Updated: 4:12 PM EDT July 4, 2021
TOLEDO, Ohio It may be early in summer break, but some people are already thinking about school supplies for area kids.
One local business, the Toledo Hemp Center, is spearheading the effort to make sure all the things on kids supply lists are checked off before they return to the classrooms.
Operation Backpack is a month-long event in the Toledo area. A lot of children don t have everything to go to school and this really helps, not only with extras but helping them get the supplies they don t have, said Kevin Spitler, owner of the Toledo Hemp Center.
Updated: 11:40 PM EDT May 23, 2021
TOLEDO, Ohio Nearly two months after a fire destroyed an entire apartment complex in south Toledo, families are still feeling the effects.
Local businesses are continuing to help the families of Tanglewood Apartments long after the flames have been extinguished.
The fire on March 31 was one of the most devastating fires in recent Toledo history.
No one was hurt but more than two dozen families were displaced.
Wheelin on the Rocks and the Toledo Hemp Center joined forces with the Toledo Buffalo Soldiers to help out, raising $2,226 Sunday for the affected families. When you have to start all the way over, you know you need help, said Wheelin on the Rocks owner Chrissy Antoine, and that s what we re here for.