Press Releases - Community Interest

Owens Community College’s Alumni Association is honoring the legacy of Private Stephen Machcinski and Private James Dickman of the Toledo Fire Department for their bravery, courage and service to the community by establishing a new $10,000 ...

Last Saturday, the Franciscan Center at Lourdes University was glowing with the more than 500 guests who came out to celebrate higher education and raise funds for student scholarships. Honorary Chairs John and Sarah Bates, and Lourdes President ...

Show Mom that she is the best by bringing her to the Toledo Zoo for Mother’s Day, sponsored by Mercy. All moms receive free Zoo admission when accompanied by one or more children, only on Sunday, May 11. In addition to Mom’s free ...

YES FM will be hosting the Spring Benefit Banquet on May 8 at Genesis Village, 2429 S. Reynolds Rd, Toledo, OH. Doors open at 6pm with Dinner at 6:30pm. Tickets are $25 per person; table reservations for 8 are available for $200. The Featured ...

The recipients of the Toledo Museum of Art’s 2014 Palmer Scholarship have been selected. Wesley Brown of Bowling Green and Jennifer Giovannucci of Waterville will share the $8,000 prize to use toward travel expenses related to art ...

Dr. Jim Willey will visit the campus of Maumee Valley Country Day School to receive an award for his distinguished achievements in the field of cancer research. Dr. Willey, a 1970 graduate of Maumee Valley, earned a B.A. in Zoology at the ...

?Volunteers are needed to serve as parenting instructors and patient advocates for the Your First Look East Toledo Women’s located at 101 Main Street, Suite 4, in the historic Weber Block Building. ?A program of Heartbeat of Toledo, the Your ...

Join local poet and BGSU instructor F. Daniel Rzicznek for a lively discussion of how the shape of poetry has evolved throughout history. The workshop called “Vehicles, Vessels, and Forms for Poetry will be taught on Tuesday, May the 13th ...

In an overview meeting of the school’s five year vision plan, Maumee Valley Country Day School announced last week that it will more than double the courses available to its Upper School students through the Hybrid Learning Consortium. The ...

As part of its global learning initiative, in 2013 Lourdes University established the Ireland Program which provides an opportunity for students to travel to Tullycross, Ireland, a small island country with a rich and varied history. Students ...

The Toledo Repertoire Theatre is seeking Mainstage and Edgy Rep production directors for the 2014 – 2015 season. The upcoming season will consist of six Mainstage plays, two Edgy Rep Readings and one Valentine’s Day weekend Special ...

Launch Pad's Featured Film Series is pleased to present a screening of "Max Anderson, Private Eye" by local filmmaker Michael DeSanto on Saturday, May 17th at 7:30. The aim of Featured Films is to highlighting talented local film and video makers ...

In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of May 5th, the factory of talavera Uriarte in collaboration with the Universidad de las Americas Puebla, invited 38 artists to create unique pieces of art in talavera, a type of majolica ...

Join us for our Annual Oriental Rug Event, featuring over 300 handknotted rugs all made by fairly paid adults, from 2'x3's to 10'x14's. Since our store is not large enough to carry these rugs year round, we host this special event once a year to ...

As another school year comes to an end, many students are once again placing their backpacks in storage or are discarding them entirely in anticipation of buying next fall’s latest fashion trend. Owens Community College’s Alumni ...

Unison kicked off their “Just Don’t” prevention campaign on May 1, 2014. Funded by the Mental Health and Recovery Services Board of Lucas County, the goal of the campaign is to increase the community’s perception that the use ...

On Tuesday, May 20th at 7 pm, Way Library, in cooperation with the League of Women Voters of the Perrysburg Area (LWVPA), will host a presentation on climate change. The speaker is Sam Evans, a local Perrysburg resident, high school physics teacher ...

In fall 2012, Lourdes’ sponsor, the Sisters of St. Francis-Sylvania established an Endowed Chair in Franciscan Integration within the university. The goal of this chair is to deepen the knowledge of and reflection on traditional Franciscan ...

The Sylvania Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting the annual Sylvania Car Show on May 17, 2014, on Main Street in downtown Sylvania. Car registration begins at 8AM and Main Street will be closed from Main Street to Erie Street beginning at 7AM. ...

Come enjoy the finer things in life while you’re surrounded by animals from around the world. On Friday, May 2 from 7 to 9 p.m., the Toledo Zoo offers Wine Tastings 2014, starting with an exclusive after-hours tour of the Zoo’s ...

Toledo Seagate Food Bank is campaigning again for local children. We are currently hosting our Milk Money Campaign in which we are asking everyone in the community to donate any loose change to help us provide milk for children throughout the summer ...

Come celebrate Louie the African elephant’s 11th birthday on Sunday, Apr. 27, at the Toledo Zoo’s Tembo Trail. This pachyderm party is loaded with surprises! At 11 a.m., Louie gets fun enrichment gifts that staff and volunteers have ...

HIRES DENTAL CARE TO HOST 5TH ANNUAL “STARS, STRIPES & SMILES” Free Day of Dentistry for Veterans Toledo, Ohio –Hires Dental Care will host its 5th annual Stars, Stripes & Smiles event to honor our area veterans by ...

The Toledo Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated is proud to announce its annual National Day of Fitness with support from Boys & Girls Clubs of Toledo and key community partners, scheduled from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, April 25 at the ...

It was a hard, cold winter, but now the sun is shining, the birds are singing, and on Sunday, May 4, singers and instrumentalists will celebrate the joys of spring! Presented by Lourdes University’s Department of Music, the annual spring ...

Perrysburg Musical Theatre Company will be holding auditions for children on Saturday, April 26, for Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man.” Auditions will take place at St. Timothy’s Church, 871 E. Boundary St., Perrysburg, from ...

The Toledo Repertoire Theatre is seeking Mainstage and Edgy Rep production directors for the 2014 – 2015 season. The upcoming season will consist of six Mainstage plays, two Edgy Rep Readings and one Valentine’s Day weekend Special ...

Come join Keith's family and friends by honoring Det. Keith Dressel on thursday, May 15, 2014 at Hooter's of Toledo, 4782 Monroe St., Toledo. Begining at 11 am and going until 10 pm, Hooter's will be serving a made to order buffet of wings, mini ...

On Thursday, May 8, Lourdes University’s chapter of Active Minds, the voice of mental health awareness for young adults nationwide, is hosting a Night without Stigma. Co-sponsored by Lourdes Social Science Club, the free event will take place ...

Visual arts teacher Lydia Horvath has been selected to receive a $5,000 Fellowship from the National Artist Teacher Fellowship program. Toledo School for the Arts, where Horvath has taught for 7 years, also has been awarded a complementary grant of ...