This letter is from the Loveland Valentines ladies to all the people who helped put together this year’s program! We come alongside them and thank everyone for making Loveland a special place to live!

There is Still LOVE in Loveland
This year, as is done every year, a breakfast was served at the Oasis Conference Center to celebrate a very special day, Valentine’s Day, and to introduce the 2013 Valentine Lady, Marge Henderson, and the designer of the 2013 Loveland Valentine card, Robin Moro. As part of the celebration, a quartet …

Recently, St Margaret of York held a penny war during Catholic Schools Week (we understand it was a peaceful war) and they raised money to support CancerFree KIDS!

Loveland Canoe & Kayak is once again holding its annual cleanup. It is amazing what comes out of the river each year. It runs from 9-4 and the first 40 participants get a free canoe. There’s even a free lunch from Hot Doggin It. If you care about the environment, or just want to pitch in and meet new people, give them a call to reserve a canoe! Call 513-683-4611 or log on to lovelandcanoe.com to reserve your canoe.

Loveland’s Amazing Race 8
MilfordMiamiTownship Tour
Next year’s race sold out in a record breaking 3 hours and 51 minutes after registration opened at 6pm on August 1st with 1200 people registering from 15 states.
“Unbelievable” said Timothy J. McKinnon
Managing Partner and Co-Owner of GetMeRegistered.com. “We handle online registration for thousands of events. The ones with extremely high demand sell out in 7-10 days. There are a few that reach their limit in 3-4 days. This is the only one we measure in hours. This year, 3 hours and …

We just have a few weeks before the 4th of July is upon us! It’s hard to believe that summer moves so fast. The evening is full of fun things to do for the family.

Build it and it will be judged
The annual parade will start at 7PM at Loveland Elementary on Loveland Madeira Road. If you would like to have a float in the parade, you need to move quickly. The first thing to do is to sign up, so you make sure you are entered. You can do …

Area resident Katie Dickert has found a calling in life. She has seen a need in children’s lives and she is part of a too small group in the world, she is doing something to meet the need she sees. “My goal is to see that each child receives a cozy, comfy, fun pillowcase to have of their own during their hospital stay at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center”, says Katie. Katie says the comfortable, cozy pillows help calm children who are facing fearful situations and she doesn’t want to …

Residents of Loveland may notice a more picturesque environment throughout the Loveland area this week. The Loveland segment of the Cincinnati-wide Great American Cleanup sponsored by Keep Cincinnati Beautiful was a great success in spite of muddy conditions and threatening rain.
41 volunteers including a large number of boy scouts turned out to collect roughly 40 bags of litter throughout the Loveland area. Prizes included a shopping cart out in the middle of the Connector Trail between Phillips and Kiwanis parks, 5 tires and a 200+ pound propane tank by the …

The Loveland Initiative
The Loveland Initiative’s teen group, Dream Makers is searching for 8th-12th graders who are either looking for volunteer hours or are just looking to get involved in their community. Dream Maker’s goal is to service our community and at the same time having fun doing it. If you’re interested in joining or looking for more information, you can contact the teen leader Zach Brooksbank by calling or texting (513)-487-0413 Or calling the adult leader, Mark Horine at (513)-293-9522

The Loveland Initiative helps our neighbors in need. They have been doing it since 1996 and are currently focusing on their Christmas Store helping children to buy gifts for their parents. To allow them to continue to focus on the important tasks ahead of them, they have started a campaign to fund their 2012 operating expenses. Just a few latte’s a week until February would help to fund their entire year. In this time of increased need, they are hoping to be able to help more families as the recession …

Tuesday night, the team that leads the Loveland Amazing Race each June, led a different type of event. They came together to celebrate the other, more satisfying reason they put on the great race each year. Martin Schickel and Doug Portman emceed a short ceremony, calling up each of the leaders from groups that benefit from the race proceeds. The Amazing Race is a huge event, using over 450 volunteers to put the race on each year. To date the race has given out over $300K for area charities!