Youngstown Marathon Opens Voting for Third Charitable Beneficiary - The Business Journal


The Youngstown Marathon Foundation board has opened public voting for a third 2018 Youngstown Marathon race beneficiary.

The 13 charity choices are a result of the board’s special meeting in November.

“We want to make sure the public also has its voice heard,” said Courtney Poullas, CEO and race director in a news release. “We took any charities that received any board votes, even if it was just one, and placed them up for public voting.”

Youngstown CityScape and United Way of Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley will be joined by one of the following charitable organizations: Boys And Girls Club Of Youngstown, Down Syndrome Association Of The Valley, Homes For Kids, Youngstown Piggyback Foundation, St. Vincent DePaul, Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp. (YNDC), Yellow Brick Place, Inspiring Minds, Potential Development, Rescue Mission Of The Mahoning Valley, The Cure Starts Now, Forever Safe Farms, and Oh Wow! The Roger & Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science & Technology. To read the full story from The Business Journal, click here.