Name of the Event: Covering the Story - Our Community Comes Together!

Date: Thursday, November 20, 2014

Time: Registration 7:30 am, Program: 8:00-9:00 am

Venue: LA Catering Event Center, 670 Harmon Avenue, Columbus, OH 43223

Free parking available onsite

Pricing: 

$5000 "Full Coverage Headline" Sponsor includes 10 tickets

$2500 "Extra! Extra!" Sponsor includes 8 tickets

$1000 "News Feed" Sponsor includes 4 tickets

$500 "Hash Tag" Sponsor includes 2 tickets

Member Charity Sponsor - $100 includes 1 ticket

Member/Non-member Charity Sponsor - $500 includes 4 tickets

Individual Tickets $35.00 

Covering the Story - Our Community Comes Together, a fundraising event for Community Shares of Mid Ohio, recognizes and honors local reporters for their efforts to build community awareness and public support, and assist nonprofits in taking their mission and achievements to the next level.

Nonprofits from Central Ohio have nominated stories from the past year that shine the light on the issues affecting our community. Join us to recognize the finalists and for the announcement of the winners.

Master of Ceremony: Bill Schiffman of WOSU's In the Know.

Award Finalists:

Mandie Trimble – WOSU

Chris Alexis – Columbus Free Press

Catherine Candisky – The Dispatch

Josh Jarman – The Dispatch

Dan Gearino – The Dispatch

Rita Price- The Dispatch

Jerry Revish – WBNS-10TV

Jim Siegel – The Dispatch

Cabot Rea – NBC4

Darrel Rowland – The Dispatch

Jim Siegel – The Dispatch

Bob Vitale – Outlook Magazine

Pamela Willis – ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Jackie Shafer – WOSU Public Media

Brent Warren – Columbus Underground

Kevin Parks – This Week Community Newspapers

Jayne Gest – Smart Business Online

Susan Halpern – Columbus Free Press

Awards Selection Committee:

Dr. Janice Windborne – Otterbein University

Abbey Kanellakis – Rea & Associates

Rich Yepsen – Mills James

Sara West – Thirty-One Gifts

Sara Mitchell – The Women’s Fund of Central Ohio

Kyle Anderson – State Auto Insurance Companies

Sara Robertson – GBQ

Dan Farkas – E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University

Richelle Antczak McCuen – Mills James

For more than 20 years, Community Shares has built mutually beneficial relationships and secured resources to empower member nonprofits. Community Shares provides its member nonprofits a foundation to build upon through funding, training and networking opportunities.