And right now, during a pandemic and all of the economic challenges that come with it, might seem like bad timing.
Thousands of central Ohio residents and business owners are struggling to maintain home and health in this difficult time.
And that’s actually part of the reason for Mid-Ohio Food Collective’s potentially game-changing ask.
“The need is now,” Steve Steinour, Huntington Bank’s chairman, president and
chief executive officer told the Dispatch Editorial Board.
He is right.
Hunger cannot wait, and neither can efforts to combat it.
The need has been described in scores of Columbus Dispatch articles over the years and a recent CBS “60 Minutes” segment showcasing the impact of COVID-19 on Columbus.
Master P recently used his platform as a world-renowned rapper and celebrity to highlight an extremely accomplished Black entrepreneur who impressed him so much that he extended the opportunity for a collaboration.
It happened on Master P’s (birth name Percy Williams) YouTube show, “Master P Reviews,” which has been called “Shark Tank for the Hood,” conceptualized to help small businesses realize their potential in corporate America and give them national recognition for their products, according to MasterPReviews.
Master P and Richard Patterson screenshot/YouTube
The subject of the most recent episode was Richard Patterson, the founder and CEO of Trion Supercars Group, an exotic auto manufacturer based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Patterson met with Master P, along with his son Romeo Miller, for a “preliminary introduction” of the 2000 horsepower Nemesis, of which both men were duly impressed.
Dec 30, 2020
BOARDMAN Robert D. Calhoun, 90, passed away peacefully late Friday evening, Dec. 25, 2020, at Shepherd of the Valley in Boardman.
Robert, known as “Bob,” was born Sept. 30, 1930, in Flint, Mich., the son of the late Ernest and Helen Gault Calhoun.
Bob was a 1948 graduate of Bendle High School in Burton, Mich. In 1951, he enlisted in the Marine Corps. and served during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged in 1953 and returned to his hometown after his service. He began working for General Motors Fisher Body No. 2 in Flint, Mich., as a worker’s compensation administrator. Bob and his family relocated to Youngstown after accepting a transfer to the Lordstown Plant, from where he retired with more than 30 years of service with General Motors.