Please find information for upcoming events, grants, positions, and research for June 2021 below.

A few highlights:

• Check out and like the Walk the Valley Facebook Page to keep up to date on upcoming events.

• Ohio EPA has 6 grant programs that they are holding information sessions for on June 10th at 1PM and June 24th at 10AM. Click HERE to view their webpage on the information sessions and the Guidelines for the Grants.

• Do you have questions about the American Rescue Plan and what it means for you and the people you serve? Watch Policy Matters Ohio’s recorded Facebook Livestream on the topic HERE.

• The Community Foundation is looking to fill a Operations and Grant Manager Position. For more information click HERE.

• Many local farmers markets are either starting this month or are already in full swing! Check out the Calendar page to see the locations and dates of these markets.

• The first annual Weeklong Juneteenth Celebration is taking place from June 12th – June 20th. Check out their FLYER to learn more about the events taking place during the week.

• Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition needs help surveying the community on their experience with discrimination in the health care system. Click HERE to view the survey. They are also holding focus groups on SNAP benefits. view the flyer HERE.

• City of Youngstown is in the process of deciding how to spend the American Rescue Plan funds and held a Summit on it at the end of May. They are also asking for project proposals and collecting feedback from stakeholders.

  • See the Press release HERE

  • Project Proposal Form HERE

  • Rescue Plan Survey Form HERE

• ACTION Pop-Up market is looking for gently used Kitchenware and Vendors for their June 19th Health Fair. To Learn more click HERE and HERE.

• WRTA is offering free rides to mass vaccination events.

• Still need help getting a vaccine? Contact the Minority Community Vaccination Action Group—See this FLYER for more information.

• More volunteer opportunities are popping up on the Volunteer Board! It’s a great time for volunteering especially as it gets warmer! Email Robin Perry or click HERE to submit it through the google form any opportunities you’d like posted.

Have an event or other opportunity that wasn’t on the list? Let us know! We send out mid-month refreshers since so much is going on.

For July Network News updates, please send items to Robin Perry by Friday, June 32rd.