GIVING
Why We Give
As a community we can move forward by giving back. Verso Financial is committed to help wherever and whenever we can…while having fun along the way.
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2024 Holiday Raffle
Thank you to those who participated in our 5th Annual Holiday Raffle. Once again we are humbled by your generosity and care for our community.
Listed below are the charitable organizations that Verso Financial selected from this year’s Holiday Raffle entries. We will be supporting these groups this year with a financial donation and/or through our office/client volunteer events.
Tunnel to Towers Foundation – Helping provide mortgage free homes to fallen first responders and Gold Star families by building and providing specially-adapted smart homes for catastrophically injured veterans and first responders.
Sleep In Heavenly Peace – Our Mission is “NO KID SLEEPS ON THE FLOOR IN OUR TOWN!” We are an organization that builds and delivers beds to children in need of a bed and a safe place to sleep.
A Rosie Place for Children – This is the first (and only) specialty hospital in the state of Indiana exclusively for children who are medically fragile. Although Rosie Place is a highly equipped hospital capable of caring for the most complex pediatric conditions, they emphasize their home-away-from-home environment for respite care.
Hope International – This faith-based organization provides microfinance loans, a safe place to save, and other financial services to empower entrepreneurs who live in poverty to invest in their businesses and provide for their families
Suitcases for Foster Kids – Foster kids usually have a trash bag to carry around their personal items when moving from one family to another. There are numerous organizations in the area that provide suitcases for these kids.
Ronald McDonald House – Verso staff and clients volunteer to help on the Coffee Cart for the month of June. The cart provides snacks, drinks, plush animals and small toys to patients and their family members who are staying at Ronald McDonald house. Ronald McDonald House offers a soft bed, a hot meal, and a quiet place to gather one’s thoughts, not just overnight, but for weeks or even months, while your child is just steps away from you in the hospital.
Food Bank of N. Indiana – Verso and our clients participate in hands-on volunteer events packing bags and boxes of food in support of the underserved in the Michiana area. One highlight being the “Feeding America Backpack” Program which provides food for school children over the weekends when food for their meals may be in limited supply.
Alzheimer’s Association –This marks our 9th year supporting this great organization that has touched the lives of so many of us.
Wreaths Across America – Wreaths Across America and its national network of volunteers place more than 2.7 million wreaths on headstones of our nation’s service members at 3,000 participating locations, including Fairview Cemetery in Mishawaka, IN. The wreath-laying that began more than 30 years ago is still held annually on the second or third Saturday of December.
Hope Ministries – Verso and our clients provide food, clothing and personal hygiene items to the underserved in our communities. We collect these items at various Verso client events throughout the year.
2024/2023 Client Outings
2023 Holiday Raffle
Listed below are the charitable organizations that Verso Financial selected from this year’s Holiday Raffle entries. We will be supporting these groups this year with a financial donation and/or through our office/client volunteer events.
Thank you again for your participation.
Rock Steady Boxing of Michiana
The mission is to improve the quality of life of people with Parkinson’s disease through a non-contact, boxing-based fitness curriculum.
Oinking Acres Farm & Rescue
The mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, rehome, and advocate for abandoned, neglected, abused, and unwanted pot-bellied pigs and other farm animals in our community. We also provide sanctuary for those who are un-adoptable. Oinking Farms is in Brownsburg, IN.
Hope Ministries Soup Kitchen South Bend
The Downtown Soup Kitchen has welcomed guests and provided them with a delicious, hearty soup meal for over 30 years on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in the Social Hall. Guests are welcome to dine in and/or take carry-out bags.
Youth Service Bureau of St. Joseph Co.
Helping local youth repair foundations which have been damaged by abuse, neglect, homelessness, and lack of resources by teaching them how to overcome the complex barriers to self-sufficiency.
Christ Child Society of South Bend
The South Bend Chapter of the Christ Child Society is a not-for-profit organization of volunteers dedicated to the personal service and clothing of all needy children and infants in the love and spirit of the Christ Child.
St. Jude’s Children Hospital
St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
Alzheimer’s Association
This marks our 9th year supporting this great organization that has touched the lives of so many of us.
Food Bank of Northern Indiana
Supporting the Michiana area by providing food to the underserved in the community as well as participating in the “Feeding America BackPack” Program.
Ronald McDonald Charities of Michiana
Offering a soft bed, a hot meal, and a quiet place to gather one’s thoughts, not just overnight, but for weeks or even months, while your child is just steps away from you in the hospital.
Wreaths Across America
Wreaths Across America and its national network of volunteers, placed more than 2.7 million sponsored veterans’ wreaths on headstones of our nation’s service members at 3,702 participating locations, including Fairview Cemetery in Mishawaka, IN. The wreath-laying that began more than 30 years ago is still held annually on the second or third Saturday of December.
Past Client Outings
2022 Holiday Raffle
Below is the list of charitable organizations that Verso Financial selected from this year’s Holiday Raffle postcards. We will be supporting these groups this year with a financial donation and/or through our office/client volunteer events.
Alzheimer’s Association
This marks our 8th year supporting this great organization that has touched the lives of so many of us.
Food Bank of Northern Indiana
Supporting the Michiana area by providing food to the underserved in the community as well as participating in the “Feeding America BackPack” Program.
Ronald McDonald Charities of Michiana
Offering a soft bed, a hot meal, and a quiet place to gather one’s thoughts, not just overnight, but for weeks or even months, while your child is just steps away from you in the hospital.
American Breast Cancer Association
This charitable organization is focused on breast cancer prevention by promoting early detection, education, and screening services.
Center for Hospice Care
The Center helps patients, and their loved ones experience the best possible quality of living, even as they face the end of life, through compassionate hospice and palliative care.
Cultivate Food Rescue
Through strategic partnerships, Cultivate Food Rescue is a leader in perishable food rescue, procurement, redistribution and education, in order to meet the nutritional needs of the food-insecure in our community.
Pet Refuge
This no-kill organization protects the health and welfare of every animal placed in its care, as well as providing the best possible placement of these animals in their “forever homes.”
REAL Services
Assists members of our community in maintaining their independence, while finding meaning and satisfaction in their lives. Some services include helping individuals understand and manage their finances, providing nutritious meals to homebound persons, mobilizing seniors for their essential appointments and meetings, and assisting low-income households with electric and heating expenses.
Riley’s Children Hospital
A top-ranked children’s hospital where their “little” patients, receive the best-in-class care across every pediatric specialty known to medicine while utilizing the latest innovations and treatment options.
Salvation Army
Assists our community by building programs designed to offer immediate relief, short-term care, and long-term growth in the areas that will best benefit the community. Some areas of support are: homeless shelters, food pantries, life skill education, job training, and after-school programs for children.
2021 Holiday Raffle
Based on feedback from our amazing and caring clients, we will be supporting these groups this year with a financial donation and/or through our office/client volunteer events:
Alzheimer’s Association
This marks our 7th year supporting this great organization that has touched the lives of so many of us.
Chiara House of South Bend
This organization provides respite care for children with special needs.
Edwardsburg Food Pantry
Providing food for those in need in the greater Edwardsburg, MI area.
Food Bank of Northern Indiana
Supporting the Michiana area by providing food to the underserved in the community as well as participating in the Feeding America BackPack Program.
Hospice House of Mishawaka
Offering a number of services to assist those in the community who are experiencing the effects of a life-limiting illness.
National Kidney Foundation
Providing all patients with access to care, treatment and the guidance needed to cope with a kidney disease diagnosis.
Love Way
Transforming the lives of individuals with special needs through compassionate therapeutic equestrian experiences.
Play For Jake Foundation
This Foundation is dedicated to the prevention of sudden cardiac arrest in youth by partnering with schools to provide heart screenings for its students as well as to raise funds and awareness around the importance of AED’s.
Ronald McDonald Charities of Michiana
Offering a soft bed, a hot meal and a quiet place to gather one’s thoughts, not just overnight, but for weeks or even months, while your child is just steps away from you in the hospital.
