DARN's 2024 Block Party distributed over 60 bikes to kids in the community.

Congrats to Ava McCoy and Mohamed Megahead who were named this year's Mary Myers First Generation Scholars!

In 2023, DARN collaborated with Bexley High School, Bexley Middle School, Montrose Elementary, Cassingham Elementary, and Maryland Elementary to collect over 200 coats.

Over the 2023 holiday season, DARN supported 63 families, with the majority of the cost covered by individual community member sponsorship.

DARN worked with the Bexley Community Foundation and the City of Bexley to address food insecurity among residents, supporting over 50 families throughout the school year and summer in 2023.

Due to COVID-19, we made adjustments to our annual Adopt-a-Family program. We were unable to deliver physical gifts, so this year we served our families by providing gift cards to their chosen locations. This holiday season, DARN served 116 children, representing 47 families! We had 72 donors who sponsored at least 1 child this season and 19 donors who provided gift cards and/or gift wrap! Thank you to everyone who donated - big or small.

DARN collected winter gear (e.g., jackets, hats, gloves, and boots) along with gently used and laundered clothes of all sizes on Friday, November 30th and Saturday, December 1st, 2018. It was a success as people dropped off clothing to DARN volunteers at two different locations, Montrose Elementary and Jeffrey Mansion.

In support of the Bexley Middle School camping trips, DARN also collected sleeping bags, rain boots, and rain jackets.

DARN would like to thank the Bexley Community for going through their wardrobes and seeing what they could pass forward for others in need, as well as the volunteers that help to collect and sort the clothing for distribution.

DARN Volunteer Ken Grace named Grand Marshall of Bexley Independence Day Parade and 2016 Citizen of the Year

DARN Co-Founder and Montrose Elementary School Counselor, Michelle Hipsley, honored as Bexley Education Foundation's 2016 Bexley Educator of the Year.