News Release
WARSAW — The Combined Community Services (CCS) Board of Directors has announced
Executive Director Randy Polston has concluded his time leading the organization, opting to spend time with his family and pursue further work with the Warsaw Community School
Board.
Polston recently announced plans to retire at the end of the year.
“The Board of Directors would like to extend our gratitude to Randy for the five years of
service that he dedicated to CCS,” said board president, Santina Spiteri.
During the five years of Polston’s tenure, CCS has gone through the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise in economic inflation. Both circumstances have produced record numbers of guests coming to the doors of CCS needing services and at the same time,
have created some financial challenges within the organization.
“Despite financial challenges due to inflation, the staff at CCS has continued to pour
their hearts into the organization and serving our neighbors in need,” Spiteri explained.
The Board of Directors fully believes that we can come together as a community to keep
CCS’s services alive in the community for our neighbors who need them.
To serve in the interim, CCS’s Director of Self-Sufficiency, Sabrina Phillips, will be
fulfilling the role of the interim Executive Director.
With help and support from the Board of Directors, Phillips and the Board will work to ensure that operations continue uninterrupted, and CCS will continue to serve our neighbors in need.
Phillips has been part of the organization for over twenty-two years and during that time has dedicated her life to the mission of CCS. She has filled this interim role one other time in her tenure at the organization.
“Sabrina’s passion and kindness have helped countless guests who have come through
CCS’s Self-Sufficiency programs,” explains Spiteri. “As a board, we are excited to
support her as she leads CCS to continue to serve our neighbors in need, while the
board works fervently in the search process.”
The Board of Directors has put together a search committee and will work to fill the
Executive Director role for CCS. Additional details about the selection process will be
shared as they become available.
CCS provides Emergency Assistance services to their guests through Utility Assistance
and Dane’s Family Food Pantry. Alongside these services, CCS helps guests by
providing two Self-Sufficiency programs. The services and programs are designed to
come alongside our neighbors in need and take them from being in crisis to achieving
stability.
The need for these services and programs continues to rise. CCS is now serving over
900 families a month from the Food Pantry, which surpasses any of the numbers they
saw during the pandemic.
The staff is able to serve these numbers of guests due to their passion and the generosity of the community. CCS will continue to work with current partners and donors and churches, as well as seeking new funding opportunities so the organization can continue to provide these services to the record-breaking number of guests that come through its doors.
“CCS has been in this community for 40 years, and we are determined to keep this
organization serving its guests for the next 4 decades,” said Spiteri.
“The staff and Board of Directors of CCS are looking forward to coming together with our donors and fellow community members to continue to be the hands and feet of Jesus as we serve our neighbors in Kosciusko County.”CCS is in need of food donations and volunteers to help in the Food Pantry and other areas of the building.
Find out more about CCS’s needs and how to donate at ccsgives.com.
