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Published on Monday, Jun 29, 2009
This Week
Saturday
The YWCA of Medina County will sponsor the 34th Annual July 4th Twin Sizzler 5K run, 10K run, 27-mile bike race and 1-mile fun run/walk beginning at Garfield Elementary School, 234 S. Broadway, Medina, at 6 a.m. All-you-can-eat pancake breakfast 8-11:30 a.m. at Medina UMC, 260 S. Court St. ($5), and other activities will be held in the square throughout the day. 330-722-2020 or http://www.ywca.org/medinacounty.
The United Way of Portage County is teaming with Davey Tree Expert Co. for the Sixth Annual Davey Tree 5K/10K Race as part of the Kent Heritage Festival in downtown Kent. Registration and check-in begin at 6:30 a.m. 5K race at 7:30 a.m.
and 10K race, fun run and fun walk begin at 8:30 a.m. http://www.daveytree10k.org.
Seeking artists
The Akron Recreation Bureau is accepting applications for the 30th annual Akron Arts Expo to be held July 25-26 at Hardesty Park, 1615 W. Market St. http://www.akronartsexpo.org
The Downtown Akron Partnership is seeking local and regional artists to participate in First Night Akron 2010. Proposals are being accepted for all performing and visual arts. Mail a completed application by July 17 to First Night Akron, c/o Artist Selection Committee, 58 W. Exchange St., Suite C, Akron, OH 44308. Applications at http://www.firstnightakron.org.
The Fourth Annual University Park Art Fair at Grace Park in Akron will be accepting artist registrations through Friday. Fair will be held 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 15. $75. Registration form available at http://www.universityparkartfair.org or by calling 330-374-9470.
Results
The Fred W. Albrecht Foundation recently presented the Humane Societies in Summit, Stark, Portage and Cuyahoga counties with checks for $17,004 from contributions to its in-store Wishing Well program. The money will be put into the general funds of each shelter to help meet animals' medical needs.
Adventure Harley-Davidson's recent Hog Wild Charity BBQ raised $3,540 for five local charities. Winner of the best barbecue sauce was MDA, represented by the New Philadelphia Fire Department, for the second year in a row.
The Verizon Wireless 24th annual Swim for Diabetes held recently at 68 pools throughout Northeast Ohio has raised more than $210,000 for diabetes research and education. More than 143 swimmers from Akron, Brunswick, Cuyahoga Falls, Hiram, Hudson, Kent, Medina, Twinsburg and Uniontown raised $18,656 toward the goal.
The Medina County YMCA School-Age Child Care Program received $2,100 from the J.C. Penney Customers Round-Up and Give Back fundraiser to provide after-school programming for Medina County children.
Send information about social and charity events to The Scene, c/o Lynne Sherwin, Features Department, Akron Beacon Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron, OH 44309. Or e-mail lsherwin@thebeaconjournal.com with ''The Scene'' in the subject line. Event notices should be sent at least two weeks in advance.
Merits of all organizations have not been investigated by the Beacon Journal, so potential donors should verify the worthiness of a cause before committing.
This Week
Saturday
The YWCA of Medina County will sponsor the 34th Annual July 4th Twin Sizzler 5K run, 10K run, 27-mile bike race and 1-mile fun run/walk beginning at Garfield Elementary School, 234 S. Broadway, Medina, at 6 a.m. All-you-can-eat pancake breakfast 8-11:30 a.m. at Medina UMC, 260 S. Court St. ($5), and other activities will be held in the square throughout the day. 330-722-2020 or http://www.ywca.org/medinacounty.
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Posted 08:22 AM, 06/29/2009
Why should motorcyclists support the MDA--inefficient, poor-administered, rated only two-star by Charity Navigator--when there are so many other charities rated higher for doing more with less? Better question is, why should bikers support ANY non-biker charity ... and thereby indirectly fund the anti-motorcycle healthcare and insurance lobbies ... while every year more than 108,000 biker households suffer loss of income, limb or life ... incurring catastrophic medical bills, burial costs and other expenses ... often due to failure-to-yield and other right-of-way violations resulting from the discretionary distractions of care-less cagers who go unpunished for their crimes? Who is more deserving of biker charity than our own? More here: tinyurl[dot]com/pgny4n
