National Good Samaritan Day on March 13th recognizes the unselfish actions of those who provide help when needed. The day is also known as Good Samaritan Involvement Day and celebrates kindness in all its forms. #GoodSamaritanDay The term “good Samaritan” comes from...
The Anthony V. Spano Foundation had the opportunity to deliver school supplies to the Western Reserve School District at the beginning of February to Western Reserve Schools District in Mahoning County, Ohio. This donation will help hundreds of kids throughout the...
Local entrepreneur, D.J. Yokley, was recognized recently for his outstanding achievements in the sports broadcasting business world when he received the area’s Business Elite 40 under 40 award. Yokley is the founder and CEO YSN, Your Sports Network which is a sports...
Created: Feb. 8 Updated: Feb 16 The recent train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio has affected many people and communities and has left many residents feeling concerned and uncertain about the future. In times like these, it's important for the community to come...
February 8th annually recognizes National Boys Scouts Day. Since 1910, boys across America have been doing good deeds, learning survival skills, and developing moral foundations through the Boy Scout of America. #NationalBoyScoutsDay The Boy Scouts of America has...
A new fund established to honour former NHLer Mike Bossy will help improve support and awareness for lung cancer in Quebec. This extremely important initiative will be launched alongside The Bossy Family and Lung Cancer Canada with the purpose of increasing...
Liberty HealthShare and its Canton employees helped spread Christmas cheer to brighten the holidays for the less fortunate. The ministry, which facilitates healthsharing for nearly 90,000 members, arranged donations for Canton's Patrick Elementary School and Refuge of...
Samaritan's Purse deployed disaster response teams to Selma, Alabama and Griffin, Georgia in the wake of devastating tornadoes that swept through the Southeast on a week or so ago. The major storm system resulted in the destruction of homes and businesses, power...
(Youngstown, OH) The Hope Foundation of the Mahoning Valley & WKBN 27 First News “Caring for Our Community” are looking for who is Honorable. Outstanding. Philanthropic. Excellent individuals. If you know that person, nominate him/her for the 2023 H.O.P.E. Award...
ALL WHO CAME TO OLDE ST. JAMES MEETING HOUSE on Sunday, Dec. 4 for Boardman Park’s annual Holiday Celebration received free cookies and hot chocolate. Serving-up the cookies were members of Boardman Local Schools PTAs, from left, Robyn Young, Melanie Angiuli and Sarah...
Chelsea Spears, morning-noon anchor at WKBN 27 First News, has been voted the recipient of Spanning the Need’s “2022 Inspirational Person of the Year” award in partnership with The Holly Ritchie Team. The announcement came today. “I was 21 when I was diagnosed with...
This past weekend, the children at Akron Children’s Hospital of Mahoning Valley received the gift of a soft, cuddly teddy bear from The Hope Foundation of the Mahoning Valley. Through the Foundation’s DreamCatchers for Kids TM program, the children created their own...
This is the last call to vote for the #STN Inspirational Person of the Year 2022, which ends Thursday, December 15 at 5pm. https://spanningtheneed.com/vote/ Voting can be done at https://spanningtheneed.com/vote/ and you can vote up to 10 times in a 24-hour period per...
It’s the time of year when it’s better to give than receive. In the spirit of this, Canfield Village Middle School Student Council members hosted a food drive. E125: Cooking for the Holidays with Chef Jack Kravitz According to Second Harvest, the total weight was...
Voting for the 2022 Inspirational Person of the Year begins December 5th at 8 am, and closes December 15, 2022, at 5 pm. Everyone who was nominated and selected as #STN’s | #SpanningtheNeed “Person of the Week” for 2022 are the nominees for the Person of the Year....
National Day of Giving encourages giving back. It takes place the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. https://spanningtheneed.com/news-blogs/ #GIVINGTUESDAY We’ve just spent the weekend shopping and searching for the best possible deals. National Day Of Giving reminds us to...
Nobody does the season of giving like we do. Giving Tuesday is around...
On November 15th, National Philanthropy Day honors those who give back to their communities. #NationalPhilanthropyDay The word philanthropy comes from Latin and Greek philanthropia which gives us kindliness, humanity, and love for mankind. From this, we take...
On November 13th, as part of World Kindness Day, we are encouraged to spread kindness like an infectious cold. We want to share it more than usual because studies show when others observe kindness in action they are more likely to carry out an act of kindness, too....
