Sanctuary Night seeks to restore dignity, foster healing, and help women take meaningful steps toward hope.
Taste of Peace is a faith-based nonprofit serving refugees and marginalized individuals throughout Central Ohio. Their mission is to provide tools, resources, and opportunities that help people rebuild their lives with dignity, stability, and hope. Through English conversation classes, cultural exchange meals, community gardens, entrepreneurial opportunities, and practical support, Taste of Peace creates welcoming spaces where people from diverse backgrounds can thrive and find belonging.
Young Life is a Christian ministry that reaches out to middle school, high school, and college students in all 50 of the United States and in more than 100 countries around the world. YoungLives is a regular gathering with parenting teenagers and mentors with the support of childcare workers and various community help. Young Life Capernaum’s mission is to invite teens and young adults with and without disabilities to discover authentic friendship, growth, and purpose.