Date & Time
11:00am EST - 1:00pm EST
Price
About This Event
Join us for a celebration of 30 years of Loving Greater Akron both honoring our past and inspiring our future! Co-chaired by Coach Kemp Boyd, Love Akron’s current Executive Director, and Dr. Mark Ford, the organization’s founding Executive Director.
Thank you to our 2025 Sponsors:
Change Maker Sponsors: Catholic Charities Diocese of Cleveland, Grace Church of Greater Akron, Bruce and Bonnie Jentner, Maynard Family Foundation, Bob and Lisa Reffner, Seibert Keck, Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro’s Department of Job and Family Services
Servant Leader Sponsors: Akron Children’s Hospital, Captrust, The Chapel, Connect Church, County of Summit ADM Board, Jack and Fran Doll, Good Place Holdings, Huntington Bank, WesBanco, Chris Winkelmann State Farm Insurance.
Allies Sponsors: 330 Dental, Akron Area YMCA, Akron Community Foundation, Black OPs Consulting & Development, Compass North Church, Considine Family, Fr. Norm Douglas, Elliot Kolkovich Summit County Prosecutor, First Apostolic Faith Church, Garden City Church, Hanna, Campbell & Powell LLP, Highland Consulting Associates Inc., North Hill Community House Support Team, Red Oak Behavioral Health, Roger Read, Sarah and Gregory Rossi, Safety Forces Support Center, St. Ashworth Temple, Stoner Family, Summit County Children Services, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, The House of the Lord, The PNC Financial Services Group, The University of Akron, Time To Spare LLC
Collaborative Sponsors: ABF Roofing, Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority, Akron Promise, Akron Rubber Ducks, David & Carmen Beasley, Brennan Manna & Diamond LLC, Chapel Hill Christian School, Community Support Services Inc., Dennis and Millicent Butts, Emerge Counseling Ministries, Greater Akron Chamber, Group Management Services, IMMIX Marketing, NAMI Summit County, New Millennium House of Prayer, Portage Path Behavioral Health, Rayl Charitable Organization, Roetzel & Andress, SACS Consulting and Investigative Services Inc., Sergeants Home Improvements LLC, Shelter Care, Summit County Children Services, Summit County Community Partnership, Summit County Sheriff’s Office, David and Lynn Thomas, The Office of Academic & Retention Support – The University of Akron, TCT Ministries, Young Life
Individual Sponsors: Tracy L Carter, City of Akron Ward 2 Councilman, Paula Christ, The Farmer and the Del, Greenleaf Family Center, Chief Leon Henderson, In God's Hands Foundation, Janus Small Associates, Nathan Jarosz, Amy Corrigal Jones, Lisa King, Dr. Jelynn Martin, Judge Alison McCarty, Bishop Cameron I. Nelson Ministries, Keith Morgenstern, OPEN M, Danica Rice, Scanlon Family, Linda Tucci Teodosio
*Full sponsorship benefits available through September 19.
About This Event
Join us for a celebration of 30 years of Loving Greater Akron both honoring our past and inspiring our future! Co-chaired by Coach Kemp Boyd, Love Akron’s current Executive Director, and Dr. Mark Ford, the organization’s founding Executive Director.
Thank you to our 2025 Sponsors:
Change Maker Sponsors: Catholic Charities Diocese of Cleveland, Grace Church of Greater Akron, Bruce and Bonnie Jentner, Maynard Family Foundation, Bob and Lisa Reffner, Seibert Keck, Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro’s Department of Job and Family Services
Servant Leader Sponsors: Akron Children’s Hospital, Captrust, The Chapel, Connect Church, County of Summit ADM Board, Jack and Fran Doll, Good Place Holdings, Huntington Bank, WesBanco, Chris Winkelmann State Farm Insurance.
Allies Sponsors: 330 Dental, Akron Area YMCA, Akron Community Foundation, Black OPs Consulting & Development, Compass North Church, Considine Family, Fr. Norm Douglas, Elliot Kolkovich Summit County Prosecutor, First Apostolic Faith Church, Garden City Church, Hanna, Campbell & Powell LLP, Highland Consulting Associates Inc., North Hill Community House Support Team, Red Oak Behavioral Health, Roger Read, Sarah and Gregory Rossi, Safety Forces Support Center, St. Ashworth Temple, Stoner Family, Summit County Children Services, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, The House of the Lord, The PNC Financial Services Group, The University of Akron, Time To Spare LLC
Collaborative Sponsors: ABF Roofing, Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority, Akron Promise, Akron Rubber Ducks, David & Carmen Beasley, Brennan Manna & Diamond LLC, Chapel Hill Christian School, Community Support Services Inc., Dennis and Millicent Butts, Emerge Counseling Ministries, Greater Akron Chamber, Group Management Services, IMMIX Marketing, NAMI Summit County, New Millennium House of Prayer, Portage Path Behavioral Health, Rayl Charitable Organization, Roetzel & Andress, SACS Consulting and Investigative Services Inc., Sergeants Home Improvements LLC, Shelter Care, Summit County Children Services, Summit County Community Partnership, Summit County Sheriff’s Office, David and Lynn Thomas, The Office of Academic & Retention Support – The University of Akron, TCT Ministries, Young Life
Individual Sponsors: Tracy L Carter, City of Akron Ward 2 Councilman, Paula Christ, The Farmer and the Del, Greenleaf Family Center, Chief Leon Henderson, In God's Hands Foundation, Janus Small Associates, Nathan Jarosz, Amy Corrigal Jones, Lisa King, Dr. Jelynn Martin, Judge Alison McCarty, Bishop Cameron I. Nelson Ministries, Keith Morgenstern, OPEN M, Danica Rice, Scanlon Family, Linda Tucci Teodosio
*Full sponsorship benefits available through September 19.
Date & Time
11:00am EST - 1:00pm EST