Press Releases - Community Interest

The Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority has joined the City of Toledo, Keep Toledo/Lucas County Beautiful, the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, and SMART BINZ to place refuse and recycling receptacles throughout the Toledo community in an ...

Located in the Toledo area, SMART BINZ Corporation plans to distribute, free of charge, 300-500 recycling receptacles throughout the Toledo community beginning Earth Day, April 22, 2009. As a public-private partnership, SMART BINZ has joined with ...

Saturday February 25, in a focused kamikaze action, 20 graphic designers gathered at Toledo design studio Madhouse, to develop a new visual identity for local charity MLK Kitchen for the Poor in ONE day. The design charrette was a one day design ...

The Perrysburg High School Bands will provide the community a sneak peek of their performances for their upcoming OMEA Honor Band Competitions on March 2, 2009, during their annual Winter Concert. The bands continue to help make Perrysburg one of ...

Girl Scout Cookies Coming to Area Kroger Stores Be prepared to see many smiling faces and hear the question, “Would you like to buy some Girl Scout Cookies?” Girl Scouts will be setting up booths Friday, February 27 and Saturday, ...

Kidney Foundation of Northwest Ohio (KFNWO) 3100 W. Central Ave.; Suite 250 Toledo, OH 43606 Shelly Joseph 419-329-2353 Celebrity Dinner Event Fact Sheet What: • Guests will be entertained as local celebrities wait tables to benefit KFNWO. All ...

Citizens invited to help re-name science center Toledo, Ohio – What’s in a name? Good question. What is the name? Better question! Officials of the tentatively named Toledo Science Center, formerly COSI Toledo, are turning to school ...

This exciting event will include dinner, live and silent auctions, a speech from a wish child, and remarks from our celebrity guest speakers, father and son duo, James and Joe Laurinaitis. Joe Laurinaitis, also known as the Road Warrior Animal, is ...

The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library is proud to celebrate Black History Month in February with a family program titled, Expression of Culture through the Performing Arts scheduled from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, February 28 in the McMaster Center at ...

January 26, 2009 The ladies of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc; Iota Theta Sigma Chapter of Toledo, Ohio will host the Sorority’s national project called Sigma Youth Symposium which is hosted by all chapters of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc, on ...

YWCA ANNOUNCES 2009 MILESTONES HONOREES Thursday, January 22, 2009—Toledo, OH— At the YWCA of Greater Toledo, 1018 Jefferson Avenue, CEO Lisa McDuffie, announced the 2009 Honorees for the YWCA Milestones: A Tribute to Women annual ...

Want to know the latest rules and regulations on boating? Need to know what equipment is essential when boating? Learn this and more when you join us for Safe Boating Classes sponsored by the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, the Ohio Department ...

EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS DISCOVER SCUBA A NEW DIVE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES We are inviting people with disabilities in the Toledo Metropolitan Area to participate in a Discover SCUBA Program event. We will provide the SCUBA ...

Metroparks is now recruiting people to join the ranks of the Volunteer Trail Patrol, who provide customer service and safety assistance to park visitors throughout the park system. More than 100 Trail Patrol Volunteers already patrol the parks on ...

Hospice of Northwest Ohio is offering Pathways – A Spiritual Journey of Grief for six consecutive Tuesdays from February 3 through March 10. This group, for adults of any faith, will be held from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. at Hospice of Northwest ...

For many people, trails are the Metroparks. More people say they visit their favorite park to take advantage of the trails than any other reason, surpassing picnicking and every other use in surveys for at least the past decade. That’s why ...

The Safety Council of Northwest Ohio is pleased to announce that we are accepting applications for anyone in the Northwest Ohio and Lower Michigan area that has gone “above and beyond” the call of duty in saving someone’s life. ...

In recognition of the critical need for free, reliable health information in Toledo and Lucas County; the national non-profit organization Libraries for the Future (LLF) has awarded the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library a grant of $20,000. The ...

Help choose the local Caldecott winner and see how the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library’s selection compares with the actual Caldecott winner scheduled to be announced in late January, 2009 at the American Library Association (ALA) ...

As in past years, DTID and Toledo Edison personnel have installed festive holiday decorations onto Edison’s street light poles throughout DTID’s 38-block special improvement district. Toledo Edison and its parent company, FirstEnergy ...

The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library is excited to announce seven exciting new additions on the Research & Reference drop down menu area of its Web site – toledolibrary.org. Log on to the site’s home page today! Communications ...

Heart & Soul is an event to benefit Harbor Behavioral Healthcare. Proceeds will go toward a client resource center at Harbor Behavioral Healthcare and a “transition to stability fund” for Lucas County residents discharged from ...

Love Lights in 2008 is joining the Winesburg Christmas Weekend celebration. The lighting ceremony will be at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5 at The Eliza Ramsay Home on South Main Street. Love Lights began in 1998 as a Christmas Memorial Event as well as a ...

When it comes to books, music, movies and more, the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library is still the best deal around! The Library’s new loan/fine/fee schedule, beginning January 1, 2009, will allow patrons to borrow more materials for a ...

TOLEDO, Ohio – November 26, 2008 – Deck the halls and fa-la-la. The holidays are almost here! The festive nature of the holidays brings out the best in just about all of us – and it's easy to over celebrate. But getting behind ...

What is Judaism? The Sylvania Branch Library, 6749 Monroe St, located in Sylvania, Ohio presents a free program titled “What is Judaism?” scheduled at 7 p.m. on Thursday, December 4. Howard Friedman, of the United Jewish Council of ...

The Whitehouse Christmas Tree Farm would like to celebrate this holiday season by giving away 100 Christmas Trees to our military families. 50 - 7 foot trees will be given to families that currently have a soldier stationed overseas. 50 - 7 foot ...

The Honorable Ohio State Senator Mark Wagoner (R, Toledo), is scheduled to experience the other side of the Library Circulation desk on Tuesday, November 25, when he serves as a “Very Special Guest Librarian” at the Toledo-Lucas County ...

(Toledo, OH) – Toledo Arena Sports, Inc. is pleased to announce that Event Level Seats will go on sale Wednesday, November 19 at 9:00 AM. The proximity to the playing surface at the event level will offer fans outstanding views from their ...

What are your core beliefs? We can help you discover them! This Core Beliefs Conditioning workshop is guided by Kendra Grant, and offered by Clean & Sober Support Center. It is a faith based workshop and will teach you many things including; ...