- July 2023 NBC4 Planting the Community Garden at Crittenton Community Center, Summer of Giving “Summer of Giving” to create community garden in Eastland – YouTube
- April 2023 Channel 4 “Field Days” Mural for Crittenton Community Center: https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/large-mural-inspired-by-children-to-be-painted-at-columbus-convention-center/?fbclid=IwAR1tRo6LU3FS3Z1GTExzWtqz59-_mvSxnEvQKelnlCsq4q9JAKIsVTkuGOs
- March 2023, DFYF Social Media, 2023 DFYF Black History Celebration: https://youtu.be/J32BZMmK-aw
- Dec 2022, Smart Business Pillar Awards, DFYF Board Exec of the Year, 2023 Pillar Award for Community Service – Central Ohio – SBN (sbnonline.com)
- Nov 22, 614 Magazine, Crittenton Community Center Voices of Design Award for Architecture, Architecture Winner – The Columbus Center for Architecture and Design (columbuscfad.org)
- Nov 2022, Mental Health America of Ohio, MHAOhio’s Norman Guitry Award – Mental Health America of Ohio
- Oct 2022, The Columbus Foundation, Building a Place for Community | The Columbus Foundation
- Sept 2022, DFYF 2022 Honoree of The Columbus Foundation Award, Celebration of Philanthropy: The Columbus Foundation Award 2022 – Directions for Youth & Families – YouTube
- Aug 2022, The Columbus Foundation Story of Impact: 2022 Columbus Foundation Award Honoree | The Columbus Foundation
- July 2022, Smart Business, Duane Smart 50 honoree, 2022 Columbus Smart 50 Awards recognize region’s top leadership – SBN (sbnonline.com)
- June 16, 2022, Channel 6 CCC groundbreaking, Community celebrates groundbreaking of Crittenton Community Center in east Columbus | WSYX (abc6onyourside.com)
- June 2022, Duane’s Kwadcast Solving Healthcare podcast guest, How To Make A Difference In Marginalized Communities, with Duane Casares – YouTube
- June 2022, Business First, New Community Center, Directions for Youth and Families starts construction of new Eastland community center – Columbus Business First (bizjournals.com)
- April 2022, State of the Child Teaser: https://youtu.be/n9GrjAeNBmc
- Feb 2022, Columbus Dispatch, Nonprofit aiming for community center in Eastland Mall area (dispatch.com)
- Dec 2021, Columbus Monthly, Columbus Youth Agencies Adapt to Meet Pandemic-Era Needs (columbusmonthly.com)
- April 2021 State of the Child Teaser: https://youtu.be/Jlrrfe6ELRk
- March 2021, The Columbus Foundation, The Columbus Foundation Selects 5 Nonprofits to Watch In 2020 | The Columbus Foundation
- Sept 12, 2020, Columbus Dispatch follow-up, Story kick-starts sneaker business for Columbus teen (dispatch.com)
- Sept 11 2020, Good Morning America, ABC World News Now: Video Teen’s shoe repair company – ABC News (go.com)
- Sept 7, 2020, Twitter, New Life for Old Soles, ABC World News Now on Twitter: “NEW LIFE FOR OLD SOLES: A teen spent the beginning of quarantine binging all 16 seasons of ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ then turned his summer around. He and his family tell @willganss about his small business and inspiring others. https://t.co/7yLNKv1W4o” / Twitter
- Sept 7, 2020, Columbus Dispatch, Columbus teen builds sneaker restoration business amid pandemic (dispatch.com)
- Aug 2020, Channel 4 Summer of Giving: https://youtu.be/cMiar18o3e0
- June 2020, Nonprofit March to End Racism, Duane’s speech downtown Columbus: https://youtu.be/_O0jt-8KPHw
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