Learning Grove is supporting the community’s response to COVID-19 by operating two emergency response childcare sites – one in Northern Kentucky and one in Ohio. These are the front line workers responding to the outbreak each and every day, often risking their own health and stretching their own resources. These workers can find quality, affordable…
When Ohio’s stay-at-home order took effect last month, Jena Stugmyer of Liberty Township needed to keep working as a social worker at the VA Hospital in Clifton. But the Learning Grove day care center where she took her two-year-old son Benjamin was forced to close. The solution came quickly: Learning Grove opened two pandemic response…
Every year, more than 600 families in the 45204 zip code visit our Community Market choice food pantry when faced with an emergency need. Many of our loyal pantry volunteers are at high risk for COVID-19, and we knew that physical distancing would be a challenge in our normal operations. So, for the last two…
Bake Me Home, founded in 2008 just before the Great Recession, began with the mission of helping local families in crisis. Not only are we still doing that today, but the experience of building an organization during a financial crisis has prepared us to weather this devastating storm with all of you. The financial reserve…
While we can’t be as active with the families we usually work with, we’re bridging gaps and building community in other ways in our neighborhoods! Thank you to those who have contributed! We are excited to announce that we will continuing our PowerPack initiative through May! Each week we will deliver to 100 households, for…
Dress for Success Cincinnati to close offices effective March 19 and cancel all on-site services, including suiting services, until further notice. Some services to continue remotely. We had hoped to continue all our client services to serve the many courageous women who depend on us in their journeys to financial security. But in the rapidly…
Join our cause! For more than 160 years, the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati has addressed the community’s most pressing needs. Above all, we stand for youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. During this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, the community’s needs have shifted. The Y remains committed to serve the community however we can.…
We know that individuals with heart disease and stroke are at a higher risk of complications due to COVID-19, and that they may be more at risk to contract the virus in the first place. We are also seeing early evidence out of China that the virus is in some cases infecting the heart and causing…
Hearing Speech + Deaf Center empowers communication in Greater Cincinnati with care beyond compare. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing a fully integrated system of expert-led D/deaf services and programs, advocacy, and individualized counsel alongside a top-notch clinic for hearing services and speech-language therapy for children and adults and occupational therapy for children. Hearing Speech…
In the nonprofit industry, COVID-19 has changed the way we all serve our clients. At Santa Maria Community Services, we have had to postpone a major fundraiser, cancel all of our events, and most of our programs have changed at the very least. Our buildings are closed to the public; however, we are considered an…