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Dedication ceremony held for Community Resource Center

The ribbon is cut during the dedication to the Harry K Baby Pantry and WIC office. Shown (l-r) are Ellen Conway, lead volunteer for the baby pantry; Joanne White, WIC director; the Rev. Max Wolf, Lewes-Rehoboth Association of Churches; Elaine Stepany, CRC coordinator; Ted Stephens, CFAC; Rep. Pete Schwartzkopf, D-Rehoboth Beach; Harry Keswani, the Harry K Foundation; Renee Beaman, director, DHSS State Services; Janet Maull-Martin, CRC board of directors; Ted Becker, Lewes mayor; and the Rev. Jeffrey Ross, CRC board chair. BY DENY HOWETH
November 4, 2015
The Rev. Jeffrey Ross, CRC board chair, welcomes guests and contributors. BY DENY HOWETH
Rep. Pete Schwartzkopf, D-Rehoboth Beach, stands to address those gathered to honor the contributors. Pictured (l-r) are Jeffrey Ross, Janet Maull-Martin, Harry Keswani, Schwartzkopf, Ted Becker and Max Wolf. BY DENY HOWETH
Renee Beaman, director of the Division of State Service Centers, comments on the importance of the new WIC office opening in the Community Resource Center. BY DENY HOWETH
Contractors For A Cause received community partner awards for their service to the CRC. Shown are (l-r) Neoklis Kypreos, Axion financial group;  Wade Porter, Sandstone Construction; Jake Booth, CFAC project sponsor from Capstone Homes; CFAC President Ted Stephens, Morning Star Construction; and CRC board member the Rev. Janet Maull-Martin. BY DENY HOWETH
Harry Keswani talks about his mission with the Harry K Foundation as (l-r) the Rev. Max Wolf, the Rev. Jeffrey Ross, the Rev. Janet Maull-Martin and Rep. Pete Schwartzkopf, D-Rehoboth Beach, look on. BY DENY HOWETH
Wally Johnson, left, and the late Larry Beach were honored as contributors to the center as full time unpaid directors of the CRC since it opened. Johnson accepts the community partnership award from the Rev. Max Wolf. BY DENY HOWETH
The Rev. Frank Deming, left, accepts an award for the New Life Thrift Shop and its contributions to LRAC and CRC. The Rev. Jeffrey Ross presents. BY DENY HOWETH
VIA members offer support to CRC with volunteers and financial aid. VIA members talk with CFAC contributors. BY DENY HOWETH

The Community Resource Center provides emergency assistance to Sussex Countians in need. The center is sponsored by the Lewes-Rehoboth Association of Churches to provide housing, utility and food assistance as well as code purple shelter access. The Baby Pantry, sponsored by a grant from the Harry K Foundation, offers  diapers, formula, food, juice, toiletries and assistance medications for infants.

The newest addition to the center is the DHSS Woman, Infant, and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program at the Community Resource Center in Rehoboth. Contributors and volunteers gathered Oct. 22 to cut the ribbon on the new WIC office and dedicate the Harry K Baby Pantry.

Contractors For A Cause donated time and materials to revamp the space for the New WIC office. Harry Keswani was honored for his mission to defeat childhood hunger in Delaware. Wally Johnson and the late Larry Beach were honored as contributors to the center as full time unpaid directors of the CRC since it opened.

The Rev. Frank Deming received a plaque for the New Life Thrift Store's contribution.

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