A new adult peer support group is being provided by ProMedica. Beginning Wednesday, September 20, the group will meet on the third Wednesday of each month, excluding July, August and December, at the Promedica Neuro-Science building, 2130 West Central Avenue, Toledo. Meetings will be held on the second floor from 6 to 7:15 p.m.
The Salvation Army food pantry, 620 North Erie Street, will have new hours beginning Monday, October 2. The food pantry will now be open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m.
The Neighborhood Health Association (NHA) will hold a free workshop designed to support grandparents and other kinship caregivers on Wednesday, October 11. The program entitled “Superheroes Need Support, Too: A Resource Workshop for Grandparents and Kinship Caregivers Raising Children” will run from 9 a.m.
Hannah’s Socks, a community based non-profit organization dedicated to helping people affected by homelessness, poverty and domestic abuse in Ohio and Southeast Michigan, is hosting a Socktober donation drive.
Springfield High School students showed their support for the 2023 Blue Devils varsity football team at the August 18 home opener. Above, the student section waves Blue Devil Nation flyers provided by the Journal.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine recently discussed the availability of state training resources aimed at giving school coaches the tools they need to help athletes struggling with mental health. The biennial budget includes a provision that requires all coaches to complete training before they can apply for or renew their pupil activity program permits.
A new iteration of Governor Mike DeWine’s H2Ohio phosphorus reduction program is now underway in the Maumee River Watershed. The Lucas Soil and Water Conservation District (Lucas SWCD) is hosting a free informational meeting on Tuesday, September 19, at 9 a.m., inside the Ward Pavilion at Wildwood Metropark for local farmers to learn about H2Ohio and other agricultural programs available to them.