Marlena Ballinger, owner of The Dough Hook in Bluffton, is excited about giving back to the Ronald McDonald House of Toledo.
The Lima News
BLUFFTON — Finding a cause that you are passionate about can be great motivation for assisting or even creating a fundraising event or charitable activity in your community. The Dough Hook Meat Market is teaming up with Ronald McDonald House Charities of Northwest Ohio to help those in need.
The Ronald McDonald House of Toledo, and all Ronald McDonald Houses are run solely on donations like ones from The Dough Hook Meat Market. As someone who had to utilize the house, Marlena Ballinger, owner of The Dough Hook Meat Market is excited about giving back to the Ronald McDonald House of Toledo.
“Several years ago, my daughter spent many nights in the Toledo Hospital Pediatric ICU. The Ronald McDonald house was a warm meal, a soft bed and a great place to take a break from being in the hospital with my daughter. I loved that it is right across the street so if I was needed back at the hospital, I could be there within a few seconds,” said Ballinger. “I am so grateful to have this platform to be able to give back to the Ronald McDonald House.”
Throughout the month of November and December, The Dough Hook Meat Market will be collecting cash donations that will be turned into meat for the McDonald House’s freezer. For over eight years, the Bluffton meat market has been donating frozen meat items to the Toledo house in an effort to cut down on rising food costs of the house.
Those wishing to donate can stop at The Dough Hook which is located at 117 North Main Street in Bluffton or do so online at doughhook.com. Hours of operation are Tuesday–Friday from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. until noon. Those with questions may call 419-369-4264.
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