A small grassroots effort first initiated to help clothe needy children in Lake County has grown to great lengths over the past 50 years.Hope Chest, an all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization, had its humble beginnings five decades ago when a group of teachers belonging to Hope Ridge and Painesville United Methodist churches noticed that some youngsters weren't attending school in bad weather because they didn't have sufficient clothing.

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