Our Vision
As participants in the 14th leadership class of Next Level Trainings (VIP 14), part of our transformational curriculum is to create a large-scale community service project for a local non-profit. Our team has chosen to support Local Matters, and we are excited to create massive results for them in the scope of 24 days! Our community faces an increasing health crisis due to diet-related preventable diseases. To combat these issues and build healthier communities, we are supporting Local Matters which provides life-changing education to over 14,000 children, adults, and families each year.
Our Results
$180,629
Fundraised
347
Items Donated
3,000
Volunteer Hours
3
Events Held
VIP 14 Columbus proudly supports Local Matters
Local Matters works to create healthier communities through food education, access, and advocacy. They bring life-changing education to over 14,000 children, adults, and families each year at diverse locations including schools, community organizations, hospitals, and workplaces.
Local Matters envisions a community where everyone has the skills and resources to eat well, feed their families, and manage their health.
Too many of our friends and neighbors are sick and dying from diabetes and other diet-related disease. Too many children and their families are hungry. By supporting Local Matters, you can help children and adults heal their bodies with food and find joy with others around their table.
In the News
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Fifty participants in a leadership training set out to make a transformative impact on a local non-profit. Students in Next Level Trainings launched a large-scale community service project (CSP) for a local non-profit, all of which started and ended in the span of 24 days. Local Matters was the beneficiary of the team’s efforts.
COLUMBUS, OH – Columbus Restaurateurs are coming together in unprecedented ways to support the local community at the next level. Local businesses are donating high volumes of goods and services to benefit the work of Local Matters, a Columbus-based nonprofit.
Our Team
OUR TEAM LEADERS
Team Captains
Isaure de La Presle-Kelly
Crystal Wasmund
Clarity
David Kaimann
Press Secretary
Crystal Wasmund
Fundraising Committee
Darren Fribence Chair
Ashleigh Gerbers, Chair
Accounting Committee
Nancy Henson, Chair
Darrel Grumman, Chair
Social Media Committee
Halle Brown, Chair
Anna Siriano, Chair
Video Photographer
Brigit Kowalczyk, Chair
Communication Committee
Falisa Asberry, Chair
Ashley Church Chair
Improvement Committee
Tim Hostetler, Chair
Milton Miller, Chair
Bryan Miller, Chair
Marketing Committee
Alexandria Grumman, Chair
Julia Morales, Chair
Event Committee
Perrie Wilkof, Chair
Annah Davis, Chair
OUR TEAM MEMBERS
Cheri Banke
Julie Beckman
AP Boateng
Lydia Britt
Maxwell Cleary
Johannah Conant
Drew Ellis
Blake Evans
Rachel Eblin-Dodds
John Fancelli
Anthea Hammond
Michael Hart
Christine Kromelow
Linda LePage
Michelle Mast
Jaqueline Miller
Don Newsome
Daniel Riesenberger
Dyana Robenalt
Michelle Ruble
Kira Sherman
Heather Shipley
Mike Thomas
Lindsey Tomaso
Wilma Troyer
Rachel Wiley
Jim Wroten
We, Fiery 14, of Next Level Trainings VIP’s 14th leadership class, launched a large-scale community service project (CSP) for a local non-profit as part of our transformational curriculum. The selection process was intense. Many VIP 14 members lobbied for the non-profit of their choice with the final contenders being put to a team vote. Regardless of the outcome, our team committed to creating love, passion, and connection within our team, in the world, and especially for the non-profit that would be our focus.