Sign-ups open today for Ohio’s first mass vaccination center: The Wake Up for Thursday, March 11, 2021
Updated Mar 11, 2021;
Posted Mar 11, 2021
Dr. Milisa Rizer, a family medicine physician at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, receives a Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine last week at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus. (Logan Wallace, Ohio State University)The Ohio State University/Logan Wallace
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Showers will put a damper on another day of mild temperatures, with highs reaching the upper 60s. Wind gusts will top 30 mph and there are chances of thunderstorms during the afternoon. Rain is likely overnight and temps will drop back to the mid-30s. Read more.
Rotary Foundation Awards $68,427 In Local Grants
by Lynn Donaldson
Grants totaling $68,427 from the Lakewood-Rocky River Rotary Foundation will be used to provide scholarships, encourage student achievement, fight hunger, and foster programs for community health and wellness. The Rotary Club of Lakewood and Rocky River will award $15,000 in scholarships to high school seniors and will present $7,000 to student winners in the club’s annual speech, music, and art competition. A $5,000 award goes to Elle s Enchanted Forest for an Inclusive Avalanche Slide and a $5,000 grant to Lakewood Charitable Assistance Corporation for Giant Eagle gift cards for needy families. Lakewood/Rocky River Meals on Wheels will receive $4,000 for meal preparation food and supplies.
Selling is pretty simple and basic when you look at the rules and strategies necessary to be a professional salesperson. Note, I use the word professional. Most are amateurs, but the pros do something about their profession. They learn. Not just once, but ongoing, which means reading books, … More Headlines
How to Secure Federal Broadband Grants (Contributed)
Federal funding will soon be available to local governments and nonprofits to expand broadband for telehealth and at-home learning in the wake of COVID-19, but competition will be steep.
Federal grant funding in the upcoming COVID-19 relief plan has $10 billion earmarked to go toward expanding broadband and related technologies. But when the starting gun goes off, the goal is to distribute all of the money as fast as possible to local organizations that can use it to improve services for telehealth, at-home work and school. As it was during this past summer’s CARES Act funding distribution, it’s an environment that gives few applicants a second chance to make a good first impression.