Press Releases - Community Interest


Apr 26

Bike to Work and School Day: Friday, May 20

Most people in northwest Ohio could use a bike for a lot of regular commuting. On Bike to Work Day, May 20, TMACOG encourages people to give it a try. Most people commute less than nine miles to work. That is a very manageable distance on a bicycle ...

Posted By: Mary Pat McCarthy | Category: Community Interest



Apr 26

Bike Extravaganza at the Farmers Market

Do you like to take a bike ride on a Saturday morning? Do you like the Farmer's Market? Well ride to the downtown market on South Erie St, Saturday, May 21. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. we'll have some music, free t-shirts for bike riders (limited amount ...

Posted By: Mary Pat McCarthy | Category: Community Interest



Apr 26

Ride of Silence - Bike Ride

Meet at the University of Toledo Wednesday, May 18 at 6:45 pm to join in this community bike ride. Last year more than 200 riders participated. This is a bike ride at slow speeds and in silence to remember people who have been injured or killed ...

Posted By: Mary Pat McCarthy | Category: Community Interest



Apr 26

National Train Day in Toledo

Saturday, April 30, 2011 Thousands Expected to Visit Toledo Train Station Toledo’s annual celebration of trains and train travel is Saturday, April 30, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the historic Amtrak station (415 Emerald St.) and upstairs at the ...

Posted By: Mary Pat McCarthy | Category: Community Interest



Apr 26

AP's 2nd Annual Safety Fair

The public is invited to attend AP Federal Credit Union’s Second Annual Safety Fair. It will be held on Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 405 N. Reynolds. The event will begin at 1:00 PM and end at 4:00 PM. There will be over 14 vendors ranging from ...

Posted By: Kathie Weaver | Category: Community Interest



Apr 21

Unison BHG's "Live to Celebrate Another Day" Contest!

Unison Behavioral Health Group has launched a special contest as part of its Spring 2011 “Live to Celebrate Another Day” prevention campaign, funded by the Mental Health & Recovery Services Board of Lucas County. Lucas County teens ...

Posted By: Kitty Slight | Category: Community Interest



Apr 21

Live Stream: WGTE Town Hall: Financial Literacy for Students

Tonight at 8:00 p.m. on WGTE and Streaming Live on Knowledge Stream "The depth of our financial ignorance is startling...and at a time when we're borrowing more than ever, most Americans can't explain what compound interest is." So wrote journalist ...

Posted By: Knowledge Stream | Category: Community Interest



Apr 21

Owens Environmental Club to Host Denim Collection Drive

PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, OH – Owens Community College’s Environmental Club is encouraging area residents to bring their used denim jeans, jackets and purses of any particular color to the Toledo-area and Findlay-area campuses in support of ...

Posted By: Brad Meyer | Category: Community Interest



Apr 20

Va Tech Shooting Victim to Screen Documentary, Speak at UT

-Virginia Tech shooting survivor Colin Goddard will visit UT April 21 at 5 p.m. in Health and Human Services Building Room 1711 on UT’s Main Campus -Goddard will screen film Living For 32 and join UT Police in a discussion regarding guns on ...

Posted By: Jon Strunk | Category: Community Interest



Apr 20

Owens Community College to Host Surplus Asset Sale, April 30

PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, OH – Area residents in need of furniture and equipment ranging from desks and chairs to light poles and a greenhouse are invited to Owens Community College as the academic institution hosts a community Surplus Asset Sale ...

Posted By: Brad Meyer | Category: Community Interest



Apr 20

Quarter Mania on the road April 30 The Eagles in Delta Ohio

Come support 2 different charities. Bring a roll or two of quarters bid on 40 plus products from over 12 home base business products. Bidding paddles 1/$3.00 2/$5.00 3/$7.00 All proceeds split between One way Farms and Jimmy Duranny charity. Delta ...

Posted By: linda sellers | Category: Community Interest



Apr 20

Art Corner Toledo Unveils Mural at Manos Garden

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 19, 2011 – Art Corner Toledo (ACT) unveils its inaugural project in UpTown Toledo on Saturday, April 30, 2011 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. in a joint event with Toledo Grows. Manos' Garden, located at 1441 Jackson ...

Posted By: Rachel Richardson | Category: Community Interest



Apr 18

Owens Celebrating Earth Day with Free Spruce Trees

PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, OH – Owens Community College is celebrating Earth Day 2011 by making available 1,000 Colorado spruce trees for those individuals interested in beautifying the surrounding communities on Thursday, April 21. The ...

Posted By: Brad Meyer | Category: Community Interest



Apr 18

UT’s EarthFest slated for April 20

Celebrate Earth Day a bit early by stopping by the 12th annual EarthFest Wednesday, April 20, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on The University of Toledo’s Centennial Mall. “Earth Day provides an amazing opportunity to increase awareness about ...

Posted By: Joanne Mary Gray | Category: Community Interest



Apr 13

Smoke on the Water

Get your bibs and wet naps ready! The Greater Toledo Area Chapter of the American Red Cross will team up with Columbia Gas of Ohio and KeyBank to bring “Smoke on the Water Ribs for the Red Cross.” The event will be held August 5-7 in ...

Posted By: The American Red Cross | Category: Community Interest



Apr 12

Local Food Topic of April 15 Conference

"Local Food: Strategies for Jobs and Health" will take place Friday, April 15, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Dana Conference Center on The University of Toledo's Health Science Campus. The daylong event will address several topics related to the ...

Posted By: Joanne Mary Gray | Category: Community Interest



Apr 12

Quilts! Quilters! Quilting! (and FUN, of course!) 4/16/2011

Party with Patrick! is a brand new quilt club that offers fun, easy monthly projects that are great for beginners to advanced quilters. If you have ever wanted to learn to quilt or just hang out with a bunch of quilting ladies, this is your chance! ...

Posted By: Matthew Boyd | Category: Community Interest



Apr 12

Owens to Display Silent Witness Project

FINDLAY, OH – Owens Community College is raising society’s awareness of violent crimes against women by serving as host to a Silent Witness Project public display, April 16-23. The public is encouraged to join the campus community and ...

Posted By: Brad Meyer | Category: Community Interest



Apr 11

5th Annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of NW Ohio

SAT. MAY 7TH, 2011 MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND THE TOWNE CENTER AT LEVIS COMMONS 3.1 MILE NON-COMPETITIVE WALK REGISTRATION STARTS AT 8:30AM WALK STARTS AT 9:30AMPress Release Contact Name: Sherri Beckley Press Release Contact Email: ...

Posted By: Sherri Beckley | Category: Community Interest



Apr 07

Owens Findlay Benefit for Hancock County Relay for Life

FINDLAY, OH – Area residents are invited to begin their morning with a piping hot pancake breakfast at the Max and Erma’s Restaurant in Findlay as Owens Community College Findlay-area Campus’ Relay for Life team presents a pancake ...

Posted By: Brad Meyer | Category: Community Interest



Apr 07

Owens Findlay-area Campus to Host Career Fair

FINDLAY, OH – Area residents and students are invited to learn about and explore various employment opportunities available throughout the region as the Owens Community College Findlay-area Campus hosts a Spring 2011 Career Fair on Thursday, ...

Posted By: Brad Meyer | Category: Community Interest



Apr 06

Independent Advocates 3rd Annual SuperFUNdraiser Party!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 6, 2011-- On Thursday April 28, 2011 Independent Advocates, a social change organization whose mission is to improve the community’s response to Domestic Violence, presents the 3rd Annual SuperFUNdraiser Party at ...

Posted By: Rachel Richardson | Category: Community Interest



Apr 06

Owens Advanced Baking Students Present Dessert Buffet

PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, OH – Area residents are invited to experience an array of amazing foods in the form of decadent desserts at the Owens Community College Terrace View Café as students within the culinary arts program’s Baking ...

Posted By: Brad Meyer | Category: Community Interest



Apr 05

Owens and BGSU Students to Raise Homeless Awareness

PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, OH – Owens Community College and Bowling Green State University students will spend a night under the stars to raise homeless awareness as part of Owens’ sixth annual Sleep Out for the Homeless Tent City on Thursday, ...

Posted By: Brad Meyer | Category: Community Interest



Apr 05

Owens Students Help With With Prom Dress Extravaganza Event

PERRYSBURG TOWNSHIP, OH – Area high school students and their families searching for that hard-to-find prom dress and accompanying accessories at minimal cost are invited to visit Owens Community College this coming weekend as the Raising ...

Posted By: Brad Meyer | Category: Community Interest



Apr 05

Commandments topic of UT Jewish-Christian-Muslim Dialogue

The Ten Commandments will be the focus of the 11th Annual Jewish-Christian-Muslim Dialogue lecture Wednesday, April 6, at The University of Toledo. The keynote address, “Double-Edged: America’s Relationship to the Ten ...

Posted By: Meghan Cunningham | Category: Community Interest



Apr 05

Help Area Teens “Live to Celebrate Another Day”

Unison Behavioral Health Group is urging NW Ohio and SE Michigan mobile phone users to text the important prevention message, “Live to celebrate another day. Stay sober. Pass it on!” to family and friends. Unison, in partnership with the ...

Posted By: Kitty Slight | Category: Community Interest



Apr 04

University to Recognize Sexual Assault Awareness Month

According to the Department of Justice, it is estimated that one in four college women will survive a sexual assault or attempted assault during their college years. The Sexual Assault Education and Prevention Program at The University of Toledo is ...

Posted By: Meghan Cunningham | Category: Community Interest



Apr 01

Exciting Changes coming to the Rossford Rec Center

The Rossford Community Recreation Center, 400 Dixie Highway in Rossford Open to residents and nonresidents The best fitness deal in the area with prices as low as $90 a year for residents and $180 a year for nonresidents State of the Art Cardio ...

Posted By: RCRC | Category: Community Interest



Mar 31

Relay for Life of Perrysburg

Relay for Life of Perrysburg June 10-11, 2011 Rivercrest Park 5pm-11am www.relayforlife.org/perrysburgPress Release Contact Name: SHERRI BECKLEY Press Release Contact Email: [email protected] Organization Name: AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY

Posted By: SHERRI BECKLEY | Category: Community Interest