Students have so many great ideas for how to improve their schools, communities, and everyday lives. Help them share their great ideas, keep learning and thinking over the summer months, and compete for prizes in OAN’s Summer Pitch Challenge!

Students come up with a 30-90 second pitch for a business idea, record (we know they enjoy recording and sharing videos of themselves!) and enter it via an online portal by July 31st. They don’t need to start a business or create a prototype – they just need to come up with an idea for a new business, tech venture or even social enterprise like Dylan from Akron.

Rising kindergartners through 2020 high school graduates are eligible to enter. Awesome prizes will be awarded for elementary, middle and high school categories:

1st Place - $500 Amazon gift card and one-on-one consultation with an entrepreneur. First Place high-school students will receive a scholarship to Rev1 Ventures’ Customer Learning Lab, a three-day virtual boot camp for entrepreneurs.
2nd- $250 Amazon gift card
3rd - $100 Amazon gift card
Free K-12 resources to support entrepreneurship education are available from Young Entrepreneur Institute and VentureLab, including a downloadable workbook for parents and caregivers of elementary age students.

More information is available on the OAN website. Contact Liz Nusken, liz@oanohio.org for more information.

The Miamisburg Schools Board of Education revised the 2020-2021 school calendar at the board meeting held on Thursday, June 25, 2020. Please click here to view the new calendar for this upcoming school year.

The Children’s Hunger Alliance is sponsoring a free meal program with weekly pickup available at 12 different Dayton Metro Library Branches. Starting June 23rd, parents will be able to pick up 10 meals (2 meals per day) per child, at the designated times. No registration is needed. 

“Learning is impossible when children are hungry,” said Mandie Burns, Dayton Metro Library's Youth Services Coordinator. “The Library is pleased to assist the Children’s Hunger Alliance with this project, so that our families have one less thing to worry about this summer.”

The Library is seeking volunteers to help pre-pack and serve meals at these Libraries. To volunteer, complete a volunteer application online at DaytonMetroLibrary.org.

Meal Pickup Schedule, through August 27:

TUESDAYS, 3:30-4:30 pm

• Main Library 215 E. Third St. 45402
• Miamisburg 545 E. Linden Ave. 45342
• Northmont 333 W. National Rd. 45322
• Westwood 3207 Hoover Ave. 45402

WEDNESDAYS, 3:30-4:30 pm

• Burkhardt 4680 Burkhardt Ave. 45431
• Miami Township 2718 Lyons Rd. 45342
• Southeast 21 Watervliet Ave. 45420
• Trotwood 855 E. Main St. 45426

THURSDAYS, 3:30-4:30 pm

• Electra C Doren 701 Troy St. 45404
• Huber Heights 6160 Chambersburg Rd. 45424
• New Lebanon 715 W. Main St. 45345
• West Carrollton 300 E Central Ave. 45449

Additionally, Dayton Public Schools is operating grab-and-go food distribution at the Madden Hills and Northwest Branch Libraries:

• Madden Hills 2542 Germantown St. 45417 - Tuesday & Thursday, 12:05-12:25 pm
• Northwest 2410 Philadelphia Dr. 45406  - Monday & Wednesday, 12:50-1:00 pm.  

For more information about these meal pickup sites, contact Mandie Burns, Youth Services Director for the Library, at 937- 496-8507 or MBurns@DaytonMetroLibrary.org. Visit the Children's Hunger Alliance website at https://childrenshungeralliance.org/.