Groups join at Covelli to offer more school supplies, games, treats

YOUNGSTOWN

Several organizations came together Saturday to offer food, school supplies and fun to those in need.

New Life Church of Poland has had the event for three years, but this year the Community Initiative to Reduce Violence and the Jericho Project joined it to put on the Goodness Invasion. In the Jericho Project, about 20 city and suburban churches work together to provide school supplies to children in need.

“When the churches and organizations come together we can do so much more,” said Rolando Rojas, senior pastor at Spanish Evangelical Church in Youngstown. “We have the resources, we just have to come together and get it done.”

The event Saturday at the Covelli Centre was expected to draw about 6,000 people.

Nonperishable food and produce were distributed, and 3,000 backpacks with school supplies were available.

Read more about the event in Sunday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.