From 9:00AM to 2:00PM

Join us for our 6th annual vendor event! We have over 20 vendors to help you get gifts for everyone on your Christmas list! The event takes place at the St. Joseph County 4-H Fairgrounds at 5117 Ironwood Rd. South Bend IN 46714. Enter through gate 2 on Ironwood Rd. & the event is on the first building on the left. Be sure to bring a nonperishable food items or an unwrapped children

Phone: 574-250-5086

Cass County Project Connect Wednesday The Cass County Housing Continuum of Care (CoC) is holding its annual Project Connect Outreach Event, Wednesday, November 5th from 10 AM to 2 PM at the Squires Educational Center located at 725 Center Street, in Cassopolis, Michigan. Attendees are asked to use the Wolf Avenue entrance. Project Connect is a one day, one stop outreach event for those in need or looking to connect with a variety of services including education, health services, utility assistance, housing, senior services, transportation, food assistance, legal and much more. The event is held annually in the fall and is sponsored by the Cass Housing CoC which is a workgroup of the Cass County Human Services Coordinating Council. Services at no charge and giveaways include: fingerprinting IDs for children by the Sheriff’s Office and a special visit with K-9 Nellie, food box, blood pressure screening, and vision screening for children ages 1-17. Lunch is provided and raffles will be held every 30 minutes. Some of the agencies participating include: 1st Source Bank, 21st Century Home Healthcare, Area Agency on Aging, Ark Services for Youth, Berrien RESA McKinney-Vento Project, Cass County Bridges Out of Poverty, Cass County Cancer Services, Cass County Veteran’s Affairs, Cass County Department of Human Services, Cass County Sheriff’s Office, Cassopolis Family Clinic, Cedar Sands Housing, Council on Aging, Disability Network of Southwest Michigan, Domestic & Sexual Abuse Services, Fetal Alcohol Comm., Helping Hands of Cass County, InterCare Comm. Health Center, Keystone Place, Lakeland Healthcare, Legal Aid of Western Michigan, Lewis Cass ISD Early On and Early Childhood Services, Lions of Michigan Foundation, Midwest Energy, PACE, Senior Nursing Care Services, Southwestern Michigan College, Telamon, Tri-County HeadStart, TrueNorth Comm. Services, USDA Rural Development, United Way of SW Michigan, and Woodlands Behavioral Health Network. The Continuum of Care would like to thank 1st Source Bank, Dr. Jeffery Becraft, Cass County Bridges Out of Poverty, Cassopolis Public Schools, Helping Hands of Cass County, Keystone Place, Midwest Energy, SEMCO, Southwestern Michigan College, and United Way of SW Michigan for their contributions to help sponsor this event, as well as the Cass County Transportation Authority for transportation services. In addition, the CoC is grateful to volunteers from Andrews University Social Work Department, Midwest Energy, and Tri-County Headstart for their assistance. For more information contact Jan Reed, DHS Community Resource Coordinator at 269-445-1232 or 269-467-1223.