For our Friday Favorites today, The Morning Thing hosts are sharing their favorite ways to use leftovers from Thanksgiving dinner.
The Morning Thing Friday Favorites – Leftovers
Thanksgiving Thoughts with the Big Blue Crew
Happy Thanksgiving from WNZR.
Here are some thoughts about this special holiday for our WNZR Staff. You will hear from our Administrative Staff (Joe, Marcy and Sue), hosts of The Morning Thing and The Afternoon Drive, Student Leadership Team members and NEW students taking Intro to Radio at MVNU.
Click HERE to hear the conversation or click on the link below.
We hope you enjoy them sharing about traditions, favorite foods and what they are thankful for this year.
Happy Thanksgiving! We are thankful for YOU!
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.
Winter in Downtown Mount Vernon is coming this weekend
Lacey Filkins, Executive Director Experience Mount Vernon stopped by WNZR to give us a highlight of Winter in Downtown Mount Vernon.
Click HERE to hear the full conversation or click on the link below.
Lacey talked about this year’s theme – A Vintage Holiday Celebration.
She highlighted the exciting schedule:
Saturday 11/30 – Shop Small Saturday
Sunday 12/1:
3:45pm – Annual Holiday Parade
4:15pm – Festive Family Fun
5:00pm – Lighting of the Public Square
5:30pm – 7:00pm – Pictures with Santa at the Mount Vernon Grand Hotel
Lacey shared about the parade route and the best place to be seated. There are 60 different floats signed up for this year! There are 10 different awards including Best Overall, Judges Choice and Best Youth (sponsored by WNZR/MVNU). The parade is a Food For The Hungry collection point. FFTH will push carts in the parade so that people can donate while they walk through downtown. If there is rain, the parade is rescheduled for Sunday, December 8th at the same time and location.
Lacey talks about the Festive Family Fun. After the parade the public square will be filled with the Dogwood Blossoms singing carols. There will be ornament craft tables, letters to Santa, three different food trucks and a holiday market.
The lighting of the public square will take place when it gets dark. Santa and Mayor Star will be there. Santa is in the lower lobby of the Grand Hotel at 5:30-7:00pm. Pictures with Santa are free!
Lacey also talks about the Festival of Lights. This is the 5th annual Festival of Lights. You can register your display until December 9th on the Experience Mount Vernon website. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScksKY80Qo8FnzLeeEp9BbkAEaXPGRSvN830GMtkzjOHTl43A/viewform
The event starts at 6:00pm on December 14th. They have four different categories. Best Storefront, Best Classic White Light Display, Best Vintage Inspired and Best Light Up the City Display.
The public is invited to vote as well as the assigned judges. The 14th, 15th and 16th are the voting dates.
The winners will be announced on the Experience Mount Vernon Facebook page on the 17th by 5pm. Winners will also be emailed directly.
Lacey wants to thank Park National Bank, Burrata Woodfired, Knox Community Hospital, Dumbaugh Insurance, Shelter Insurance, Ariel Corporation for their sponsorship. She would also like to thank the City Streets Department and MVPD for coordinating the parade. Lacey would like to thank their volunteers and for Santa.
Lacey would like to thank True Cut Landscaping and for volunteers for hanging the lights and ornaments in the square.
Lacey talks about future events that Experience Mount Vernon is planning for 2025. They are already planning their First Fridays. July First Friday will take place on a Thursday in 2025 to plan around July 4th weekend.
You can signup to the Experience Mount Vernon newsletter to keep up to date on all Experience Mount Vernon events. They also post updates on their website and Facebook page. https://www.experiencemv.org/
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.
The Turkey Trot is back in 2024 to benefit Food For The Hungry
WNZR’s Marcy Rinehart talked with Scott Burgess from We Run MV about this year’s Turkey Trot.
Click HERE to hear the full conversation.
The 14th Annual Turkey Trot is scheduled for Thanksgiving morning (11/28) on the campus of Mount Vernon Nazarene University.
Registration starts at 8am. The race starts at 9am.
Participants are asked to bring a food and/or monetary donation to benefit Food For The Hungry.
Scott shares some amazing stats from the past 13 years:
- Over 2,000 participants
- 7,600 food items collected
- Over $14,000 collected
You can keep the legacy alive. Come be a part of the Turkey Trot this year!
The Morning Thing Friday Favorites 11/22/24
Today for our Friday Favorites, we celebrated National Bible Week. Each show host shared their favorite bible verses.
Click HERE to hear from Shawn, Xander and Marcy.
Shawn’s favorite verse – 2 Corinthians 12:9
Xander’s favorite verse – Proverbs 16:9
Marcy’s favorite verse – Proverbs 3:5-6
The Knox County Career Center supports Food For The Hungry
WNZR talked with Jim Riggle, Principal of Academics, Attendance and Discipline at the Knox County Career Center.
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They talked about some special fundraisers happening at KCCC to benefit Food For The Hungry.
Tonight (11/21) at the Open House, there are special t-shirts sales and a dunk tank that will be raising donations.
Lab competitions and the KCCC Online Themed Basket auction are coming after Thanksgiving.
Jim also talks about how the FFTH slogan “Working Together to Care of our Neighbors” fits in nicely with the academic training for each lab.
The Knox Community Jazz Orchestra plays for Food For The Hungry
Ted Buehrer is the Music Director and President of the Knox Community Jazz Orchestra.
He shared some exciting news with WNZR. The group is hosting a concert to benefit Food For The Hungry.
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Ted shared the details of this special event and invited the community to bring food and monetary donations.
The concert is Friday, 11/22 at 7:30pm in Rosse Hall at Kenyon College.
Ted also talked about the power of the FFTH slogan – “Working Together to Care for our Neighbors”. He shared how we are much stronger together than we are as individuals or an individual organization.
Local libraries host collections to benefit Food For The Hungry
John Chidester, Director for the Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County shared with WNZR about their annual collection.
Click HERE to hear the full conversation or click the link below.
They have been supporting FFTH for decades!
Food and monetary donations are being accepted through 12/13 at the libraries in Mount Vernon, Danville, Fredericktown and Gambier.
This year, the library has an extra incentive for those that donate. Each time you give a donation, your name will be put into a drawing for a gift card!
Non-perishable items that are at or near their expiration dates, damaged, or in compromised containers will not be accepted. All collected food and money will be given to the 2024 Food For The Hungry Drive. Donations from each community will stay in that local community.
For more information about this year’s campaign, go to foodforthehungrycares.org
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