Good News Notes: “Team Johnson, a limo and truck service out of Delta, is once again spreading Christmas miracles. The team and other small business owners like Mavillino Custom Homes pitched in to offer gifts, trips and more to eight families across northwest Ohio who are in need of a pick-me-up. Rental assistance, spa days, toys, trips…
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Charity Turkey Bowl helps children impacted by gun violence
Good News Notes: “About 100 young men in Toledo spent their Thanksgiving on the football field for the 4th Annual Charity Turkey Bowl. “We are doing this specifically for gun violence,” said Raymond Campos, 34, who founded the Turkey Bowl four years ago. Campos said he started the event as a way to bring people…
Toledo installs first of several ‘trash traps’ in effort to clean waterways
Good News Notes: “Shantee Creek is now home to the area’s first trash trap. The goal is to capture trash within five miles of Lake Erie. The City of Toledo received nearly $415,000 in federal grant funding to install seven of them. It’s a pretty simple concept: The litter that blows into the waterways get…
Nature’s Nursery working to help save critically-threatened species
Good News Notes: “Nature’s Nursery cares for thousands of injured and orphaned wild animals every year. After a record-breaking year in 2020, that trend is continuing. Right now the center in Whitehouse has a lot of bats, an animal that’s seen a huge drop in its numbers. You may not like bats, but Executive Director…
A customer at an Ohio restaurant left a $5,600 tip to split among the entire staff for Christmas
Good News Notes: “Employees at a restaurant in Ohio received a Christmas gift they didn’t see coming when a customer left a $5,600 tip for the entire staff to split. The guest, who asked the restaurant to allow him to remain anonymous, was dining at Souk Mediterranean Kitchen in Toledo on December 12 when he…
Local man’s random acts of kindness help dozens of people
Good News Notes: “At a time when most of us are facing a lot of challenges, it’s nice to share the stories of random acts of kindness in this community. And we’re lucky to live in a place where that are plenty of examples of that right now. 85-year-old Father Tony Gallagher is a retired…
Charity helps bury the poor
Good News Notes: “When she took a job at a cemetery near Toledo, Dorene Sherman knew little about pre-planning for death. ‘I saw so many people coming in thinking the grave site was all they needed,’ she said, explaining that there are often overlooked fees for opening up and closing the grave. ‘I quickly learned…