Stow Community Chest Needs Assessment

The Stow Community Chest is continuously evaluating the needs of our community to insure that the agencies we fund are meeting those needs. As with any community, our needs are changing and growing. Approximately every five years, the Chest undertakes a formal community-wide assessment of needs seeking to involve all organizations and members in its evaluation. Last year, it was time for that Assessment to take place.

In the last Needs Assessment project, participants identified needs affecting several segments of our community. Some of the results of this project include:

  • Providing seed money to help support the needed services of a Social Worker
  • Bringing into Stow the services of the Boys & Girls Club
  • Providing support to Big Brothers/Big Sisters to permit expansion of services to Stow youth
  • Creating and continuing to maintain the Stow Community Chest Guide to Human Services to help address the need for information and referral assistance which was found to be present across all areas of our community. This guide is mailed to each household in Stow annually, is included in the Stow School Directory, and now is accessible interactively online.
  • Providing support to the Domestic Violence Victim Assistance Program (DVVAP) as well as the Network for Women's Lives in response to needs identified following our last assessment project.
  • All of this is in addition to the continued support of such community organizations as the Stow Food Pantry, Val's Project, the Stow Council on Aging, the Stow Bloodmobile, and many others.

    • If you or someone you know is aware of a need in the Stow community that is not being served, please contact the Needs Assessment Committee by email at [needs@stowcommunitychest.org]

    Stow Community Chest 2004 Needs Assessment Questionnaire

    We would also appreciate your input and ask that you take a few minutes to complete our questionnaire regarding needs in our community.

    Thanks for your support!