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The Spirit of Giving on Display in Tallmadge City Schools

 

 

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Story By: Katie Cassaro

Christmas is the season of giving. But what if it was like Christmas in the city all year round? What would that look like?

Tallmadge city schools and their Dare to Share (DTS) program feeding students from low-income households give us a glimpse of that.

Out of the 18,000 residents in Tallmadge, 10% of live in poverty.

Six hundred students receive free and reduced cost lunches in the elementary, middle and high schools.

And for the past year, thanks to DTS, kids aren’t coming to school hungry on Monday mornings anymore. (more…)

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January 31, 2015
Education

BRIGHT STAR BOOKS OFFER BRIGHT FUTURES

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Keith, Christin and Keaton Seher

 

Story by Dorothy Markulis

  A world without books.

  Unimaginable and yet many children in Summit County live in homes with no books of their own.

  But that is about to change, due to the actions of a Macedonia family: Keith, Christin and Keaton Seher.

  “We want to put books in the hands and homes of limited resource children, focusing on the crucial ages of zero to five,” Keith said.

  According to Keith, that’s when children without early learning resources fall developmentally behind their peers. (more…)

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January 23, 2015
Neighborhoods

Highland Square ‘little library’ offers free books with an artistic angle

 photo1The free library in Highland Square is a lending library
housed inside of a commissioned art piece. (Photo: Chris Miller)

 

Story by Thom Callahan courtesy of the Akronist

For those who appreciate art and possess a passion for books, both can be fulfilled in the courtyard adjacent to the Angel Falls Coffee Company, where the sleek, ready-to-read Highland Square Little Free Library opened recently.

“It’s a very communal thing, and I’m hoping that once the neighborhood realizes it’s here, it will become another place to meet in Highland Square,” notes Victoria Ramey.

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January 16, 2015