Our annual teaching scholarship was created in memory of Mary Rohrscheib, Onward’s founder, Josh Rohrscheib’s grandmother. Mary was a devoted teacher who impacted many young lives.
The $1,000 scholarship is offered annually to celebrate and encourage the next generation of great teachers
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This initiative provides free coats to children throughout the community who are in need. For our first year, we were able to donate over 220 coats to kids in Bloomington and surrounding areas.
We look forward to expanding this initiative in future years. If you’d like to share other organizations in need of coats, please contact us.
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Providing Students with Supplies for a Successful School Year
The Backpack Blitz program provides free backpacks filled with high-quality school supplies to children in the local community. In our first year, we were able to distribute over 150 backpacks to kids at Bent Elementary.
We’re excited to continue growing this program in the coming years. If you know of any organizations in need of school supplies, please reach out to us.
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Promoting safety and fun for our community's kids.
We partnered with West Bloomington Revitalization Preojct to provide free bicycle helmets to local children. Our team, including avid cyclist Kelly and Carly Davis from Bloomington Cycle, enjoyed teaching kids how to properly fit and adjust their helmets. This event was a joyful celebration of safety and community spirit, and we look forward to making it an annual tradition.
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Our community's children are our future, and we want to help them succeed. That's why we became a founding donor to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library through Women United and the United Way of McLean County.
This program provides free books to children from birth to age five, promoting early childhood literacy and a love of reading.
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Sullivan was born June 30, 2020, with a serious heart defect. He passed away shortly after birth, spending nearly his entire life in the loving arms of his parents, Josh and Ciarra. With support from family and friends, Josh and Ciarra funded a new outdoor education theater at Miller Park Zoo in Bloomington, in memory of Sullivan.
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Pet Central Helps is a rockstar in the community, tirelessly rescuing and improving the lives of countless animals. They provide medical care, nourishment, and find loving forever homes for their rescued pets.
We wanted to extend our gratitude for the incredible work they do by making a donation to help them continue their mission of saving furry friends in need.
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Our local teachers go above and beyond every day, making huge impacts in the lives of our future generations. We wanted to show them some love by dropping off five $100 dollar gift cards to Sheridan and Bent Elementary Schools for the teachers to use on supplies for their classroom.
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