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Add your spark

Volunteer an hour or a weekend, partner your business, host a drive, or simply attend a gathering. There's a place for everyone at the fire.

Donate

Fund hot meals, utility assistance, and scholarships. Tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law.

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Volunteer

Cook, deliver, mentor, or set up chairs around the firepit. We have a role for every schedule.

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Partner

Businesses, churches, and civic groups sponsor programs, host drives, or match employee giving.

Partnership Tiers

Attend

Come to a Saturday dinner or a First Friday Gathering. The easiest way to feel the fire.

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Volunteer

Roles to fit your week

Whether you have one hour a month or every Saturday, we have something for you.

  • Kitchen Crew — prep, cook, or serve Saturday dinner (3 hr / week)
  • Delivery Drivers — bring food boxes to seniors (2 hr / month)
  • Spark Mentors — meet monthly with a scholarship recipient
  • Event Hosts — set up & greet at First Friday Gatherings
  • Behind-the-scenes — bookkeeping, social media, photography, grant writing
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Partnership

Sponsor a program. Light up a city.

Your business, church, or civic group can fund an entire program for a year — with full transparency, recognition, and a real impact report.

Spark Partner

$1,000 / year

  • Logo on our website
  • Recognition at one Gathering Night
  • Annual impact report
Become a Spark

Ember Partner

$5,000 / year

  • Sponsor one full month of meals
  • Naming on a Gathering Night
  • Quarterly impact reports
  • Logo on event materials
Become an Ember

Bonfire Partner

$15,000+ / year

  • Underwrite an entire program
  • Named Spark Scholarship
  • Press partnership opportunities
  • Custom volunteer days for your team
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Upcoming Events

Pull up a chair

Dec14
Annual

Winter Warmth Drive Kickoff

3400 Licking Lane, Zanesville, OH

5:00 PM — 8:30 PM

RSVP
Jan10
Monthly

First Friday Gathering Night

The Firepit Yard

6:30 PM — 9:00 PM

Details
Feb22
Fundraiser

Hearts & Embers Benefit Dinner

Zanesville Community Hall

6:00 PM — 10:00 PM

Buy Tickets
Mar15
Volunteer Day

Spring Spruce-Up Workday

Various neighbor homes

9:00 AM — 2:00 PM

Sign Up
Apr19
Community

Spark Scholars Banquet

Muskingum County Library

5:30 PM — 8:30 PM

Attend
May31
Fundraiser

Firepit 5K & Family Walk

Riverside Park, Zanesville

8:00 AM

Register