Ohio Northern University student Madison Carpenter of Kinsman, Ohio, has been selected as a Newman Civic Fellow for her commitment to community engagement.
She is among students nationwide to earn the one-year fellowship, which is sponsored by Campus Contact, a group working to advance the public purposes of higher education.
Carpenter, who graduated from Perry High School in Massillon, is a junior at ONU. She is majoring in political science and philosophy with minors in public policy, international relations, and gender and sexuality studies.
Area Agency on Aging 3 seeks volunteers are invited to make calls or receive calls from isolated senior adults. Contact the agency at 800-653-7723 for details.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Dr. Amy Acton, MD, MPH, this week provided the following updates on Ohio's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
PPE DELIVERY:
Governor DeWine announced that the state of Ohio has shipped 4.1 million pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) to local emergency management agencies (EMA) across Ohio.
Although this is not the first shipment of PPE, this is the largest one-time distribution of PPE from the state of Ohio to the local EMAs in Ohio history.
Local OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers have been putting their skills to work to assist the residents of Hardin County through the Grow Ohio program.
Grow Ohio is a statewide program being conducted by The Ohio State University Extension Master Gardener Volunteers (MGVs) to help provide produce to local charities to distribute to families in need. Since 2016, Ohio MGVs have donated over 200,000 pounds of produce as part of this program.
Here's an activity that required social distancing before those two words joined together in a new meaning this spring. Fishing traditionally is a social distancing activity for several reasons. Just ask someone who fishes for those reasons. The Icon spotted these folk fishing last week in the pond along the County Line Road northwest of Ada.
