Presented by Love Akron

Love Akron's 30th Anniversary Celebration

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Registration ends Friday, 09/19/2025 12:00am EDT

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 current 2025 Sponsors (as of July 3):

Change Maker Sponsors: Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro’s Department of Job and Family Services and Catholic Charities Diocese of Cleveland.

Servant Leader Sponsors: Huntington Bank and Jack and Fran Doll.

Allies Sponsors: Akron Community Foundation, BBB Akron, Considine Family, Elliot Kolkovich – Summit County Prosecutor, Fr. Norm Douglas, Leadership Akron, Michael Gaffney, Sarah and Gregory Rossi, 330 Dental, Time To Spare, LLC, and The University of Akron.

Collaborative and Individual Sponsors: Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority, Akron Promise, Community Support Services, Inc., David Thomas, GAR Foundation, Greater Akron Chamber, Janus Small Associates, Paula Christ, Roetzel & Andress, and SACS Consulting and Investigative Services, Inc.

 

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 current 2025 Sponsors (as of July 3):

Change Maker Sponsors: Summit County Executive Ilene Shapiro’s Department of Job and Family Services and Catholic Charities Diocese of Cleveland.

Servant Leader Sponsors: Huntington Bank and Jack and Fran Doll.

Allies Sponsors: Akron Community Foundation, BBB Akron, Considine Family, Elliot Kolkovich – Summit County Prosecutor, Fr. Norm Douglas, Leadership Akron, Michael Gaffney, Sarah and Gregory Rossi, 330 Dental, Time To Spare, LLC, and The University of Akron.

Collaborative and Individual Sponsors: Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority, Akron Promise, Community Support Services, Inc., David Thomas, GAR Foundation, Greater Akron Chamber, Janus Small Associates, Paula Christ, Roetzel & Andress, and SACS Consulting and Investigative Services, Inc.

 

Getting There

John S. Knight Center
77 E Mill St.
Akron, OH 44308