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An exclusive evening for friends of the Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank was held on September 11 at the lovely riverfront home of Leo and Debbie Deiger.  Original music was provided by Adam SoRelle from Band 427.

John Christianson, Vice President & General Manager of WTVG-TV and Food Bank Board Member, welcomed over 60 people who enjoyed cocktails and appetizers.  He talked about how thousands of families in Northwest Ohio struggle with hunger every day.

Debbie Deiger is the co-chair for the Masquerade Harvest of Thanks Dinner, Dance and Auction, a fundraiser for the Food Bank on Saturday, October 19, at Sylvania Country Club. Other committee members who attended included co-chair Hope Finch, Jan Colville, Sherrie Deiger, Shannon Gallup, Melani Heisler, Chris Kieffer, Wendy Kramer, Elaine LaValley Lewandowski, Trina Meadows, Paige O’Loughlin and Terri Shafer.

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Just days remain until Heartbeat of Toledo’s second annual “Crawl, Stroll, and Walk for Heartbeat” planned for Saturday, September 14, 2013, at Lourdes University. Registration opens that morning at 8:30 and the walk begins at 9. Event sponsors for the walk are LaValley, LaValley, Todak and Schaefer Co., LPA, and Jim & Mary Pope. The walk will be held rain or shine.

The two-mile walk is free and open to both individuals and teams wishing to participate. “To join us you can just show up that morning,” says Pat Todak, executive director. “If you prefer, you can still register online through our website, www.heartbeatoftoledo.org and select the Give to Heartbeat page” notes Pat Todak, executive director. “On that page you’ll see a button to select that will take you to our walk page.”

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Foundation for Life   2013 SEAL Team Boot Camp

Saturday, September 14

Students Equipped to Advocate Life

Foundation for Life is excited to release the program for the 2013 SEAL Team Boot Camp to be held on Saturday, September 14 at the Andersons Activities Building in Maumee. The camp will run from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm and is FREE!

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Toledo, Ohio August 1, 2013 — Staff members from the Gentiva Home Health office here will be blanketing the community throughout August, distributing food collection bags and gathering donations for the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church food pantry, as part of the company’s 9th Annual Food Drive.

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Registration is currently underway for Heartbeat’s second annual “Crawl, Stroll, and Walk for
Heartbeat” planned for Saturday, September 14 2013, at the campus of Lourdes University. Both team and individual walkers are encouraged to participate.

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Reservations can still be made for Heartbeat of Toledo’s sixth annual “Golf for Heartbeat” Golf Outing planned for Saturday, June 29. The outing gets underway at 8 a.m. at the Bedford Hills Golf Club.

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Music lessons on acoustic or electric guitar, bass guitar, mandolin, or drums are offered on Tuesday afternoons at SonFire by the River Cafe Church, 222 E. Front Street, Pemberville (enter from back parking lot off Water Street) . Music teacher is Ben Miller of Luckey Ohio who is among the top 100 Blues guitar players in the US. Lessons are $15 for each half hr. To schedule lessons, contact Ben at 419-410-6621.