Press Releases - Community Interest

SeaGate Food Bank's Project PJ is an annual collection of bedtime items. Throughout the months of January and February we collect bedtime necessities for families in need throughout NW Ohio. We are collecting pajamas, books, stuffed animals, ...

Grogan’s Towne is holding a food donation drive the whole month of January, leading up to the Soup R’ Bowl-A-Thon, held at Forest View Lanes on February 1, 2020! All donations support Lutheran Social Services of Northwestern Ohio. After ...

Farms in Northwest Ohio will be the first in the state to gain certification as environmentally sustainable, a project funded by the governor's H2Ohio program. Mike Libben will explain plans to spend $30.3 million in 2020, at 7 p.m. Thursday, ...

FREE Drive-Thru Living Nativity ... Telling the Christmas Story Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 21 & 22, 6-8 pm ALL SAINTS LUTHERAN CHURCH 5445 Heatherdowns Blvd. (west of Reynolds Rd.) Toledo, OH 43614 * Live Animals (including camels) * Costumed ...

Toledo Night (Holiday) Market will be held from 4-9 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019, at The Stables at Wheeler Farms, 11781 Obee Road in Whitehouse, Ohio. The festive holiday market will feature music, twinkly lights, and shopping to pick up that ...

Northwest Ohio will have more wetlands in the coming year: 24 will be newly constructed or reconnected to ditches, creeks, and rivers in an effort to deliver cleaner water to Lake Erie, thereby helping to reduce the annual summer scourge of harmful ...

11-21-19 Contact: Jennifer Day Toledo Joins the Global Climate Strike Again For the second time this year, Toledo Area Residents gathered to share their stories of why they are participating in the Global Climate Strike on Friday, November, 29. Each ...

The city of Toledo has streamlined lead grant applications for owner occupied and rental lead abatement grant assistance. The new applications are now nine pages for landlords and five pages for owner occupied applications – both down from 17 ...

Santa and More Breakfast Saturday, December 7, 2019 9am ADMISSION PRICE IS CANNED FOOD FOR FEED YOUR NEIGHBOR PROGRAM St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church 5240 Talmadge Rd. Toledo OH For Reservations Call 419-473-1187 (Church) or 419-376-2551 ...

The City of Toledo submits a Consolidated Plan to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development every five years. The plan identifies housing and community development needs and sets the city’s strategic objectives and ...

Help us “Stuff The Truck” with Thanksgiving fixins’ for families in NW Ohio. This one-day event is hosted at Walt Churchill’s Market on Briarfield in Maumee (6am-6pm) and on Dixie Hwy in Perrysburg (8am-6pm). We need ...

Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz today announced the 2019 Leaf Collection Program will begin on Monday, Nov. 4. A variety of methods will be used to inform residents when leaf collection will occur in each neighborhood. The city will announce to the ...

The Sylvania Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a Political Forum for all City of Sylvania and Sylvania Township candidates on Wednesday, October 23rd from 7:00pm-8:00pm at the Sylvania Senior Center, 7140 Sylvania Ave. Candidates are asked to ...

The Maumee Chamber of Commerce, Maumee Uptown Business Association, the League of Women Voters of Toledo-Lucas County and the Mirror Newspaper announce a candidate forum. The event will take place on Thursday, October 24 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at ...

October is Correct Recycling Month! Recycle IT, USA Toledo is making it easy to correctly recycle all of your hazardous e-waste by hosting a FREE Electronics Recycling Drive, Saturday, October 19th from 9 AM – 12 PM. Bring your old, unwanted, ...

Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz today thanked the city’s partners upon approval of the historic regional water commission by each community involved. “Toledo and its neighbors have been working for more than 30 years to try to solve the ...

October is Correct Recycling Month! We’re making it easy to correctly recycle all of your hazardous e-waste by hosting a FREE Electronics Recycling Drive, Saturday, October 19th! Bring your old, unwanted, and non-working electronics to ...

The Maumee Valley Country Day School Am-Afro Club will Host Culture-X on October 25, 2019, from 5:00 – 8:00 pm. Culture-X is an event where African-American leaders, entrepreneurs, and activists can come and discuss important issues in the ...

Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz, Toledo Public Schools, Washington Local Schools, the United Way of Greater Toledo, the Toledo Community Foundation, and ProMedica announced today that the first two phases toward implementation of universal access to ...

Mark your calendars! The Toledo Animal Rescue’s Celebration of Wine and Food Event will be held this year on October 9, 2019, from 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm at Manhattan’s Pub ‘n Cheer in Uptown Toledo. Celebrants will taste four wines, ...

Why We Walk Each year, suicide claims more lives than war, murder, and natural disasters combined. Yet suicide prevention doesn't receive anywhere near the funding as other leading causes of death. It's up to Walkers like us to make a difference. ...

AAA is hosting an appreciation day to show support to neighboring businesses and a thank you to members and non-members alike. Everyone is welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served, including hot dogs, chips and beverages. Register for car care ...

Joy Mulinex, Gov. Mike DeWine's chief advisor for Lake Erie, will speak at 7 p.m. Oct. 10 at the Toledo Yacht Club. She'll discuss plans for the $85 million included in the governor's H2Ohio initiative this year, to be spent on cleaning and ...

City of Toledo officials will issue a council resolution and a mayoral proclamation in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month during a news conference at 3 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 17 on the first floor of One Government Center. National Hispanic Heritage ...

Saturday Seminar 2019 Resurrection Lutheran Church (2250 S. Holland Sylvania Rd) From: Rev. Peter Hagen (419) 262-8280 [email protected] For Immediate Release Community Child Safety Seminar Featuring Victor Vieth, MA, JD Community educational ...

Toledo School for the Arts has announced that they have earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ENERGY STAR® certification for superior energy performance. This is the 7th year that TSA has earned the ENERGY STAR, ...

Umbrella of Care Community Outreach Programs present their annual Massage Benefit on Saturday, September 14, 2019 from 8:30 – 3:00pm at Friendship Baptist Church, 5301 Nebraska Avenue Toledo, Ohio 43615. The event is sponsored by Orion ...

Pack a Pickup is a fun competition used to collect food for those in need in Northwest Ohio. Each week we travel to a local high school football game, where the home school tries to Pack a Pickup full with non-perishable food items. At the end of ...

Ohio's new budget will spend nearly $200 million to clean the state's waters, including the polluted western basin of Lake Erie. But will it make any difference? Will it stop the annual pea-green blanket of harmful algal blooms that puts drinking ...

Everyone is cordially invited to come to St. Paul AME Zion Church, 954 Belmont St. , Toledo, OH this Sunday, August 25, 2019 at 11 am EST. The church will be celebrating its 102nd Anniversary. Come join us, fellowship with us, and celebrate with us. ...