On April 23rd, 2016 Golden String had it’s 7th annual fundraiser featuring home brewed beers and wines and artisan chocolates as well as home made hot peppers. The festivities took place, as always, at St. Matthias Father Snock Center on Youngstown’s south side. It was a smashing success thanks to all of our brewers, donors,…
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In Loving Memory
Pat, We love you. Thank you – Golden String Inc.
The Gang Hits The Nation’s Capitol
In March a group of Purple Catters took a trip to Washington DC just in time to see the Cherry Blossoms bloom! The gang hopped the Amtrak train out of Alliance, OH at 3AM and enjoyed the scenery for 10 hours to the nation’s capitol. They spent three days seeing all that there was to…
March Employee Spotlight: Tim Johnson
Q. HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU WORKED/VOLUNTEERED AT ISLE, PURPLE CAT, OR GOLDEN STRING? A. I started going out with them I would say, 7 years ago…I started at Marinelli and I don’t think they were doing Golden String yet right? So…ever since they started doing it. Q. WHAT DO YOU DO FOR THE ORGANIZATION?…
2015-2016 Bowling Banquet
I want to thank everyone who came out to bowl and make this season so much fun! We definitely had some great bowlers this year, hope to see all of you back in September! 1st place team: Eric Trebus Matt Hynes Denny Mutter Richard Sebest Steven Churilla 2nd place team: Lori Williams Jessica Behon Jennifer…
February Employee Spotlight: Dave Woodard
Q. HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU WORKED/VOLUNTEERED AT ISLE, PURPLE CAT, OR GOLDEN STRING? A. I started out volunteering on the radio about 4 years ago. Then I started updating the websites much like the one you’re looking at right now. Q. WHAT DO YOU DO FOR THE ORGANIZATION? A. Radio DJ, Station Manager (think…
The December Golden String Technology Grant
The Golden String Technology grant is aimed at assisting children and adults with disabilities by donating funds and/or equipment to help with daily living and communication skills. The December 2015 Grant Winner was none other than Sharon Aquino. Sharon has limited use of her hands and has been awarded the talk-to-type Dragon Dictator software. This…
Goldenstringradio.org Reaches Five Year Milestone
On December 10, 2015, a party was held in and around the goldenstringradio.org radio studio to celebrate the fifth anniversary of Goldenstringradio.org. The celebration was attended by most of the Djs and office staff members. Djs were encouraged to bring a covered dish and pizza and beverages were supplied by Golden String Inc. Goldenstringradio.org was…
Christmas Party 2015
Golden String hosted the Annual Golden String/ Isle/ Purple Cat Christmas Party on December 11th. A big Thank You to Tommy Hyder and his lovely family for donating all of the wonderful and delicious desserts for these festivities. The event was attended by over 450 of our friends and family! Everyone danced the night away…
The Andrew Thomas Fund
Jimmy Sutman here! If you don’t know me, I am the Director of Daily Operations for Golden String Inc. and a DJ for goldenstringradio.org. I am writing to ask you for help. Not necessarily for me, but for our friends with disabilities. Here’s my story: We are blessed to know a family from Liberty with…