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July 13, 2007
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Main Street Gourmet Holds Muffin Day Bridgestone Firestone Kicks Off First 2007 Campaign |
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Don't Miss Main Street Gourmet's Muffin Day This first ever Muffin Day will be held at Lock 3 in downtown Akron from 11 AM to 2 PM. Event sponsors include 98.1 FM WKDD, The Akron Beacon Journal, Downtown Akron Partnership, Greater Akron Chamber, The University of Akron, and the City of Akron. Muffin Day will feature events including a muffin eating contest, scavenger hunt, most creative muffin competition, picture booth, closest to the "pan" and slap shot competitions using muffins and more. Main Street Gourmet will also unveil a plaque commemorating its link to the City of Akron that will be kept at Lock 3.
For more information visit http://www.mainstreetgourmet.com/MuffinDay07.asp |
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First Campaign of 2007 Kicks
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at Bridgestone Firestone  The first campaign of the year is in full swing at Bridgestone Firestone.
Employees were encouraged to make their pledge early in the campaign to keep
momentum and excitement at the highest level. Employees making early pledges were able to choose from one of three items containing the Company's logo. Choices were camp chair, desk  clock or cooler.The campaign ends on July 20th and additional prizes including tires, shirts, hats, coolers, etc. will be awarded to all donors. As an extra added incentive Bridgestone Firestone will be awarding prizes donated from Myers Industries' product line. In return a set of tires will be donated as a prize for Myers employees when they run their campaign later in the year. Pictured above: Bill Hergenrother and Denise Warren claim their early pledge prize. |
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Women’s Leadership Giving Society Holds Annual 'Power of the Purse' Luncheon The Women's Society new community initiative Born Learning was presented as part of the agenda. Sandy Auburn of This City Reads! and Chris Yuhasz of Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority related the Born Learning partnerships the Women's Society has formed with their organizations. The luncheon also featured the presentation of the fourth annual "Woman Philanthropist of the Year" award to Elizabeth Bartz, for her outstanding service to our community. Elizabeth is the President/CEO of State and Federal Communications, Inc. and has demonstrated outstanding support for charitable organizations in our community both personally and through her company. The goal of the Women's Leadership Giving Society is to encourage, educate and energize women in the ways of philanthropy to make a difference in our community.
Top photo: Elizabeth Bartz
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Project Blueprint Alumni in Action Congratulations to our 2 latest additions to Leadership Akron Class XXIV! Melvin L. Blake, (2006) Community Center Supervisor, City of Akron and Allyson V. Lee (2005) Human Resources Director, Akron Summit Community Action are among the 34 named to this year's Leadership Akron class. We are proud of all the Project Blueprint alumni who have gone on to participate in Leadership Akron: Qasim Jami, Robert DeJournett, Margaret Williams and Horace Highland. If you are interested in being a part of an exciting group of Project Blueprint community leaders contact Brenda Cox at 330.643.5508 or bcox@uwsummit.org for more information. Applications are available through our website. |
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Run a 2007 Pacesetter Campaign Pacesetters for the 2007 Annual Campaign set the pace for everyone else! Running a campaign in the late summer has great advantages, including energizing your employees halfway through the year, taking advantage of the warm weather for special events and breathing new life into a traditional fall campaign. These companies have scheduled to run a
Pacesetter Campaign: Pacesetters receive unique recognition opportunities through media and our website and will be invited to our campaign kick-off event as a special thank you. Pacesetter campaigns should be completed by September 14, 2007. If your company would like to run a Pacesetter Campaign, contact Katie Rennard, Vice President Resource Development at 330.643.5517 or email krennard@uwsummit.org. Learn more about being a Pacesetter. |
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On
Tuesday, July 17, 2007,
Main Street Gourmet will
be celebrating a milestone, their 20th anniversary, and are planning a
Muffin Day event to thank the City of
Akron and the local community for their part in its success. Proceeds from
Muffin Day will benefit United Way of Summit County.
As
part of the Muffin Day festivities, United Way of Summit County has several
staff people participating in the fun and games. Charlene Corlett, Brenda
Farrell, Margaret Grimm and Sunny O’Connell participated in the Photo
Scavenger Hunt, searching around Akron using clues to find and photograph
each entry. Several others will participate in the Muffin Eating Contest, as
well as volunteer during the event.
The
United Way of Summit County Women's Leadership Giving Society held
their annual 'Power of the Purse' luncheon at the The University of Akron,
Martin Center on Wednesday July 11th. The keynote speaker was Barbara D.
Mathews, retired Senior Vice President of FirstMerit Bank. Barbara
spoke on the 'power of the purse' and experiences from her youth that were
improved by the Akron Urban 
This
past Saturday eight representatives from Project Blueprint's Alumni
Association volunteered at the Akron Art Museum Gala. Sheri Myricks
(2006) Anthony Burwell (2003), Kelly Davidson (2003), Clark Hosick (2002)
and his wife Dawn, Juan Mosquera (2004), James Sneed (2004) and Project Manager Brenda Cox were among the 120 volunteers
in tuxedos greeting guests at the gala.