🌱Food Drive Volunteers Needed+Lake Erie Crushers Ballpark Name Change

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• Volunteers needed!
• Name change for the ballpark.
• Cultivate Yoga offering classes.

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A p.m. rain or snow shower. High: 45 Low: 33.

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Here are the top three stories in Avon-Avon Lake today:

1. Avon/Avon Lake Community Resource Services will be receiving a very big food drive on Friday, January 6 and according to a recent Facebook post, "it needs volunteers to help process it. If you have some time to spare and would like to help between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., please contact Cece at ccarlson@aalcrs.org or 440-933-5639. College kids are welcome!" (Avon/Avon Lake Community Resource Services via Facebook)
2. The home ballpark for the Lake Erie Crushers is getting a name change. According to cleveland.com," the team announced naming rights for the ballpark will become available to a new partner after this season. In a release, Crushers co-owner Tom Kramig called Mercy Health “a fantastic partner” for more than 10 years. The Crushers are in the middle of completing upgrades to the stadium, which opened in 2009." (cleveland.com)
3. According to cleveland.com, "nearly a year after Cultivate Yoga announced that it would be opening a Lakewood location, the nonprofit organization is finally making good on that promise. However, it won’t be, at least for now, at the proposed $3.75 million adaptive-reuse project of the former Trinity Church property, which is experiencing a construction delay. “We’re still under lease with Trinity,” Cultivate Yoga founder and Lakewood resident Evan Scharfeld said. We don’t have a move-in date there. My guess is it’s more than a year away. “In the meantime, we were able to secure a temporary location on the west end.”
   Located at 18615 Detroit Avenue Extension, Cultivate Yoga is sharing a 25-person space with Revive Spa. The sublease location began offering classes earlier this week. (cleveland.com)

Today in Avon-Avon Lake:

• ALPL Ukulele Jammers for Adults - Avon Lake Public Library (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Cleveland Browns: "Congrats to Corey on winning AFC Special Teams Player of the Week!" (Cleveland Browns via Instagram)
• Cleveland Guardians: "A couple of the big dawgs will be at Guards Fest in just a few weeks! #ForTheLand" (Cleveland Guardians via Instagram)
• FIDO's Companion Rescue Inc.: "Can we get 56 friends to donate $25.00 to their care until they can be given vet care? I know you are out there! Meet our Reindeer Babies.Born 12/22 For Holly and her pups to stay in a home boarding whelping center for 5 weeks." (FIDO's Companion Rescue Inc. via Facebook)
• Avon Lake Police Department: "We had a resident file a lost property report. The missing ring shown below was lost on December 22, 2022. Please contact the Avon Lake Police Department if you have any info regarding the missing ring." (Avon Lake Police Department via Facebook)
• Avon Lake Rugby Club: "Here we go! Let's start with the following dates. An info session for new and returning HS ruggers next Tuesday and then indoor training next Friday for HS and youth. Please mark your calendars. Here are the times at the Force on Center ..." (Avon Lake Rugby Club via Facebook)

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