Community Calendar

Events & Gatherings

Health screenings, community conversations, workshops, fundraisers, and awareness campaigns designed to build healthier communities together. Everything we have coming up, in one place.

Throughout the Year

One community calendar for every way we show up.

BridgePoint Community Solutions hosts educational events, community engagement initiatives, awareness campaigns, and partnership gatherings across the year — each one designed to bring health resources, honest conversation, and connection directly to the neighborhoods we serve.

  • Educational Events
  • Community Engagement
  • Awareness Campaigns
  • Partnerships

What’s Next

Upcoming Events

Every gathering we have on the calendar, in the order it’s happening. Reserve your spot for the events that offer registration.

  1. Red Diamond Gala event flyer
    Fundraiser

    Red Diamond Gala

    Presented by Faith Thomas Foundation

    Date
    September 11, 2026
    Time
    6:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    Location
    The Boat House679 W Spring Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215
    Cost
    $80 per ticket (includes hors d’oeuvres, entrée, dessert, and one raffle ticket)

    The Faith Thomas Foundation’s 13th Annual Red Diamond Gala — a “Sickle Cell-ebration of Hope.” An elegant evening of inspiring stories, special guest speakers, community recognition, live entertainment, fine dining, and dancing that supports programs improving quality of life for individuals and families impacted by Sickle Cell Disease.

    1. Registration6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    2. Program7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    3. Dance9:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    Register for Red Diamond Gala (opens in a new tab)
  2. Health Education

    Knowledge is Power: Blood Equity, Community Health, & Access + Blood Drive

    Date
    September 18, 2026
    Location
    Hale HallFree parking at the Union Hall South Garage, 1759 N. High St, Columbus, OH 43210
    Cost
    Free community event

    A powerful community conversation on Sickle Cell Disease, blood equity, and public health — paired with a blood drive presented by Versiti Blood Center of Ohio. Hear from patients, caregivers, physicians, researchers, blood-donation experts, public-health leaders, and policymakers on expanding access to care, growing blood donation, reducing disparities, and creating lasting change. Expect free community health resources, patient and caregiver stories, discussion of emerging gene therapies, and real opportunities to take action.

    Register for Knowledge is Power: Blood Equity, Community Health, & Access + Blood Drive (opens in a new tab)
  3. All of Us Block Party event flyer
    Community Event

    All of Us Block Party

    Date
    September 26, 2026
    Time
    2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    Location
    MPACC BoxPark925 Mt Vernon Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43215

    A neighborhood celebration bringing residents together for connection, health resources, and community joy. Join us at MPACC BoxPark for an afternoon of gathering, learning, and building healthier communities side by side.

Awareness Campaign · All Month

The Great Circulation Challenge

September 1–30, 2026 · with Global PAD Association

A month-long PAD Awareness Month initiative for the whole community. Throughout September, walkers everywhere log their steps toward a shared 60,000-mile goal along the “human super highway,” proving that walking is medicine. Move together, track your team’s progress, and help raise awareness of Peripheral Artery Disease and the importance of healthy circulation.

  • #PADawareness
  • #TheGreatCirculationChallenge
  • #WalkingIsMedicine
Watch the campaign video

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