Serving Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky and Wood Counties
The Portage Resale Center Youth Council Class of 2024-25 recently completed their year by awarding $15,000 in Wish List Grants to 18 Ottawa County nonprofit organizations.
The gifting ceremony was held last month at the Portage Resale Center in Port Clinton with students, parents and nonprofit representatives present.
During the year, the students visited 17 area nonprofits to learn how these groups serve the community, while getting hands-on experience helping the nonprofits with their projects. They also learned the grant-making process by accepting grant applications from the nonprofits and then discussing and determining which grants to award.
The council consists of one senior and one junior from each of the following five Ottawa County high schools including Jaylin Smith and Lyla Sprague (Genoa); Brayden Wallace and Madison Hand (Oak Harbor); Justin Kiger and Zoey Bauder (Woodmore); Park Wilhite and Charley Lenthe (Danbury) and Sam Roberts and Gabbie Heilmann (Port Clinton).
