The Ohio Northern University Office of Alumni Engagement invites alums and friends to participate in a virtual 5-K anytime between 9 a.m. on Friday, July 17, and noon on Sunday, July 19.
It's the Polar Bear Virtual 5K in support of ONU’s Dimension Award Scholar Program, which provides financial assistance, social programming and academic support to students from underrepresented backgrounds at ONU.
Heartbeat of Hardin County will hold a jewelry sale and Safe Haven will hold a purse and scarf sale
• Thursday, July 23, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.,
• Friday, July 24, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and
• Saturday, July 25, from 9 a.m. to noon, according to Deb Oestreich, program director.
The sale is at 220 E. Franklin St., Kenton.
Sale to benefit programs at Heartbeat of Hardin County. "We are having a gently used jewelry aale. All jewelry will be $2 each. We will have a table for more expensive items," she said.
The West Ohio Food Bank came to Ada on Wednesday with its monthly Hardin County free food distribution program.
The Ada visit resulted in the distribution of 35,900 pounds of food passed to 133 families, according to Jason Aldrich of the food bank.
The distribution point was at the ONU Lakeview parking lot behind The Freed Center.
Members of the Ohio National Guard loaded vehicles with food during the two-hour period. Their volunteer efforts are part of their mission assisting food banks across Ohio.
West Ohio Food Bank, based at 1366 E. Kibby St., Lima, serves an 11-county area.
We are part of your communities. We know you, and you know us. As we all deal with COVID-19, we want to be a part of the solution; we want to educate and empower you to be a part of the solution also
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We, your doctors and your nurse practitioners, are living and working together with you as the COVID-19 pandemic is unfolding.
We are currently seeing an increasing number of people with this infection in Putnam county and surrounding areas. We want to do everything we can to limit the spread of COVID-19 and need your help.
What you do matters. The basic actions you keep hearing about, i.e. washing hands, social distancing, wearing masks, and staying home when you are sick, actually do much to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Covid-19 hasn't stopped blood drives from taking place.
Ada's next American Red Cross blood drive is from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday, July 20, in the Community Health Professionals Ada Visiting Nurses conference room, 1200 S. Main St.
To schedule an appointment, call Mary Hackworth, blood program leader for Ada community blood drives, at 419-604-8569 or 800-Red Cross.
