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Northeast Ohio Parent Magazine Features SPARK Medina
SPARK Medina was thrilled to be featured in February 2025's Northeast Ohio Parent Magazine in an article focused on the value of...
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Feb 131 min read
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Hygiene Poverty Project featured in Medina Gazette
Our hygiene bags project for the Medina Personal Care Pantry was featured in the Medina Gazette on 1/23/25, as continuing coverage of the...
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Jan 291 min read
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SPARK Medina collaboration with Medina's AI Root Middle School featured in TIME for Kids Magazine
Audrey Brown, a SPARK Medina volunteer, was featured as a lead for a grant writing team of 6th graders at AI Root Middle School. After...
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Jan 291 min read
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SPARK Medina volunteer featured on WKYC Cleveland's "We the Kids"
SPARK Medina volunteer featured on WKYC Cleveland's "We the Kids"
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Jan 291 min read
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Hope Recovery Garden x SPARK Medina featured
Proud to see our collobaration on the Hope Recovery Children's Garden featured in the 4/27/24, Medina Gazette. “Spark Medina is all about...
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May 17, 20241 min read
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Period Poverty Project Featured in Medina Gazette
Medina residents collecting products to combat period poverty in area Sara Crawford The Gazette Sep 21, 2023 5:00 AM MEDINA — With the...
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Sep 25, 20233 min read
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Period Poverty Project Featured in Medina Weekly News
Our September SPARKathome project received a feature in the 9/14/23 Medina Weekly News. The project aims to make systemic improvements to...
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Sep 25, 20231 min read
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Garfield x SPARK collab wins MCS Award!
SPARK is so proud our collaboration with Garfield third grade teachers Mrs. Vidika & Mrs. Collier won a Medina City Schools Highlighting...
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Jun 29, 20231 min read
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SPARK Medina x The Hershey Company x Global Youth Service Day
A youth led project that teaches about social exclusion due to poverty created 45 birthday bags as a part of Youth Serve America Global...
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May 31, 20231 min read
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SPARK Medina featured on WKYC We the People
We were thrilled to share about our mission as we launch SPARK to our Medina community on WKYC's program We the People. It was an honor...
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Mar 10, 20231 min read
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Garfield Elementary IS the greatest!
Garfield Elementary School (Medina, Ohio) 3rd graders had the opportunity to join forces with SPARK Medina to learn about food insecurity...
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Mar 5, 20231 min read
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SPARK celebrates our first SPARKle my Party!
We were thrilled to be trusted with a generous woman's birthday wish: to both celebrate her birthday AND honor her mom's memory by...
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Jan 15, 20231 min read
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Snack Pack project launched!
We had our first external pilot project and felt the LOVE! We got to introduce our vision for SPARK and talk about food insecurity in...
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Nov 11, 20221 min read
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First Habitat welcome basket delivered to Homeowners
Habitat for Humanity welcome basket
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Nov 11, 20221 min read
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Homelessness program in the news
"Medina Weekly News" 10/10/22. Thank you to Kate Lindon for publicizing!
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Oct 27, 20221 min read
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SPARK Medina homelessness program in The Medina Gazette
Thank you to Kate Lindon for sharing the good news of our program on homelessness that benefited Habitat for Humanity Medina County.
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Oct 19, 20221 min read
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Homelessness: Habitat for Humanity Medina County
The elementary to senior high aged youth at Medina United Church of Christ Congregational participated in SPARK's homelessness program on...
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Oct 11, 20221 min read
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SPARK pilot project featured in Medina, Ohio, area press
Snack packs made by kids for kids make a splash... SPARK Medina is proud to announce our inaugural project was featured in the 5/12/22...
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Sep 25, 20221 min read
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SPARK Medina receives grant for Global Youth Service Day
SPARK Medina is proud to announce we are the recipients of a Global Youth Service Day award from Youth Service America and the Sodexo...
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Sep 25, 20221 min read
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Food Insecurity: Little Free Food Pantry Project
In the spring of 2022, youth at Medina United Church of Christ Congregational participated in our pilot project to build snack packs for...
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Aug 31, 20221 min read
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