Dr. Charles O. Dillard
Founder of the Community Resource Fund
Dr. Charles O. Dillard, renowned for his community service, is the founder of the Community Resource Fund. Dr. Dillard practiced medicine for over 50 years servicing in underserved communities. Even now, after his retirement, Dr. Dillard continually helps the underserved and disadvantaged communities. He persists in helping these communities through the activities of the Community Resource Fund (CRF).
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​Through the CRF, Dr. Dillard supplies fruit and other nutritional items to youth and their families. He distributes these items to schools, the Boys and Girls Club, churches, and various food pantries within the community. In addition to food, when funds are available, the Community Resource Fund also distributes personal hygiene and essential daily need items as well as outerwear.
​The Mission of the Community Resource Fund, ties into Dr. Dillard’s work with the military organization, “Mission Readiness” whose aim is to provide food and lobby politicians to put more money in early childhood education and nutrition.”
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Dr. Dillard always advocated for the underserved, believing that healthcare is a right and not a privilege and that we are all responsible for each other, assuring all our basic needs are met.
BOARD MEMBERS:​
Charles O. Dillard, MD, Chairman
Chester C. Pryor II, MD
Roland McGoodwin, DDS
Jeffrey G. Brewster, MPH
Sylvester Brown, F.E.
Babette Craig, PhD
Semue Chapman, CPA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OUR MISSION
​To combat food insecurity, preserve health and meet basic survival needs by providing nutritional and other necessity items to at risk children and their families throughout the Cincinnati and Hamilton County vicinity.
Since its inception the Fund has provided fruit, non-perishable foods, snacks, baby formula, personal hygiene products and outerwear to children and their families.
