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Young said in 2024 the need for food assistance has skyrocketed, with a staggering 86 percent increase in the number of individuals served compared to the previous year. In total Good Neighbor House provided support to over 153,000 individuals in 2024 alone. One of those who has been both a recipient of services and a volunteer for the non-profit is Pauline Dickerson. “When Good Neighbor House gave to me, it made me want to give back,” she said.

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“Mystery & Benevolence” is a collection of objects used for decades by the two organizations in their ritualized, often secret, practices. On display are scythes and skulls, costumes and banners, decorative furnishings. The exhibit will be on display through May 11.

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Early yearsWeiner was born in Dayton on April 7, 1920. She attended Northwestern University in Chicago majoring in communications. Weiner spent some time as a comedian on a WDTV (Channel 2) daytime television show during the 1950s. She also did a daily WLW Radio show. The piano playerWeiner met the man she would marry during World War II, when her family hosted a party and invited a few army officers.

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The interdenominational Christian agency provides participants with “a clean and healthy living environment, good food, work therapy, leisure time activities, group and individual coaching, spiritual direction, and resources to develop life skills and a personal relationship with God as provided by Jesus Christ.”“Our hope is that with physical and spiritual support, participants will be prepared to re-enter society and find meaningful employment,” he said.

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“It was a formative show for me. It was super modern, funny, my type of humor,” said Dorner, who opted to pursue a stage career and remembers playing the “Book of Mormon” soundtrack when he drove from his hometown of Toledo to Ohio Northern University. Little could Dorner have guessed that someday he’d be touring the country in the show that helped change his life. The irreverent musical comes to the Schuster Center March 25-29.