Congratulations to our January Hometown Hero, Aury Fernandez. Aury has done some outstanding work with “Help Your Neighbor Food Pantry.” Aury created a no contact system and personally distributes food boxes to over 100 families from her home. She also organized a toy...
Congratulations to our December Hometown Hero, Nick Rhodes. Nick was born and raised in Newark and graduated from the Ohio Fire Academy. He has been a firefighter with West Licking since 2012. Nick has worked tirelessly on West Licking Professional Firefighter’s Toy...
Congratulations to our November Hometown Hero, Matt Freedman. In 2014, Matt started “Fry Out Cancer” in the backyard of his home. Since then, “Fry Out Cancer” has raised more than $83,000 for the Pediatric Brain Cancer Research Fund and the Ovarian Cancer Research...
Congratulations to our October Hometown Hero Andrea Turner. After enduring multiple surgeries after her 2018 breast cancer diagnosis, Andrea Turner was happy to learn about Pink Ribbon Girls. They offer so many services to those battling cancer: healthy meals, rides...
Congratulations to our September Hometown Hero John Kirwin. John is truly one of the most compassionate and generous people. He devotes much of his life to servicing others including volunteering at a soup kitchen, delivering for Meals On Wheels, and with the Knights...
Congratulations to our August Hometown Hero Curt Householder. Curt acts as a beacon of leadership, challenging teachers to think outside of the box while at the same time providing careful nurturing of their strengths and talents. Curt is a math instructional coach...
