Unity Oshkosh: Community Care Fair

On a Saturday afternoon in Oshkosh, the school hallways look a little different. A grandparent helps a child read a sign. A young parent chats with a neighbor they’ve never met before. A college student translates quietly for a family friend. Someone else pushes a stroller, grateful to pause for a moment.

They all came for different reasons. But they arrived in the same place.

Families across Oshkosh face barriers that don’t always look the same, but often feel familiar. Rising food costs. Limited access to basic household items. Confusing systems for jobs, health care, and services. Language differences. Stress shaped by uncertainty or past experiences. These challenges touch people across neighborhoods, ages, cultures, and backgrounds.

The Unity Oshkosh Community Care Fair exists because community works best when we show up together.

Hosted by the Multicultural Outreach (MCO) team with the Oshkosh Area School District, in partnership with the Childhood Trauma Task Force, Unity Oshkosh brings families, students, and community members into one trusted, school-based space. On March 21 at Vel Phillips Middle School, the focus is simple: reduce barriers, strengthen access, and build connections. Inside, families will find food and refreshments, hygiene and household essentials, employment and workforce resources, and community organizations ready to listen and support. Materials are multilingual. Conversations move at a human pace. Children laugh and play in a dedicated engagement area, giving caregivers time to ask questions, make connections, and breathe.

Unity Oshkosh is not about who needs help most. It is about recognizing that everyone deserves access, dignity, and belonging. It is about neighbors supporting neighbors. It is about meeting people where they are and making it easier to move forward.

When families leave with what they need and the feeling that they are welcome here, that impact reaches far beyond one day.

Your support helps make this possible. Donations provide food, basic needs supplies, children’s activities, translation, and the materials that turn a school into a place of care and connection.

Join us in this collective effort. Give today and help strengthen a community where everyone belongs.