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06/18/2026

🌷🌼 Grow Something Beautiful & Support The Common Soil Collective! 🌼🌷

We’re excited to announce our Fall Bulb Fundraiser! By purchasing spring-blooming bulbs through our fundraiser, you’ll not only fill your garden with beautiful color next year, but you’ll also help support The Common Soil Collective’s community gardening, environmental education and outreach programs.

🌱 Order now through October 15!
🌷 Plant this fall for beautiful blooms next spring!
🌼 A wide variety of bulbs and garden favorites are available!

Shop here:

CommonSoil.fpfundraising.com

Every purchase helps us continue creating opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to learn, grow and connect through gardening and nature!

Thank you for supporting our mission and helping our community grow! 💛🌱

http://CommonSoil.fpfundraising.com

Flower Power Fundraising helps support groups, causes and communities using an earth-friendly alternative to traditional fundraising through the sale of flowers, bulbs and perennials that can be enjoyed for years to come!

06/12/2026

Did someone say books & plants?!!! 💚

🌱📚 GROW WITH US THIS SUMMER! 📚🌱

Love books? Love plants? Why not enjoy both?

The Common Soil Collective is excited to partner with Briggs Lawrence County Public Library-Ironton Branch for the ‘Adult Summer Reading Challenge: Grow With Us!’

From May 26 – July 25, participants enrolled in the library’s summer reading program can complete three simple activities and earn a FREE plant from The Common Soil Collective! 🌿

✅ Read a nature-themed book
✅ Visit the Briggs Seed Library and take home some seeds
✅ Attend a nature-themed program at the library

Once you’ve completed all three activities, turn in your card at the library and receive your plant!

This challenge is a fun way to explore the natural world, discover new books, connect with your community and maybe even grow something amazing along the way. 🌻

A huge thank you to Briggs Library for continuing to create opportunities for lifelong learning and community engagement. We are thrilled to be part of this year’s Summer Reading Program!

📖🌱 Stop by the Ironton Branch to get started!

06/04/2026

Save the date- The Crafty Art Bus is rolling into town!

🎨🚌 The Crafty Art Bus is Rolling into Symmes Valley! 🚌🎨

Get ready for an afternoon packed with creativity, games, music, snacks, and fun!

Join us on Tuesday, August 4, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Symmes Valley Library as Briggs Lawrence County Public Library and The Lawrence County Community Foundation co-host the Crafty Art Bus Bash for kids and teens.

The Crafty Art Bus is a retired school bus that has been transformed into a mobile art and music studio, bringing creative opportunities to children throughout rural Southeast Ohio. Traveling directly to neighborhoods, parks, and libraries the bus provides accessible, hands-on arts and music experiences for children and families.

Come explore the bus, create something amazing, enjoy activities with friends, and discover the joy of art and music in your community!

06/03/2026

🌟 Volunteer Opportunity 🌟

Did you know that 1 in 3 low-income women miss work or school because they can't afford period products? From June 8 through 12, United Way of the River Cities is taking action through Week of Action: Project Period, an annual volunteer initiative focused on addressing period insecurity across our region.

Ohio University Southern staff have rolled up their sleeves for Project Period in past years, and this year we are asking the community to help fill open spots in Ironton. Volunteers will assemble period kits filled with tampons, pads, and wipes, with the option to decorate canvas bags and write encouraging notes for the people receiving them. As a thank-you, every volunteer receives a Project Period-branded water bottle.

The Backpack Buddies shift on Tuesday, June 9, from 10 to 11 a.m. has 5 of 30 slots filled, so every sign-up makes a real difference.

Sign up to volunteer: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/ProjectPeriod2026

Closer to home, OHIO Southern is proud to keep our campus restrooms stocked with free period products year-round. Big and small efforts add up to real change.

05/31/2026

☀️ Check out what’s in store at the Ironton Senior Center in June! ☀️

The Ironton Senior Center program acts as a third space for area seniors, providing socialization, engaging activities, connection to community resources, and a congregate meal service program.

The Ironton Senior Center is located on the 2nd Floor of the Park Avenue Apartments, 202 Park Ave., Ironton, OH. The center is open each week on Monday, Wednesday & Friday. The Ironton Senior Center opens at 9:30 am for social hour. Programming begins at 10:15 am, and lunch is served at 11:30 am.
Title III- Congregate Meals are free for qualified seniors (age 60+). Guest meals can be purchased for $10. Please call or text (740) 377-5046 by 10 am on the day of service to reserve your meal. 30 meal reservations will be accepted each day.

The Ironton Senior Center is welcoming new members! 🩷

05/30/2026

Come create with us today from 11-1 at Briggs Lawrence County Public Library ! Lots of fun for the kiddos as we kick off the Summer Reading Program. 📖🩷

05/24/2026

♥️ May fun at the Ironton Senior Center 💙

The seniors have had an eventful month! We kicked off May with a trip to CCTC for Senior Citizen’s Day, celebrated Mother’s Day with beautiful flower arrangements from our friends at The Common Soil Collective, and took a road trip to Jackson, Ohio for shopping and lunch!
If you’re an area senior looking for fun activities, making new friends, community connections, and nutritious meals, the Ironton Senior Center would love to welcome you!
If you’re a community member or business interested in supporting the services provided at the center, send us a message.
The center is located on the 2nd Floor of the Park Ave. Apartments (202 Park Ave) in Ironton and operates on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from
9:30am- noon, with lunch served at 11:30am.

As a reminder the Senior Center will be closed on Monday, May 25th in observance of Memorial Day.

05/19/2026

Everyone loves a glow up! A huge THANK YOU to everyone that braved the heat yesterday to leave your mark on Downtown Ironton at the 6th Annual Crosswalk Painting Event ! We painted, laughed, danced, and ate popsicles until our hearts were content. Any day we spend in community is a day well spent. 🩷