Local Grocery Partnership Provides Holiday Meals for OneEighty Residents

On December 12 OneEighty, a regional nonprofit serving people in recovery and those in shelter programs, launched a partnership with Buehler's Fresh Foods to provide holiday grocery bundles and Christmas dinners for clients. The effort targeted residents across OneEighty's Women s Residential Treatment Center, Men s Treatment Center called Pathway, the Emergency Shelter and transitional housing, and early purchases produced dozens of meals for those programs.

Donors can choose from three package tiers available through the end of the year. A fifty dollar basic bundle includes milk, cheese, eggs, bread, butter, jelly, peanut butter, fruit and toilet paper. A one hundred dollar essentials bundle adds chicken, hamburger, hot dogs, deli meat, vegetables, buns, paper goods and storage bags. A one hundred fifty dollar Christmas dinner package provides a turkey or ham, potatoes, vegetables, rolls, juice and dessert. Contributions can be made online, dropped off at OneEighty s office at 104 Spink Street in Wooster, or purchased directly at Buehler s Milltown located at 3540 Burbank Road in Wooster.

For local residents this collaboration reduces barriers to giving by offering straightforward, labeled bundles and multiple delivery options. It also supplies nutritious, shelf stable and perishable items tailored to the needs of people in recovery and those moving from emergency shelter into more stable housing. That focus on nutrition and dignity matters for outcomes tied to recovery programs and housing stability.

The partnership highlights a common feature of local social service delivery, where nonprofit capacity is bolstered by public facing businesses during seasonal drives. While community generosity fills immediate needs, the scale of donations each year underscores the policy question of how county and municipal budgets and service planning account for recurring demand in emergency shelter and treatment services. County leaders and service providers may use this model as a basis for conversations about sustained support, volunteer coordination and logistics for food security beyond the holidays.

Residents who want to help can donate through the channels above to support OneEighty s residents and programs before the end of the year.