La Soupe is making sure food that would otherwise go to waste is being put to good use during the coronavirus pandemic while tapping a large population of out-of-work food and dining industry workers to help. “Really, the mission at this point is to utilize (the) untapped resource of these chefs, now unemployed,” Suzy DeYoung,…
By Kate Kennedy The crisis created by COVID-19 is wreaking havoc on many areas of the Cincinnati region’s economy. The hardship facing the nonprofit arts sector, with an annual economic impact of over $300 million, is unprecedented. That hardship directly impacts over 225 nonprofit organizations employing over 10,000 people and many more who work on…
The Reds Community Fund is a unique organization in many ways, focusing on baseball, softball and education and connecting with urban neighborhoods and families. These efforts and our activities at the P&G MLB Cincinnati Reds Youth Academy are made possible only by the generosity of fans in Reds Country and our many fundraising events tied…
As we all shelter in place during the coronavirus crisis, your friends at Behringer-Crawford Museum are working to continue our mission of sharing and celebrating the history and culture of our region. Working from our homes, our staff has been creating online resources that you can use to keep your children learning – an amazing…
Cincy Shirts has teamed up with the Dragonfly Foundation to offer a T-shirt to help raise funds for pediatric cancer patients and their families. This new Cincy Shirts design from the Dragonfly Foundation is here to remind you that “Hugs Will Resume Shortly.”
Ombudsman Volunteers, Carol Burwick and Lynn Gray have been making calls to families of nursing home residents, to check in with them while they can’t make in-person visits. Carol says, “I love making these calls. The families are so appreciative.” Lynn agrees, saying “It makes a difference to these families to hear from us and know…
Franciscan Ministries has made the difficult decision to cancel all of our summer groups for the safety of all involved, so Tau House will not be able to send you any volunteers this summer. We hope to be back in the saddle for the fall.
A poem commissioned by ArtWorks and crafted by Chase Public I always say a prayer when I see you through the cut in the hill, my drama Queen City. You swam in bourbon and blues and called your song the river. I doused myself in your laughter. Now I climb hilltop woods and stone halos to find an…
We cannot be more blown away to share that in just one week, we raised over $40,000 and surpassed our goal! Maybe you aren’t able to donate at this time, but thought to share a story, video, podcast, or asked your friends and family to help by donating….thank you. Our Connectors are still busy thinking of…
This week, HSC released a report from its most recent survey showing the impacts of COVID-19 on the local human services sector. We will use this report to expand awareness of the importance of human services to the community along with the challenges of providing these services with increased demand and/or lack of funding, technology and other resources. One of the…