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www.columbusmessenger.com Piles for Smiles to help children with facial differences PAGE 6 - WESTSIDE MESSENGER - April 18, 2021 By Christine Bryant Staff Writer Thinking about having a yard sale? The good news is you can get rid of some clutter while restoring hope in a child’s life. The Magical Moments Foundation will host Piles for Smiles, a city-wide event on May 14-16 that will allow Columbus area homeowners to donate some or all of the proceeds from their yard sales to the nonprofit organization. The wish-granting foundation serves children with facial differences that are the result of congenital anomalies, facial burns or trauma. Richard Kirschner, chair of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Nationwide WESTGATE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 61 S. Powell Ave., Columbus,OH 43204 614-274-4271 In Person Service @ 9:00 am Saved! Distance Worshipping Visit Our Facebook Page for our YouTube Link or visit www.spreaker.com - Kevin Orr Show or Kevinsreflections.blogspot.com westgateumc@sbcglobal.net GLENWOOD UM CHURCH 2833 Valleyview Dr. (Corner of Valleyview & Hague Ave.) (614) 274-8469 Pastor Leo A. Cunningham Join us for In-Person Sunday Worship at 10:45 a.m. Masks Mandatory. Or Join us for Online Worship at Glenwood UMC YouTube http://tinyurl.com/GlenwoodUMC And be inspired every Monday at 10:00 am when “Chapel Guy” (Pastor Leo) shares stories for the Children. HOGE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 2930 W. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio 43204 Sundays at 10:30 a.m. In Person Worship Live Streaming Sunday Worship Service at 10:30 a.m. on Hoge Facebook Page Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. Prayer Vigil on Facebook Live www.hogemempresby.org Be a Part of Our Local Worship Guide Our upcoming Worship Guide is geared toward celebrating faith and helping readers connect with religious resources in our community. Make sure these readers know how you can help with a presence in this very special section distributed to more than 25,000 households in the Westside area. Contact us today to secure your spot in our Worship Guide. 614.272.5422 • kathy@columbusmessenger.com Messenger Westside Please visit the Westside Church of your choice. List your Worship Services here. For info. call 614-272-5422 Children’s Hospital co-founded the Magical Moments Foundation with his wife, Krista, just over a year ago. As the director of the Cleft Lip and Palate Center at the hospital, Kirschner says his life has long been dedicated to serving children with facial differences both at home and abroad. “We saw a real need for Magical Moments,” he said. “There are literally hundreds of wish-granting organizations in the U.S. that do the good work of serving children with life-threatening illnesses, but precious few that help children with facial differences that threaten the quality of their life for all of their lives.” Krista Kirschner, whose background includes healthcare work at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, serves as the organization’s executive director. She says kids are growing up in a world that is increasingly centered on appearance and that defines beauty in a particular way. “We need to look no further than the ads on our billboards and magazines, in the media and on social media,” she said. “We now even have filters to enhance our facial appearance on social media and Zoom. This is the world in which we live.” Concerns about appearance can affect children’s self-esteem and put them at risk for mental health disorders like anxiety and depression, Richard Kirschner said. In fact, recent studies show that up to 75 percent of children admit to having been bullied at school and that 25 percent have experienced cyberbullying. “With all of this in mind, you can certainly understand that, for some children living with a facial difference resulting from a genetic condition, cleft lip and palate or other congenital craniofacial differences, a birthmark, cancer treatment or from facial trauma or burns, the world can sometimes be a place of sadness, isolation and even hopelessness,” he said. Children born with facial differences and those living with the scars of facial trauma may endure the pain of teasing, bullying and isolation, he said. “For many, appearance-related stigma can interfere with their healing, their selfesteem and their quality of life,” he said. “In any form, appearance-related stigma can shatter dreams and leave emotional scars that can remain for years.” The Kirschners founded Magical Moments Foundation to change all of this, they say by providing magical moments for those with facial differences. “Our mission is to restore children’s hope and self-esteem while also fundamentally changing the world in which they live,” Krista Kirschner said. A girl named Sophia became the organization’s first child to have her wish granted - a trip to Walt Disney World. The Kirschners say Sophia was born with a cleft lip and palate in Guizhou, China. She was adopted by her parents in December of 2010, and three months later, underwent the first of many surgical procedures to reconstruct her lip, nose and palate. On top of the several surgeries and painful recoveries she endured, her father suddenly died in 2018. “Magical Moments Foundation recently granted Sophia the wish of a trip to Walt Disney World with her mother and her younger brother and sister,” Krista Kirschner said. “While in Orlando, Sophia, who dreams of becoming a pastry chef, was also granted the opportunity to spend a day with Rabii Saber, the executive pastry chef at the Four Seasons Resort and one of the world’s finest, award-winning pastry chefs.” Columbus residents who wish to participate in Piles for Smiles and donate a portion or all of their yard sale proceeds to Magical Moments Foundation so that other Sophia, the first Magical Moments recipient, is pictured here with Rabii Saber, an award winning pastry chef. Sophia got to spend the day with the chef and learn tricks of the trade. She wants to become a pastry chef. children like Sophia can realize their dreams can sign up on the organization’s website at magicalmomentsfoundation.org and clicking the “Piles for Smiles” tab. Families can choose to host their sale for one, two or all three days. “We will provide participating households with a toolkit to help them host their sale,” Richard Kirschner said. The toolkit will include signs, price stickers, a tips and instruction sheet, a Magical Moments cash donation box for shoppers who want to donate additional funds and some Magical Moments brochures to help raise awareness. The homeowner’s contribution is fully tax deductible, he said. “By participating in Piles for Smiles, families can dispose of their gently used items, earn some cash, have some fun and help make children’s dreams come true,” he said. Children may be nominated for a Magical Moment through magicalmomentsfoundation.org. Children ages 3 through 18 are eligible and may be nominated by family, friends, neighbors, teachers and healthcare providers. “The most important consideration in granting a Magical Moment is the impact that the wish will have on their lives,” Krista Kirschner said. “In granting each Magical Moment, we aim to craft a memorable experience that will not only bring joy, but also restore hope and encouragement.”
www.columbusmessenger.com Local author tells the tales of the Ohio frontier The tranquil waters of the Scioto River were once anything but placid. The Scioto River and its tributaries, such as Big Darby Creek, Big Walnut Creek, and the Olentangy River were once hot beds of activity as Prehistoric and Woodland Native Americans used them as major transportation routes. A new book by Janet Shailer, “Trouble on Scioto’s Waters — Soldiers, Frontiersmen & Native Americans: 1725- 1815,” explores the Native American history surrounding these waterways. “From 1754 to 1814 fighting raged within the state between Native Americans and their adversaries,” Shailer said. “Those years are vital to understanding the history of Ohio. By 1843, the last of the Native Americans left the state after the signing of the Treaty with the Wyandots. A mere 18 years later the Civil War would start.” The importance of the Scioto River watershed to Ohio’s early history cannot be underestimated. This river was a transportation artery for the Shawnee, Wyandot, Delaware, Ottawa, Seneca, and Miami on their way to camps in the Pickaway Plains and beyond. The area between the Scioto River and the Big Darby Creek was once a cradle of Prehistoric and Woodland activity. This area alone has artifacts from the Paleo- Indian, Adena, Hopewell, and Fort Ancient cultures. Battelle Darby Metro Park along Big Darby Creek, for one, is continuously being studied by archaeologists for its numerous mounds and Native American artifacts that are still being discovered there. Later the European fur trappers and frontiersmen understood their significance, followed by soldiers from three different countries. “I have included chapters on five men who were important figures in central Ohio’s early history,” Shailer said. “They include Col. William Crawford, Simon Girty, and Jonathan Alder plus Native Americans Blue Jacket and Tecumseh. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 began to drive the Native Americans out of Ohio permanently.” Shailer said the Native Americans knew the Ohio country was a special place and they helped to make it so. “I believe that to understand the history of a great people, we must thoroughly study them, including walking the ground where they once lived,” said Shailer. “Part of this book is a guide to visiting some of those sites. Native Americans entered what is now central Ohio about 9,000 - 10,000 years ago.” For people interested in both Prehistoric and Eastern Woodland Indians, the Middle Ohio Valley is an archaeologist’s gold mine. “The Ohio Historical & Archaeological Society estimated in the 1880s there were once 10,000 mounds and earthworks in Janet Shailer Ohio alone,” said Shailer. “Unfortunately, urban development has left us with few remaining sites to see and explore.” The Ohio History Connection has documented dozens of Prehistoric and Eastern Woodland sites all along the edges of the Scioto River. “In Jackson Township/Franklin County, archaeological maps show dozens of Native American sites along the edges of this waterway,” said Shailer. “Other creeks in the Scioto River basin were also important for development. On the western side of Franklin County lies Big Darby Creek, another important transportation artery for several tribes. In the eastern part of Franklin County, Alum Creek runs south from Mount Gilead and joins Big Walnut and Blacklick creeks in (now) Three Creeks Metro Park. The Adena built at least seven mounds in the Alum Creek Valley.” The book includes a guide to those who would like to visit sites once occupied by these First Ohioans. Books may be ordered online from the publisher Orange Frazer Press at www.orangefrazer.com or via Amazon.com. “Janet Shailer has captured a long-overlooked portion of Ohio’s history, a past era that we are still feeling the effects of today,” said Rick Palsgrove, managing editor of the Columbus Messenger Newspapers and director of the Groveport Heritage Museum. “The stories she tells of the Native Americans, military, and frontiersmen who helped shape Ohio are fascinating. Her listing of pertinent historical sites that help tell the story of those times is helpful to those who wish to see the places where this history took shape.” Janet Shailer is a former editor with the Columbus Messenger Newspapers and has written two other history books including “Images of Grove City,” and “Images of Modern America: Grove City.” She also wrote the novel, “The Austerlitz Bugle-Telegraph: A King, A Goddess and a Chronicle of Deception,” as well as three children’s books. Over Starts t To oday April 18, 2021 - WESTSIDE MESSENGER - PAGE 7 Medica ation-Assisted i Treatment – medication i that meets individual id needs. Daily access to the medical team including doctors, nurses and counselors. Counseling available – one on one, family and group oup. Complete confidentiality, referral and outpatient support services. Medically supervise ed withdrawl is available. Treatment during pregnancy is supported and encouraged. Contact U s for Hours & More Inf formation! 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