Democrat Club of Christian County donates to Freedom's Rest

The Democrat Club of Christian County has again raised donations at its club meetings to support Freedom's Rest Family Violence Center near Ozark, Missouri. Freedom’s Rest provides shelter and advocacy to survivors of domestic and sexual violence and promotes education to break the cycle of violence.

This year the Club donated $600, and the check was presented by Club Treasurer Susan Rubino to Sandy Cassell of Freedom's Rest.

Susan Rubino, Treasurer of the Democrat Club of Christian County, presents donation to Sandy Cassell of Freedom’s Rest on March 28, 2022.

Democrat Club of Christian County donates to local charities

Every month the Democrat Club collects money for designated local charities. In 2018 we chose two charities: Freedom’s Rest (Christian County’s only domestic abuse shelter) and St. Joseph’s Food Pantry of Billings, with the monies split 60/40 between the two, respectively.

Marge Bramer presents check to Abbi Bryant, Community Outreach Coordinator for Freedom’s Rest

In January of 2019, Democrat Club member Marge Bramer gave Freedom’s Rest a check for $445, and our new Democrat Club President, Bob Rubino, presented St. Joseph’s Food Pantry a check for $296. Rubino also gave the Food Pantry the 448 “Best Choice” labels the Club had collected. These help them defray the cost of food purchases for the pantry. (Unfortunately, their monetary donations have been down almost 25% while the number of people needing assistance has increased!)

Bob Rubino presents check to Pat Houk, Coordinator for the St. Joseph Food Pantry