Applications due Sept. 1 -- The Millennium Fund for Children of Akron Community Foundation is accepting applications from nonprofit organizations that improve the lives of local children. Established in 1999, the Millennium Fund for Children is a permanent endowment created through a partnership between Akron Community Foundation and the Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com. … [Read more...]
Cash prizes available for student-submitted voting videos
Upload videos using #ThisCityVotes16 Local students are encouraged to get involved in the voting process by submitting a 90-second or less video of them explaining the importance of voting using the hashtag #ThisCityVotes16. The contest is part of the civility project of Summit Education Initiative's This City Reads! effort and is a collaboration with the Akron Beacon … [Read more...]
Millennium Fund seeks grant proposals for programs that improve lives of local children
The Millennium Fund for Children of Akron Community Foundation is accepting applications from nonprofit organizations that improve the lives of local children. Established in 1999, the Millennium Fund for Children is a permanent endowment created through a partnership between Akron Community Foundation and the Akron Beacon Journal. Each year, a selection committee composed … [Read more...]
#MusicMonday – The Beyonderers (Video)
The Beyonderers are a brand new band from Akron, Ohio, the UFO sighting capital of the county. Their sound is rooted in the surf rock music of the 60's while incorporating influences from indie rock, thrash metal, jazz and occasionally twangy country tunes. Though most of their music does not use traditional vocals, there's never a dull moment thanks to the fact that "each song … [Read more...]
Teens discuss diversity at Interfaith Council Fall Forum (Article and Video)
The Akron Area Interfaith Council recently assembled area teens to talk about diversity at its annual fall forum, held at the First Congregational Church of Akron. The forum invited seven local teens to share their experience with diversity and faith, and the discussion was moderated by columnist Bob Dyer of the Akron Beacon Journal. Each student answered questions about … [Read more...]
Millennium Fund for Children seeks grant proposals
The Millennium Fund for Children of Akron Community Foundation is accepting applications from nonprofit organizations that improve the lives of local children. Established in 1999, the Millennium Fund for Children is a permanent endowment created through a partnership between Akron Community Foundation and the Akron Beacon Journal. Each year, a selection committee composed … [Read more...]
Akron Beacon Journal turns 175
In 1839, Simon Perkins Jr., his wife Grace and the first three Perkins children were living in their then two year old stone mansion high atop Mutton Hill in Akron. It would be five more years before John Brown moved his family into the small, wood frame house across the street from the Perkins home. Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry was 20 years away. In 1839, Ferdinand … [Read more...]
Local author Giffels talks Akron with packed library auditorium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_Ds2f25ye8 It's not a stretch to say that local author David Giffels embodies Akron. He has devoted his career and life to the city as many of his peers have moved away over the years, and he has championed all things Akron. His new book, "The Hard Way on Purpose: Essays and Dispatches from the Rust Belt," has drawn national attention to our … [Read more...]
