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Taste It & Make It, Healthy Summer Food Series (Part 1 of 2) – 2013-08-02

By: Katie Sobiech

Local FoodSomething fresh and new is on the horizon for local, inner city communities and corner stores located in what are known as “food deserts”.

Believe it or not, food deserts do exist here in Akron.

Lack of fresh, healthy foods is an issue for many of our inner city communities. Just stop by any convenience store and you’ll see rows of candy, soda and other unhealthy items, while quality, whole foods are scarce. Akron Summit Community Action (ASCA), Let’s Grow Akron (LGA), Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority (AMHA) and other food-movement-minded groups and health conscious individuals have noticed this and taken action.

Some of their initiatives include the Taste it & Make it Series, Corner Store Project and Talks in the Garden. This all has brought healthy foods and education into blighted areas.

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GASP CHANGES NAME, BUT NOT IT’S MISSION “education and prevention” – 2013-07-31

By: Dorothy Markulis

G.A.S.P.

G.A.S.P. began its mission to protect children in 2006 with the name Grandparents Against Sexual Predators and it is continuing that mission with a slight name change: Guardians Advocating Child Safety and Protection.

“We’re still GASP but the C for children is silent – we speak for them,” said GASP Director Debbie Reiss. “We wanted to change the name for a couple of reasons,” she said. “The name grandparents was very restricting. People thought if they weren’t grandparents they couldn’t participate. The name was not encompassing enough.”

Reiss said they wanted to keep the GASP name to honor Fran Doll, its founder, who started the group after the abduction, rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl in Florida in 2005.

“Fran said she gasped when she heard the news,” Reiss explained.

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Employee of Distinction Award nominations accepted through July 31 – 2013-07-19

Goodwill Akron

Written by: Staff Reporter @the Akronist

The elements most often missing from an employer’s compensation package are recognition and appreciation. Goodwill Industries is offering employers in Summit, Medina, Portage, Ashland and Richland Counties an opportunity to give their stellar employees the recognition and appreciation deserved through the Employee of Distinction Award Luncheon hosted by Goodwill Industries. Employers can nominate – AT NO COST – the employees they would like to publicly recognize. The deadline to nominate employees is July 31, 2013. Every honoree is acknowledged at the event, listed in the commemorative program, and in the running to be named one of the five 2013 Employees of Distinction Awards. All honorees will also receive two free tickets to a performance at Akron’s historic Civic Theater. This year’s keynote speaker is Hideo “Hank” Hara, chief technology officer, Bridgestone Americas in Akron, Ohio.

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