IMagINe provides Kicks for Kids

FOSTORIA — The Fostoria-based IMagINe for Youth foundation partnered with Seneca County Family and Children First Council to assist youngsters through the foundation's Kicks for Kids program. Kicks for Kids provided socks, shoes and T-shirts to 61 children served by council programs Wednesday night during an event at the North Central Ohio Educational Service Center in Tiffin. The kids also received autographed photos of Micah Hyde, a Fostoria High School graduate and safety for the Buffalo Bills who started the foundation while attending the University of Iowa. Other event sponsors included A Champions Shoes, magician Rodney Biggert, the Ballreich Snack Food Company., Heavenly Pizza, Napoli Pizza, Reino's, the Tiffin Paper Company, Culligan Water. Volunteers at the event represented IMagINe for Youth and Heidelberg and Tiffin universities. IMagINe for Youth aims to help children thrive academically and athletically by providing them with supplies, resources and equipment. It hosts events each year to benefit children in Ohio, Michigan, New York and Iowa.