Pizza Trail Remains Hot | Heritage Festival Parade Details Announced

Sir Yacht Completes the Slice of Seneca County Pizza Trail

Destination Seneca County hosted Sir Yacht last Thursday to complete the Slice of Seneca County Pizza Trail and in a big way. He, along with Executive Director Bryce Riggs, completed all 19 stops in one day.

Now it's your turn to complete the pizza trail! But don't worry, you only need 6 of the 19 stops to get your t-shirt from the Hampton Inn Tiffin. Stay tuned to see more fun recaps and coverage of the pizza trail and get started today at SenecaPizzaTrail.com.

The trail has been active for just over one week and so far 98 individuals have completed the geocaching trail and 75 individuals have completed the pizza trail with nearly 12,500 miles traveled to complete the trail.

Destination Seneca County has announced that the Heritage Festival Parade, sponsored by Brian Bower – loanDepot, will take place on Saturday, September 16, 2023, at 10 AM in downtown Tiffin. The parade will take place during Heritage Festival weekend that kicks off Friday, September 15 and runs through Sunday, September 17. The theme of this year’s parade is, “Honoring Yesterday’s Pioneers, Celebrating Today’s Heroes”, with Connor Whaley serving as the Grand Marshall of the parade.

In February of 2021, at the age of three, Connor was going to multiple doctor visits for seemingly unrelated issues. He didn’t want to eat, had trouble sleeping and was very irritable. He had intermittent fevers as high as 104.5 degrees, yet all his tests would come back negative. His parents were stumped, but after three weeks of symptoms, on March 12, they requested bloodwork. They were told multiple times it wasn’t necessary, but they kept pushing, and it was good they did. Within a half hour of bloodwork, they were told to pack a bag and get to Nationwide Hospital as soon as possible. Bloodwork, plus a bone marrow biopsy, confirmed their son, Connor, had B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

In May 2023, Connor rang the bell after nearly 800 days of intensive treatment. At this year’s parade Destination Seneca County will honor Connor and the thousands of children and families that are impacted across the country as part of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Children and families that have been impacted by Childhood Cancer are asked to sign up to walk along Connor in the parade at www.DestinationSenecaCounty.org/Parade.

The Heritage Festival Parade route will begin on South Washington Street at St. Joseph Catholic Church and go through the intersection at Riverside Drive. The parade will begin promptly at 10 am. All are welcome to participate in the parade and can register at www.DestinationSenecaCounty.org/Parade. Parade participants are asked to be registered no later than September 8, 2023.

On Friday more than 25 Mercy Health employees volunteered their time to give back to the Tiffin Community YMCA! Volunteers helped with painting, cleaning, and disinfecting equipment and high traffic areas. This group was able to give back to an organization that gives so much to the community and did so with smiles on their faces.

Calling all parents and their kiddos! Ready for a night out while someone you can trust looks over your kids? Sign up today for Parent's Night Out!

This means, if you are a parent or primary care-giver, you can register your child here and then drop them off with the Restoration Kids team! While you enjoy a few hours without your kiddos, we will be enjoying pizza, playing games, doing crafts, and having other fun times at the church building! While you are out, you can enjoy doing whatever sparks your interest!

Explore downtown, grab a bite to eat, or check out some of the great retail. This event is sponsored by Big Mike's and if you stop by there and mention you are part of Parent's Night Out, they will donate 5% of sales back to the church to help fund awesome programs like this one! You can also complete RAC Bingo! Complete the bingo card and win a Big Mike's gift card! Bingo Card can be found below. Register your kids today here.

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Andrew is a native to Wyandot and Seneca County and is a proud graduate of Mohawk High School. He loves this community and chose to stay here to be of service to those he knows best and cares about. Andrew is currently accepting new clients and will walk you through every step of the process no matter what your needs may be and make sure all of your questions are answered! You can reach Andrew by phone at 567-230-2033 or by email at atrusty@ft.newyorklife.com. For more information, visit: newyorklife.com/agent/atrusty.

Join the Seneca Regional Chamber Ambassadors as they host a ribbon cutting to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Molyet's Farm Market & Garden Center on Saturday, July 15 at 12 PM.

The team at Molyet's has partnered with MST Pub & Grub to serve chicken, fresh fruit and veggies to customers until 3 PM that day to thank the community for their many years of support. Lear more here.

There is so much more to the game of golf besides learning how to hit the ball. Learn the game of golf and enjoy all it’s aspects by PGA Professional, Stewart O’Malley. Proper procedures, sportsmanship, rules and etiquette are just a few of the things that are covered in this Power Hour at the beautiful Mohawk Golf & Country Club. You do not need to own clubs to attend. Click here to register.

The Seneca Regional Chamber of Commerce is inviting all members to attend an information webinar sponsored by Community Energy Advisors.

Please register for the Chamber Sustainability Program and the Chamber Energy Program’s free informational webinar for members on July 12, 2023. If you are considering any energy-efficiency upgrades for your business, such as solar panel installation, LED lighting, etc., now is a great time to review your options! Learn about the various grants and incentives currently available to you. Please join us to learn more! Register here.

The Chamber is seeking nominations of educators who have exemplified vision, leadership, and commitment to the improvement of education in our community. Students should nominate a teacher that has inspired them to be the best they can be. Parents should nominate teachers that have challenged and helped their son or daughter to achieve what they thought was impossible. Teachers may nominate a co-worker who goes above & beyond for their students.

The deadline for nominations is July 2, 2023. The award is presented at the Annual Educators Appreciation Breakfast. Click here to fill online Nomination form or click here to print a form. If you'd like to register for the breakfast, you can do so here.

Thank you to Heidelberg University, Terra State Community College, Tiffin University, and Vanguard-Sentinel Career & Technology Centers for sponsoring this year's breakfast!

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