THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES ACADEMY AT TRI-RIVERS CAREER CENTER. The Construction Trades Academy at Tri-Rivers Career Center may be brand new—with classes starting Fall 2017—but they already know everything they’ll build will be MarionMade! Instructor David Willey created a unique incentive program where his students will each receive a MarionMade! sticker for their hard hats upon […]
Programs
ADAMH
ADAMH BOARD. The Crawford-Marion Alcohol, Drug Addiction & Mental Health Board (ADAMH) is a community-based system that has successfully created a network of mental health and substance abuse services—from prevention and counseling to crisis intervention and inpatient care. The ADAMH Board monitors, evaluates, and plans for all publicly funded mental health and substance abuse treatment […]
Teen Institute
TEEN INSTITUTE. Teen Institute has been around Marion County in one form or another since 1993. In fact, the very first Marion County Teen Institute Retreat was held in the spring of 1993 in Dayton, Ohio. That year, 43 youth and three adults spent the weekend learning about peer drug and alcohol prevention programs and […]
Marion’s Helping Hands
MARION’S HELPING HANDS Marion’s Helping Hands started in May 2013 with a mission, a Facebook page, a friend, and Brandy Gatrell’s garage. Almost four years later, the mission has gone above and beyond what was ever imagined. Now, the operations are led by four moms and a community that cares. A community that wants to […]
American Red Cross
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS The Marion County Historical Society is celebrating a century of local American Red Cross service with a special display in the Museum at Heritage Hall. Red Cross memorabilia and historical items will be on display throughout the summer at the Museum located at 169 E. Church St. in Marion. The exhibit […]
CommunityRead
COMMUNITY READ: THIS IS WHERE YOU BELONG “Our towns are what we think they are.”– One of Melody Warnick’s Love Where You Live principles The Marion Public Library, with generous support from Marion Community Foundation, distributed, throughout the county, 300+ copies of the book This Is Where You Belong: The Art And Science of Loving […]
