U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown has released an interactive online map showing community centers, libraries and other sites where volunteer tax help will be available throughout Ohio. Click this link and scroll with your cursor to enlarge or reduce the size of the map. Then click on a dot near your neighborhood to get details, and […]
MIPA set to hold Helping Hands Food Drive
December 8, 2015 by
On December 10, 2015, from noon until 4:00pm, MIPA Primary Care’s Dr. Mark Davis and Dr. Raymond Gardner will be hosting the MIPA Helping Hands Food Drive at 1069 Delaware Avenue in Marion. Organizers said that with several families struggling to put food on the table and with the area’s continued efforts to help those […]
Marion Salvation Army steps in to help residents of mobile home park
December 7, 2015 by
The Salvation Army in Marion announced that it will provide the funding to secure housing for tenants at the Buckeye Mobile Home Park through year-end. The tenants had faced forced eviction due to the lapse in water utility payments by the mobile home park landlord. The Salvation Army said they worked with representatives from Aqua […]
Over 300 families benefit from Marion City Schools’ holiday produce market
November 23, 2015 by
About 330 families have extra food for the Thanksgiving holiday thanks to Marion City School’s first drive-up produce market held on Thursday, November 19, 2015. Volunteers from Marion City Schools and Whirlpool Corp.’s Marion plant distributed canned goods and fresh produce during the produce market held Thursday afternoon at Grant Middle School. Each family received […]
Modern Woodmen plans local meal-packing event
September 21, 2015 by
Lori D. Seckel, regional director for Modern Woodmen, will lead local Modern Woodmen representatives and their families in a meal-packing event on Friday, September 25, 2015. The project will take place at First Church of the Nazarene, 233 W. Church Street, Marion, Ohio. Media participation is encouraged and appreciated. “We’re excited to do our part […]
LWV meeting to explore removing community transportation barriers
September 15, 2015 by
As part of League of Women Voters (LWV) Marion’s Voter Service and Advocacy Agenda for 2015-16, the League’s first monthly meeting will feature Marion’s community transportation services, including both met and unmet needs for residents of Marion County. The meeting, open to the public, will be held Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 6:00 p.m.. at […]
Ohio lawmakers propose drug testing some welfare recipients, Crawford County volunteers for pilot
August 5, 2015 by
Two Republican state lawmakers are reviving a plan to drug test welfare recipients to ensure taxpayer money is going to families who need help and not drug dealers. Reps. Ron Maag of Salem Township and Tim Schaffer of Lancaster said Tuesday they will introduce a bill establishing a pilot program in three counties and appropriating […]
Leapin’ Outreach Center moving to former newspaper building – UPDATED
July 22, 2015 by
UPDATE: Following the publication of this story, the organizers of Leapin’ Outreach reported that the Marion City Fire Department Inspector has identified some issues within the building. Those issues need to be remedied before the move described below can take place. Until they are ready to make the move, they will continue to be open […]
Marion credit union joins Project Backpack for 12th year
July 17, 2015 by
Corporate America Family Credit Union (CAFCU) has begun its twelfth year of support for Project Backpack, an annual school supply drive that helps families, students and teachers prepare for the school year. All CAFCU branches will be collecting items such as rulers, highlighters, calculators, binders, and other basic classroom tools to give to local schools […]
Touch-A-Truck and help provide school supplies to kids in need
July 15, 2015 by
A backpack filled with notebooks, pencils, pens, and erasers are just ordinary school supplies to most kids, but to some children those few items can be the critical difference between fitting in and feeling different. United Way, Scioto Shoe Mart and many other area businesses are teaming up to make sure our local children have […]
