Hope Town Ohio, a recovery organization located in Windham, is transitioning its 13-bed Level 2 women’s recovery house into a Level 1 recovery house for men.
The Portage Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of its 2024 grant cycle, awarding over $83,000 to 29 local organizations and initiatives dedicated to fostering positive change in the community.
Based out of Portage County, a local organization is making a tangible difference and connecting people across the world, using 3D printing technology to create prosthetic hands for those who need them.
Portage County now has a smart home that is available for residents with developmental disabilities to explore.
Located at 165 E. Highland Ave., the building was constructed in 1910 as an addition to the 1883 version of Ravenna High School. Ravenna opened a larger high school at Clinton and East Main streets in 1923, but the old section was renamed Walnut School and served Ravenna’s grade school students until it closed in 1954.
The Celebrate Portage! Board of Directors is happy to announce Jonathan Floyd as the first recipient of its newest addition to celebrating those that make a difference in Portage County, the Great Achievement Award.
Hope Town, Portage County’s only Level 2 recovery housing facility, has a new headquarters at 9621 E. Center St. in Windham.
For children in foster care, their fate may be decided by a room full of adults they barely know. The required court hearing takes less than an hour. They’re not present, and their name is not even mentioned.
A nonprofit mobile food pantry announced July 30 that its operations will be put on hold “due to health issues and financial support shortcomings.”
Dozens of Portage County communities and organizations are getting a financial boost, thanks to the efforts of state Rep. Gail Pavliga, state Rep. Steve Demetriou and Ohio Senator Vernon Sykes.
One of the largest classes in the program's 32 year history, with 36 participants, wrapped up the class year with a dynamic immersion in leadership philosophies followed by the graduation ceremony at 3:30 p.m.
LoveLight, Inc., has long wanted to acquire land for a headquarters, but has struggled to raise the funds to do so. Its latest dream is to buy a Franklin Township property to establish an intergenerational child development and lifelong learning center.