Each year, the community-boosting nonprofit Celebrate Portage! hosts an awards dinner to celebrate individuals and organization that work to improve Portage County.
The organization’s eighth annual awards dinner will be Sept. 22 at the NEW Center at NEOMED. You can find more details about the event, purchase tickets and read the full citations for each of this year’s nominees on the Celebrate Portage! website.
Here are this year’s nominees:
Community Hero
Edie Benner, Melanie Dundon, Jerimiah Greathouse, Jordan F Michael, and Pastor Dennis J. Richey
Community Improvement
Hope Town Recovery Housing, Mila’s Hope and Rowyn’s Dreams Playground, and the Main Street Mile in Ravenna
Community Service
Kent State University Habitat for Humanity Chapter, Open Arms Adoption, and The Portager
Economic Development
Buckeye Quality Meats and Moffett
Health Initiative
Celebrating Families at Children’s Advantage, CIT Coordinator & Mental Health Outreach; Food For Life Market at University Hospitals, and Mothers in Recovery Support Group at Townhall II
Youth Initiative
Girl Scout Take Action Project; Mission: Hope & Housing with Cameron Lantz and Brandon Melin; Streetsboro Community Garden with Robb Kidd’s Sociology Class.
Here are the winners of last year’s event.
