The Morning Thing talks about Positive Mental Health

The Morning Thing talked about Positive Mental Health today, Thursday, December 26th.

The holidays are filled with the happiness and joy surrounding the birth of Jesus.

However, its is always important to remember to pay attention the mental health of yourself, family, friends, and co-workers during this time of the year.

We have provided a printout that you can use for mental health, sleep hygiene, and a list of core emotions associated with mental health awareness.

Click HERE to find some helpful hints from Focus on the Family.

Click HERE for a Emotional Checklist.

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‘Twas The Day Before Christmas

It’s Christmas Eve on The Morning Thing! Today we shared some special Christmas Eve prayers from imom.com that can help us re-center our hearts and re-focus our eyes on the true importance of this season.

Each prayer is based around a specific verse, and they’re beautiful reminders of why we need to slow down, pause and reflect on our priorities this Christmas.

We also shared Christmas Eve traditions! Our family’s was always watching Claymation Christmas, an animated holiday special, on the night of Christmas Eve…what’s yours?

We hope you have a merry and blessed Christmas this year! Thanks so much for listening, we’ll see you on Thursday!

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Checking Off The Christmas To-Do List!

Been crazy busy this holiday season? Us too. Today on The Morning Thing, we shared some really helpful tips and lists from imom.com that can help you get ready for these last couple of days before Christmas!

First, we took a look at ‘Holiday Helper Ideas’. These were ways your kids can help you, or you yourself can help others out this Christmas. Some of our favorite ideas included:

  • Helping with gift wrapping
  • Making dinner and setting the table
  • Addressing Christmas cards, applying return address labels and stamps
  • Errand running
  • Baking

We also checked off Christmas activities on our family Christmas bucket list. Which activities are left on your list? We’ve got oooing and aahing at Christmas lights done, but ice skating…not so much.

Thanks for listening to The Morning Thing on 90.9fm, WNZR!

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Looking for a yummy dessert for your family gathering? The Morning Thing has some recipes to share!

We found a list of top-rated Christmas dessert recipes that your guests and family will LOVE!

Click HERE for 25 different ideas from AllRecipes.com

Here are the ones that Marcy shared this morning on the show:

Peppermint Brittle

Cannoli Dip

Chewy Caramels

Best Snowball Cookies

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The 2024 Food For The Hungry Drive was a huge success!

We are recapping the 2024 Food For The Hungry Drive held on Friday, December 13th.

Click HERE to hear the full conversation!

The Volunteers and WNZR crew share their thoughts, feelings about the drive and how every single donation whether food or monetary impacts the Knox County community.
Don’t forget the Food For The Hungry drive continues through the end of 2024.

Click HERE to see how you can still make a difference in a Knox County resident’s life in 2024!

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It’s the Final Push for Food For The Hungry!

Food For The Hungry Executive Director Kathy Brechler and Digital Content and Marketing Director Olivia talk about the excitement around the Food For The Hungry Live event!

Click HERE for the full conversation!

Olivia gives a stat that 14,000 folks do not have enough food in the home to feed their family while Kathy talks about her first time in her role with the event.

Olivia talks about the different events that were held beginning in the summer all the way through today including the Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving raising $1,600 and over 600 cans of food.

Kathy talks about the Centerburg Wreath Silent auction that closes today at the Park National Bank location at 12pm. The Danville Wreath Silent Auction at Park National branch closes at 2pm.

Olivia adds the Knox County Career Center auction features almost 20 items including over a dozen baskets and ends today at 3pm.

Olivia and Kathy that totals from the Food For The Hungry Live event will not be announced until next Monday, but more importantly, the entire Food For The Hungry campaign does not end until December 31st.

Click HERE to find out more about Food For The Hungry!

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MVNU AND WNZR is gearing up for “Food For The Hungry Live”

MVNU Professors Joe Rinehart and Jayme McMillan share how MVNU students are involved with the project including camera operations, graphics, etc.


Click HERE to listen to the full conversation!


Joe talks about how the broadcast plays a part in the student’s development in the working world while simultaneously showing the student that they can use their talents to represent Christ to make an impact on the lives of others.


Jayme adds the importance of service learning. He says they try to prepare students in class, but the student’s talents really shine on broadcast day.


Joe says that you watch the live broadcast at WNZR.TV and will be simulcast on WMVO 100.9 FM and 93.7 HD2, and on the Food For The Hungry Facebook page. WNZR will be bringing you live updates throughout the day.

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Interchurch Social Service Annual Wreath Auction Returns To Benefit Food For The Hungry

Sheryl O’Neill with the Centerburg Branch of Interchurch Social Services and Cindy Martin, the Danville Branch Manager for Interchurch Social Services talk about the return of the silent wreath auction in their towns!

Click HERE to hear the full conversation.


They say the wreaths can be seen at the Centerburg and Danville Branches of Park National Bank during regular business hours and on Facebook. Bids can be placed at the branch. The auction ends Friday and arrangements for payment and pickup will be addressed at that time.


Donations raised will be used to purchase food through the Mid Ohio Food Collective.

For more information on the Centerburg Wreath Auction, click HERE.

For more information on the Danville Wreath Auction, click HERE.

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Interchurch Social Services Branches talk about Food For The Hungry and their needs

Interchurch Social Service Branches in Centerburg, Danville, Fredericktown Are Gearing Up for Food For The Hungry!

Click HERE for all three conversations!

Sheryl O’Neil with the Centerburg Branch, Cindy Martin in Danville, and Katie Frazier in Fredericktown all talk about their time with Interchurch Social Services and the Food For the Hungry. They talk about their needs including what to donate and how they can turn $1 in $4.56 worth of food through the Mid Ohio Collective.

They also explain how monetary donations also benefit people with uncommon needs such as avoiding utility cutoff and eviction.

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