Wallace & Turner is a proud sponsor of the 180th Champaign County Fair in Urbana, Ohio from August 6-13, 2021. The Fair will feature a Demolition Derby, Queen Contest, 4H and FFA Boys and Girls of the Year, Pig & Calf Scramble, rides and more.
View the schedule and fair book here. We’ll see you at the Fair!
Wallace & Turner served as a sponsor of the Clark County Fair which ran from July 23 - 30, 2021, located at 4401 South Charleston Pike, Springfield, OH 45502. Events included Junior and Senior shows, outstanding food including the famous grilled pork chops, and a 25 ride midway. This year’s theme was All American Flair!
Wallace & Turner served as a hole sponsor for the Champaign County Chamber Annual Golf Outing on June 23rd at the Urbana Country Club. Producer Ben Galbreath played with a foursome and the team shot a 64.
The Champaign County Chamber of Commerce advances the business and community interests of Champaign County and its trade area.
Wallace & Turner hosted a picnic lunch for WellSpring, following the organization’s Restorative Day of Art at the Springfield Museum of Art. WellSpring is a a private rehabilitation facility located in Springfield, Ohio, specializing in the treatment of addiction and mental health.
In support of local businesses in downtown Urbana, Ohio, Wallace & Turner is serving as the sponsor for June Second Saturdays. The event takes place now through October 2021 with extended hours for shopping and dining, entertainment, food trucks and more!
Learn more here.
Wallace & Turner is organizing pre-game meals for the Champion City Kings players and coaches throughout the summer and would appreciate your support!
Click the link to volunteer for a specific date: https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/9w6dql
Questions? Contact lmiller@wtins.com
Wallace & Turner is proud to support the Wild Baseball 10U team! Producer Ben Galbreath coaches and loves coaching his son, pictured second from the right-hand side. If your business would like to be a part of Wild Baseball send them a message: springfieldwild@gmail.com GO WILD!
Wallace & Turner is thrilled to once again sponsor the Happy Half Marathon on August 14, 2021 in Springfield, Ohio at a brand new course that starts and ends in historic Downtown Springfield. We hope to defend our victory as 2019 Water Table Competition Champions!
The idea for the Happy Half comes from family members running the 13.1 mile course from Springfield to Yellow Springs to train for a full-marathon in which they would be raising money to help cover the cost of cancer treatment for Mike Maloney, father of Co-Director Alex Maloney. The first official Happy Half Marathon was held in 2012. The race brings together runners from all over to support the cause and gives them a chance to achieve their fitness goals. Proceeds benefit Mercy Health Springfield Cancer Center.
Wallace & Turner partnered with Real Estate II to kick off the first Food Truck Thursday of 2021, held on April 8th. The community gathered for tasty food from Rudy’s Smokehouse and a celebration with Real Estate II to announce their new ownership and partners, Lisa Smedley, Ryan King, Lori and Al Fulk.
Producer Ben Galbreath spoke about WT and Real Estate II’s recent sponsorship of the Clark County Solid Waste District Adopt-A-Drop location at 525 East Home Road in Springfield. The “Operation Adopt-A-Drop” program invites residents or groups to become stewards of the county’s recycling sites, and is aimed at creating a pleasant recycling experience by having volunteers clean up those sites.
Donations were collected at Food Truck Thursday in support of Keep Clark County Beautiful.
View the Real Estate II ribbon-cutting ceremony here.
Wallace & Turner is serving as a Leadership Sponsor for the New Carlisle Farmers Market throughout the summer and into the fall to help provide the community with local healthy foods, baked goods, arts, and crafts. The Farmers Market will be open Saturdays from 10am to 2pm, beginning June 19 thru October 16.
The Clark County Solid Waste District introduced a new program “Operation Adopt-A-Drop” to improve the recycling experience for residents. The program invites residents or groups to become stewards of the county’s recycling sites, and is aimed at creating a pleasant recycling experience by having volunteers clean up those sites. Residents or groups that decide to adopt a recycling site are expected to clean-up their adopted site at least once a month.
Wallace & Turner has adopted the 525 East Home Road location in Springfield. Additional recycling locations can be found at 1620 West Main St. in Springfield, 5467 Selma Pike in Green Twp., 1539 Student Ave. in Northridge, 7952 Dayton-Springfield Road in Mad River Twp., and at the corner of Old Columbus Road and State Route 54 in Pleasant Twp.
Learn more about Operation Adopt-A-Drop here.
One of the first local golf outings of the year, the Leadership Clark County event brings together past graduates, community leaders and other supporters to raise money over a round of golf for the nonprofit. Wallace & Turner is serving as a hole and team sponsor.
The event will be held on Friday, May 7, 2021 at Windy Knoll Golf Club. Contests include longest putt, longest drive, closest to the pin and the orange ball competition.
In support of Junior Achievement’s mission to inspire and prepare young people to succeed, Wallace & Turner sponsored the Mad River Region’s superhero themed Bowl-A-Thon on February 27 at Victory Lanes. With the bowlers and sponsors, we were able to raise more than $42,000 to support Junior Achievement programs in our region! WT was also recognized with the Best Costumes award!
Junior Achievement’s proven lessons in financial literacy, work and career readiness, and entrepreneurship are shown to positively impact the lives of young people. These lessons align with national and state educational standards and are delivered to millions of students across the country with the help of our education partners and volunteers from the local community. Research shows that JA Alumni are more likely to have a college degree, feel confident managing money, have career success, and have started a business as an adult.
The Second Harvest Food Bank of Clark, Champaign and Logan Counties annual Empty Bowls fundraiser is going virtual! From September 24th - October 1st, the online store will offer beautifully crafted individual and sets of bowls, an opportunity to donate and raffle tickets with the chance to win a really great monthly subscription box. Wallace & Turner is proud to sponsor this event to help fight food insecurities in our community.
SHOP HERE: https://www.theshfb.org/shop
In lieu of the annual in-person Summer Arts Festival, Springfield Arts Council hosted a series of virtual events to enjoy online throughout the summer, dubbed “Summer Arts Festival’s Lawn Chair Lounge.” Wallace & Turner served as a sponsor of the final installment of “Lawn Chair Lounge” with a concert starring the talented NATURALLY 7, bringing their remarkable music to living rooms and patios.
World-renowned NATURALLY 7 guest-starred on three world tours with Michael Buble, a world tour with Coldplay, and won Best Vocal Group on CBS-TV’s prime time World’s Best with James Corden. Performing a mix of pop, rock, and R&B tunes, they stunningly recreate the sound of a full band using just their voices! More than a tightly orchestrated collection of great singers, they transform their voices into actual human instruments, effortlessly producing music of any genre. Their vocal choreography is so perfectly interwoven that they compelled the musical maestro himself, Quincy Jones, to declare that “NATURALLY 7 is the future of vocal music!!”
Watch the concert here and catch cameos by partners Patrick Field and P.J. Miller!
With the cancellation of the 2020 Summer Arts Festival due to COVID-19, the Springfield Arts Council may experience a meaningful, financial challenge as an organization, and needs your support now more than ever. Please consider making a gift to the Springfield Arts Council.
How many golfers does it take to impact Clark County youth? FORE! Wallace & Turner is serving as a sponsor of the Junior Achievement Golf Classic on Friday, September 25, 2020 at Reid Golf Course. The fun-filled afternoon will include a foursomes golf tournament, boxed lunch and networking in support of Junior Achievement programming.
Junior Achievement’s mission is to inspire and prepare students to succeed in a global economy by teaching entrepreneurship, work readiness and financial literacy.
Wallace & Turner is proud to once again sponsor the Clark County Fair, being held July 25 – 29, 2020 at the fairgrounds located on South Charleston Pike in Springfield. Due to the pandemic, the fair has been shortened from eight days to five days, featuring a Junior Fair with 4-H and FFA livestock shows only, with fourteen food vendors. Livestock shows are being livestreamed here.
For more than 25 years, Catholic Central has hosted the Emerald Evening as an avenue for family, friends and alumni of Catholic Central to act as stewards and provide a fun way to contribute back to the heritage that has helped to make its students who and what they are today. The event includes a cocktail hour, dinner, raffles, and live and silent auctions. Proceeds go to scholarships and to improvements that advance student learning and development.
Wallace & Turner is a sponsor of Emerald Evening 2020, being held Saturday, March 28, 2020 from 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM in the Pavlatos Grand Hall of the Hollenbeck Bayley Conference Center at 275 South Limestone Street in Springfield, Ohio.
Tickets are $100 per person and $50 for graduates from the class of 2006 or later. Purchase tickets here.
Be sure to check the site starting on March 13th to preview auction items and March 20th to bid on auction items.
Congratulations to the top three winners of the Champaign County Arts Council "Bad Art by Good People" competition: Josh Jacobs, Bev Titus and Myles Trempe! The Bad Art by Good People fundraiser features non-artist celebrities competing to create a work of art and campaigning for the public's votes for their artwork. Wallace & Turner was a sponsor of the ninth annual event, held on February 28, 2020 at the BrownRidge Hall VFW in Urbana, Ohio.
Thank you to everyone who voted and came out to support. View additional event photos here.
About the Champaign County Arts Council
The Champaign County Arts Council brings to the county professionals in every arts discipline, including but not limited to, the visual arts, music, literature, theater, dance, architecture, and specialties in folk, ethnic and minority arts. It arranges concerts, performances, workshops, classes and exhibits for the public including seniors, persons with disabilities and the economically disadvantaged. It develops special school and summer programming for our children, a major focus since its founding.
The Arts Council encourages local artists in all fields, underwrites arts events for community festivals and celebrations, and provides incentives and recognition for arts achievement. Additionally, it offers arts management, research and technical help and serves as a clearinghouse for arts information and as a meeting place for community arts planning.
Wallace & Turner was a proud sponsor of the Second Harvest Food Bank Champaign County Empty Bowls event on February 27, 2020 hosted at Urbana University. More than 350 people in attendance helped raise over $16,500 in support of the organization’s mission to eliminate food insecurities in Clark, Champaign and Logan Counties, Ohio.
About Empty Bowls
The Second Harvest Food Bank Empty Bowl events raise money locally to address food insecurity locally. Local artisans (Scott Dooley, Matt Johnson, Sandy Winter, Bruce Grimes, Thelma Matthews and The Cracked Pot Studio potters) donate handmade bowls, local school art departments (Wittenberg, Springfield High School, Graham Local Middle School, and Bellefontaine High School) have their students create and donate bowls. Local restaurants and bakeries donate gallons of soups and hundreds of loaves of bread to these. Hundreds of people volunteer on event nights and hundreds of people show up to enjoy great food and fellowship.
About Second Harvest Food Bank of Clark, Champaign and Logan Counties
Second Harvest Food Bank collects, stores, and distributes consumable surplus food. The organization operates out of a 62,000 square foot warehouse, serving well over 75 non-profit member agencies in Clark, Champaign and Logan Counties. These agencies feed over 79,000 hungry families yearly. In 2012, over 2.8 million meals were served to over 370,000 men, women and children across the three-county service area. Approximately 1,200 seniors were served monthly. Second Harvest Food Bank is a member of Feeding America, who provides its members a national, recognizable branding, training, sustainability, and additional national product opportunities.
