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🌱 How far is Bowling Green’s Red Kettle from its $25,000 goal?
Happening soon: Interactive Learning Room: Music on the Bowling Green Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- How far is Bowling Green’s Red Kettle from its $25,000 goal?
- How much are Bowling Green students really paying for off-campus housing?
- How BGSU marching band shoes could change criminal investigations
📸 Have a great pic of holiday decorations from around Bowling Green? Post it to Bowling Green photos of the day! ☃️ 🟢-🟠-🟣-🔴-🟡-🔵 ☃️
Find out what's happening in Bowling Greenfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Find out what's happening in Bowling Greenfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
- Tuesday: Not as cold, becoming breezy, with a high of 34 and low of 30 degrees.
- Wednesday: Breezy; areas of morning fog, temps: high: 39, low: 31.
- Thursday: Very windy; rain, with a high of 50 and low of 20 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign enters final 10 days in Bowling Green (wtol.com) — Bowling Green’s Salvation Army Red Kettle campaign is in its final 10 days and still needs to raise more than half of its $25,000 goal by Christmas Eve. With donations and volunteers down, kettles at Walmart and Kroger in town are crucial to funding year-round assistance like utilities and shelter for local families. 
• Finding a place to call home: renting in BG (bgfalconmedia.com) — If you’re renting in Bowling Green, you’re seeing higher prices on everything from downtown apartments to student housing near BGSU, even when units haven’t been updated. Local managers cite inflation and labor costs, while students describe rising rents that strain already tight college budgets, with examples of current rates and amenities around town and nearby Toledo.
• Falcon Marching Band shoes help in forensics research project (13abc.com) — Bowling Green State University is turning Falcon Marching Band shoes into a powerful forensic science tool, building a detailed database of wear-and-tear patterns to strengthen shoe-print evidence in court. Graduate student Katie Roy and volunteers cataloged 236 Drill Master shoes and are now analyzing every cut and scrape, with findings expected to be presented in August 2026.
📸 Around Bowling Green
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bowling Green
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- Interactive Learning Room: Music
Bowling Green Library - Penta Career Center GED Classes
The Learning Lab , Bowling Green Library
9:30 am - Family Storytime at Walbridge
Walbridge Meeting Room , Walbridge Library
10:30 am - Family Storytime at Bowling Green
Bowling Green Library
10:30 am - Crafts, Games & More! A Program for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
2nd Floor Programming Room , Bowling Green Library , Bowling Green
2:00 pm - Bowling Green Housing Agency Meeting
Bowling Green, OH Calendar , 305 N Main Street , Bowling Green
3:00 pm - Snack at Bowling Green
Bowling Green Library
4:00 pm - Interactive Learning Room: Music
Bowling Green Library
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Just Baby 'N Me
Bowling Green Library
10:30 am - Snack at Bowling Green
Bowling Green Library
4:00 pm - Paws for Reading
1st Floor Meeting Room, Bowling Green Library
4:00 pm - Transition Tuesday | Wrapped in Kindness
Wood Lane - Wood County Board of Developmental Disabilities , 1921 E Gypsy Lane Rd , Bowling Green
5:30 pm
Tuesday December 16
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Home Depot (Retail) posted a job opening for Freight/Receiving in Bowling Green. Apply here.
- Taco Bell posted a job opening for Team Member in Bowling Green. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bowling Green here.
🗞 Nearby News
Perrysburg
- Doug Pratt, 1933-2025: Perrysburg farmer, volunteer donated land to county (toledoblade.com)
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- Why O-I Glass (OI) is a Top Momentum Stock for the Long-Term (nasdaq.com)
Grand Rapids
- Powell: Grand Rapids dog is boy's best friend (toledoblade.com)
Maumee
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