Category: christmas

The Food For The Hungry Service Club Challenge is back for 2024

Kathy Brechler, Food For The Hungry Executive Director and Carol Grubaugh, Executive Director for the Knox County Chamber of Commerce stopped by WNZR to talk about this year’s Service Club Challenge.
Click HERE to hear the conversation or click the link below.
Service Clubs throughout Knox County are hosting events and collections to benefit the annual drive.
The deadline to submit donations is December 9th.

Kathy also talks about how the Mount Vernon annual Holiday Parade and Winter in Downtown MV event will be a collection point. Look for the FFTH Shopping Carts in the parade!
Kathy shares a Top 10 list of foods that our local pantries have requested. She also shares a list of collection points that will be open on Friday, 12/13.
Would you like to volunteer? Volunteers are needed at the collection points.
Please email Kathy director@foodforthehungrycares.org

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A Christmas Carol is coming to the Knox Memorial

The holiday season is here!
Don’t miss your chance to see A Christmas Carol at the Knox Memorial.
Join the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future as they lead the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge on a journey of transformation and redemption. Join the Knox Memorial with the Mount Vernon Arts Consortium and Habitat for Humanity Knox County for this beloved family classic live on stage!

WNZR was honored to chat with several members of the team:

  • Ian Ernsberger, Director
  • Aaron Moreland, Ebeneezer Scrooge
  • Jillian Snow, Ghost of Christmas Past

Click HERE to enjoy the conversation or click on the link below.
Get your tickets to see this Christmas Classic this weekend!

A Christmas Carol is presented by the Knox Memorial.
Produced by Mount Vernon Arts Consortium.
Shows:
November 29th @ 7:30 P.M.
November 30th @ 7:30 P.M.
December 1st @ 1:00 P.M.

VENUE: Knox Memorial Theater
(112 E. High St, Mount Vernon, OH 43050)

TICKETS: $20
Click HERE for tickets.

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The Fredericktown Christmas Walk’s Online Auction is BACK!

Ann Trudel shared some exciting news with WNZR. The online auction is back for the 2024 Fredericktown Christmas Walk.
Click HERE to hear the full conversation or click on the link below.

She shared the details about this year’s auction, including how to donate items, place your bids and how to follow the auction items.
The bidding starts on 11/29 and ends on 12/4.
See what’s up for bid on the Walk’s Facebook page. Search for Fredericktown Annual Christmas Walk and Auction.
You can also reach Ann through her business line 740-694-1935.

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Do you know the story behind your favorite Christmas Carols?

The Morning Thing hosted a special Christmas Wayback Wednesday today.
This week, we shared the stories behind some of our most beloved Christmas Carols.

Click HERE to learn a little history.
Keep listening to WNZR as we celebrate Christmas with our Holly Jolly 25 – 25 straight days of Christmas Music.
Click HERE to see a list of our amazing Holly Jolly 25 sponsors!

Click HERE to see all the NEW Christmas music we have added for 2023.
Merry Christmas!

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The Food For The Hungry Crew celebrates a day of giving!

On Friday, 12/8, a very large broadcast crew met and worked together to bring the 2023 Food For The Hungry Broadcast to the Knox County community.

We brought in equipment and expertise from several companies, over 25 college students from Mount Vernon Nazarene University, two MVNU professors and a lot of volunteers.

The Knox Memorial and Theater buzzed with excitement as we shared check presentations, total announcements from many events and collections, and handed out 21 Winter Grants to local food initiatives. It was an incredible day!
Our current Food For The Hungry total is $263,502.08 and 11 truckloads of food!
Click HERE to listen to the crew as they share their thoughts after a 7-hour broadcast raising funds and celebrating a giving community.
The drive continues until 12/31 and you can still give at http://www.foodforthehungrycares.org
Last year, the extra donations over the 2022 goal enabled Food For The Hungry to give out $25,000 in Summer Grants to help feed kids over the summer months. Every dollar counts!
Thanks for helping us to live out the mission, “Working Together to Care for Our Neighbors”!

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The Salvation Army and Food For The Hungry work together to serve families

WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart talked with Captain Christine Moretz of the Mount Vernon Salvation Army.
This is a busy time for the ministry as they serve families in our community for Christmas.
Christine shares some eye-opening stats of their service numbers for 2023. The need has greatly increased.
She shares her biggest needs right now and her goals for 2024.
They shared a top 10 list for the food pantry and how the Army can take a dollar donation and turn that into $4.89 worth of food!
Christine also shared how we can pray for her and her team.

The Salvation Army needs volunteers on Friday’s Food For The Hungry Drive Day and for red kettles. Can you help?
Please call 740-392-8716.

Click HERE for more information about The Salvation Army.

Click HERE to hear the full conversation.

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Festival of Trees returns to Apple Valley to support Food For The Hungry

WNZR’s Allison Prouty talked with Food For The Hungry volunteer, Audrey Spearman.
Audrey shared how she got involved with this incredible project. She also shares how she volunteers each year to feed the crew on Drive Day.
Audrey also shares the exciting news that the Festival of Trees is returning to Apple Valley! You can see 9 trees at the Floral Valley Community Center and drop off a donation for Food For The Hungry. The collection will continue throughout December.
The Floral Valley Community Center is located at 850 Crestrose Drive in Howard.
Their hours are:
Monday through Friday: 2pm – 7pm
Saturday 9AM – 7PM
Sunday Noon – 7PM

Click HERE for more information on Food For The Hungry.

Click HERE to hear the full conversation with Audrey Spearman.

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Join WNZR at the Fredericktown Christmas Walk this Saturday!

There is an exciting family event happening this Saturday in Fredericktown!
Join the Big Blue Crew and have some fun at the 2023 Fredericktown Christmas Walk.

The Morning Thing featured members of the Walk Committee on Wednesday and Thursday.
Listen in as they share highlights of the schedule, details of the numerous activities, and what this event means to the community. Each member talks about how important it is to support one another and the great impact that all money raised at the Walk will have on families from Fredericktown.

Proceeds from the Fredericktown Christmas Walk support Fredericktown Interchurch Social Services and the Salvation Army through Food For The Hungry. The Walk proceeds also support the Fredericktown Community Relief fund which helps residents with financial support for rent and utilities.

Enjoy the conversations with Loely Lepley, Cecelia McClelland, Robin McClay, Kristine Lindeman, Ellen Hoam, and Carolyn Fergus.

For the latest updates on The Fredericktown Christmas Walk, go to their Facebook page.

Here is the schedule:

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