September is National Sickle Cell Month, and the Faith Thomas Foundation is excited to announce that we will be celebrating our 11th Annual Red Diamond Gala (RDG). The evening will include Hors d’oeuvre, program, dinner, silent auction, cash bar and music.

The Red Diamond Gala (RDG) will be held on Friday, September 13, 2024, at Creekside Conference and Event Center located at 101 Mill St #300, Gahanna, OH 43230.

Our theme this year is “The Gift of Life.”

This is a fundraising event that will raise awareness of sickle cell disease and to help us improve upon the quality of care and programs provided to sickle cell patients.

This event will benefit The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC) – James, Nationwide Children Hospital, and the Faith Thomas Foundation.

Registration closes on Saturday, September 7, 2024. 

You can purchase your tickets online at,

Columbus Mayor Andy Ginther claimed stolen data from the city’s database was encrypted or corrupted and likely unusable to any criminals, along with his Deputy Chief of Staff Jennifer Fening stating, “There is no evidence of ratepayers, or the general public were exposed.” And when asked by a local television reporter if he lied earlier this week about the extent of his knowledge of the information that had been leaked, and he gave a resounding "No" when it was noticed that his nose grew about four inches.

Friday, Mayor Ginther released the following statement: “To protect the community from the recent cyber attack on the city’s IT infrastructure, the City of Columbus is providing notification and offering free Experian credit monitoring to all residents and impacted individuals. Anyone who has shared their personal information with the city or municipal court may be impacted and can sign up for two years of free Experian monitoring, which includes $1 million of protection against fraud and identity theft.”  

In bio-evolutionary terms, the ascendance of Kamala Harris is a transformative moment in human evolution. The majority of the human race is female… and other than caucasian.

A male of color has been President of the United States. A female Prime Minister of Germany, Europe’s dominant power, commanded Earth’s fourth-largest economy… and turned it away from nuclear power.

Females have led ancient China when it was already Earth’s most populous nation. A woman has recently led India, the world’s second.

Saturday Aug 17, 7pm
Old First Presbyterian Church, 1101 Bryden Rd.

 Topic of effective and peaceful communication. Julie Hart from Ohio Dominican will lead a workshop on non-violent communication starting at 7 pm.

A live music bill featuring creative instriumental & electronic music- courtesy of local non-profit Fuse Factory, will follow around 9 pm. No fee for the workshop, but donations are welcomed to cover our costs and if you plan to stick around for the entire music program, there is a suggested donation. Light snacks and beverages will be served.

Old First is at the corner of Bryden and Ohio, and there is ample parking available on Bryden. Hope to see a lot of you out for this!