CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - Hoxworth Blood Center, University of Cincinnati is honoring the American Diabetes Association during a week-long blood drive Monday, June 20 through Friday, June 25. Donors are invited to make a lifesaving blood donation at any Hoxworth Neighborhood Donor Center. If at least 30 donors participate, Hoxworth Blood Center will send one area child to Camp Joy, the American Diabetes Summer Camp.

The Eighth Annual Walk for Wishes took place at Sawyer Point on Saturday, raising funds for the Make-A-Wish foundation.

Walk for Wishes is a family-friendly walk, designed to raise money to grant the wishes of children battling life-threatening medical conditions. The goal of the walk was $70,500.

The Southern Ohio Region of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana has fulfilled the individual wishes of 1,231 local children since it was founded in 1998.

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CINCINNATI (FOX19) - In the first straw poll of the current campaign season, Democratic first-time candidate P.G. Sittenfeld reports he emerged as the winner at Thursday night's last night's LEAD PAC City Council forum. 

Sittenfeld received the largest number of votes from the audience at Great American Ballpark, edging out a field of candidates in attendance that included incumbents Leslie Ghiz, Wayne Lippert, Amy Murray, and Charlie Winburn, and challengers Kevin Flynn, Catherine Smith Mills, and Jason Riveiro.

“I’m encouraged by the enthusiastic response we received,” Sittenfeld said. “LEAD PAC values fiscal responsibility, and I believe our elected officials can’t be too careful with taxpayer dollars.”

LEAD PAC was founded by former NFL player and St. Xavier High School football star Rocky Boiman. The group, based in Cincinnati, has helped elect county commissioners, Congressmen, and U.S.