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The Season for Doing We often refer to the holiday season as the season for giving, but I think it’s just as much the season for doing. We’re going out to holiday events and shows, seeing holiday lights and viewing train displays, but we’re also devoting more of our time to nonprofits in need. To me, December can feel like a month of constantly doing something.

So consider this issue your ultimate guide to the holiday season. We’ve listed dozens of holiday events, but we’ve also profiled this year’s Charitable All-Stars, looked into the many ways you can give and included information on the region’s nonprofits. It’s the season of doing—let’s go do some good.

Plan ahead for your favorite holiday traditions (and discover some new ones) with our annual calendar of November and December events.

BY CORINNE MINARD

20 One Gift at a Time

GUIDE TO CHARITABLE GIVING

than Money 32 More Donating time or non-monetary

assets to those organizations that need them is a very helpful way to give back. BY KEVIN MICHELL

Charitable All-Stars 35 2020 Meet local people who have gone above and beyond for their causes. BY THE EDITORS

41 Helping Our Neighbors Ten Thousand Villages looks to change the world with its handmade, fair trade products.

BY CORINNE MINARD

Well Cincy 23 Live Local providers are leading

revolutionary brain tumor research and sharing advice on recovery from spinal procedures.

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By Corinne Minard 5 Community Celebrations 8 Family Bonding 9 Holiday Runs 10 Lights 13 Santa 13 Shopping 14 Theater 16 Music 18 Trains 19 New Year’s Parties

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Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s Festival of Lights

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There’s nothing quite like the holiday season in the Tristate. From the lights and music to plays and community events, no other time of the year is quite as action packed as November and December.

But how to find the events right for you and your family? With our annual Holiday Traditions calendar, we provide information on as many seasonal events as we can find, making this your guide to the season.

So pull on your Santa hat and find your best snow boots, it’s time to enjoy the holidays.

COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS

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Christmas in Historic Springboro

Nov. 22-24 Join more than 60,000 people as they visit Historic Springboro for its annual holiday celebration. This three-day event features a 5K run/walk, parade, children’s tent and live music to support Operation Santa and the Springboro Community Assistance Center.

F 6-10 p.m., Sa 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Su noon-5 p.m.

Free, additional fee for 5K. Historic Springboro. springborofestivals.org.

Dec. 6-8 The village of Waynesville mixes classic holiday entertainment with its many stores and restaurants during this annual event.

In addition to enjoying all that Waynesville has to offer, guests will be able to listen to barbershop quartets, choirs and musicians; meet costumed characters; and take a carriage ride through the village. F-Sa 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Su noon-5 p.m. Free. Downtown Waynesville. waynesvilleshops.com.

Luminaria

Dec. 7 All of Mariemont will glow during the village’s Luminaria. In addition to the tree lighting, carriage rides, food trucks and caroling, candles will light up the streets.

5:30-8 p.m. Free. Old Town Square in Mariemont. mariemontppg.com.

Miami Township Holiday Parade

Nov. 21 The streets of Miami Township will be filled with holiday spirit a week before Thanksgiving thanks to this parade.

Residents are invited to line up along the parade route to see lighted floats, high school marching bands, local fire and police departments, school groups, civic organizations and more. 7-10 p.m. Free.

Miami Township Civic Center, 6101 Meijer Drive, Milford. 513-248-3727, facebook.com/ events/470268080482889/.

Christmas in the Village

Germania Christkindlmarkt

Nov. 22-24 The annual Germania Christkindlmarkt is returning for its 21st year. The festival celebrates both the region’s German heritage and the holiday. Attendees can expect to taste German food (including the dill pickle soup), enjoy live entertainment, shop for German gifts like steins and cuckoo clocks, and meet special guests like Santa and Krampus. F 5-10 p.m., Sa 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Su noon-5 p.m. $3, 12 and under free. Germania Park, 3529 W. Kemper Road, Cincinnati. 513742-0060, germaniasociety.com.

Light Up Goshen

Nov. 23 The 16th annual Light Up Goshen will bring holiday cheer to the community. The evening starts with a parade beginning at Spaulding Elementary and ending at Goshen High School. Then, at the nearby Cook Log Cabin, residents can take in the tree lighting ceremony and enjoy the free games, food and activities. Starts 4:30 p.m. Free. Downtown Goshen. goshenchamberofcommerce.com.

Holiday Lights at Deerfield Towne Center

Nov. 30 Deerfield Township gets ready for the holidays with a tree lighting ceremony at the Deerfield Towne Center. The night will feature plenty of other holiday activities as well, including the chance to take a picture with Santa. 5-7 p.m. Free. Deerfield Towne Center, 5503 Deerfield Blvd., Mason. facebook. com/events/2212690175475612/.

Olde West Chester Christmas Walk Parade and Community Tree Lighting Dec. 7 Enjoy a day celebrating the holidays in West Chester. The day begins with a free community event at 2 p.m., hosted by the Merchants of Olde West Chester. Visitors will be able to take photos with Santa, shop, visit a petting zoo and more. At 7 p.m., line up along Cincinnati-Dayton Road for the parade. Starts at 2 p.m. Free. West Chester Township Administration Building, 9113 Cincinnati-Dayton Road, West Chester. 513-7597301, westchesteroh.org. w w w.

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1 [11/1] The Grammywinning Asleep at the Wheel will be joined by the Quebec Sisters for a show at Memorial Hall.

2 [11/2] Bluegrass folk artists Jonathan Edwards and Jon PousetteDart share the stage at Memorial Hall.

3 [11/3] John Cusack joins an audience at the Taft Theatre for a special showing of Say Anything.

4 [11/4] The Japanese House brings songs from her debut album Good at Falling to the Taft Theatre.

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6 [11/6] Visit Memorial Hall to hear timeless classics like “MTA” performed by The Kingston Trio.

7 [11/7] Chamber Music Cincinnati brings Alisa Weilerstein and Inon Barnatan to Memorial Hall.

8 [11/8-9] Violinist Gil Shaham joins the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra for Petrouchka + Tchaikovsky.

9 [11/9] Support the work of Matthew 25: Ministries by participating in the Hunger 5K.

10 [11/10] The Wood Brothers, who recently were nominated for Best Americana Album at the Grammy Awards, perform at the Taft.

17 [11/17] The Dover Quartet, a string ensemble, brings its award-winning talent to Memorial Hall.

11 [11/11] Incubus celebrates the 20th anniversary of its album Make Yourself with a show at the Taft Theatre.

12 [11/12] Two Beverly Hills 90210 stars join forces for Jennie Garth & Tori Spelling Live at the Taft.

13 [11/13] Chris Thile, who also performs with Nickel Creek and Punch Brothers, plays a solo show at Memorial Hall.

14 [11/14] American Idolwinner Ruben Studdard Sings Luther Vandross at Memorial Hall.

15 [11/15] The Commonheart, a nine-piece rock ‘n’ soul band, performs at the Taft Theatre.

16 [11/16] See The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Musical at the Taft Theatre for one night only.

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19 [11/19] Elvis Costello & the Imposters bring their Just Trust tour to the Taft Theatre.

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21 [11/21] Dustbowl Revival plays Memorial Hall as part of the American Roots series.

22 [11/22] The CSO is joined by pianist Timo Andres and cellist Inbal Segev for CSO Proof: American Perspective.

23 [11/23] Wild Kratts Live 2.0: Activate Creature Power brings the show to life at the Aronoff Center.

24 [11/24] Christian hip-hop artist TobyMac stops by the Taft for the evening.

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27 [11/27] We Will Rock You – The Musical uses the music of Queen to tell a story of freedom at the Taft.

28 [11/27-12/29] The classic holiday tale A Christmas Carol returns to the Playhouse in the Park.

29 [11/29] Sister’s Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi’s Gold comes to the Aronoff.

30 [11/30] Sierra Hull mixes mandolin, bass and vocals at Memorial Hall.

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show, art and craft fair, breakfast with Santa, a petting zoo, an iceless ice rink, dance performances, a holiday concert and more. Sa starts 10 a.m., Su starts at 1 p.m. Free.

Springfield Township Administration Building, 9150 Winton Road, Cincinnati. theartsconnect.us.

Family Holiday Bash

Horse Drawn Carriage Parade and Christmas Festival

Dec. 7 Have twice the fun at Lebanon’s Horse Drawn Carriage Parade and Christmas Festival, which features two parades on the same day. Both parades feature only horsedrawn carriages, though the nighttime parade is lit up with lights throughout the town and on the carriages. Between

parades, enjoy the craft and food vendors and stop by the more than 80 shops located downtown. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Free. Downtown Lebanon. lebanonchamber.org.

WinterFest Reimagined

Dec. 7-8 Springfield Township’s WinterFest has expanded to two days of holiday fun this year. The weekend will feature a puppet

Dec. 8 Matthew 25: Ministries opens its doors to the community for its annual Family Holiday Bash. There will be a Christmas Wonderland with treat-filled trees, arcade games, laser tag, photos with Santa and more. The event is free, but Matthew 25 is asking for donations to A Kid Again, which works with children with life-threatening illnesses. 2-5 p.m. Free.

Matthew 25: Ministries, 11060 Kenwood Road, Cincinnati. 513-793-6256, m25m.org.

Reindog Parade

Dec. 14 Mt. Adams celebrates the holidays in the cutest way possible with its Reindog Parade.

Dozens of dogs will parade throughout Mt. Adams while sporting creative and festive outfits. Parade starts at 2 p.m. Free. 1055 St. Paul Place, Mt. Adams. mtadamscincy.org.

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FAMILY BONDING WinterFest

Nov. 22-Dec. 31 WinterFest returns to Kings Island for another year of holiday and winter fun. The amusement park will be filled with festive activities, such as holiday shows and ice skating, along with plenty of cold-weather treats and family-friendly rides. Times vary.

Prices vary. Kings Island, 6300 Kings Island Drive, Kings Island. visitkingsisland.com.

Christmas Town/ ChristmasTime at Ark Encounter

Nov. 29-Dec. 30 In honor of Christmas, the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter will fill their grounds with holiday fun. The museum’s gardens are filled with lights, a live nativity is set up for visitors and the ark is lit up with rainbow-colored lights throughout the month of December. 5-8:30 p.m., closed Dec. 24-25. Free. Creation Museum, 2800 Bullittsburg Church Road, Petersburg, Ky., and Ark Encounter, 1 Ark Encounter Drive, Williamstown, Ky. creationmuseum.org, arkencounter.com.

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Crib of the Nativity

Dec. 7-Jan. 5 Crib of the Nativity returns to Eden Park for its 80th year. The nativity scene features life-size wax figures and live animals. Donations made at the Crib of the Nativity benefit The Salvation Army and are matched by the Western & Southern Financial Group through its corporate foundation. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Free.

Krohn Conservatory, 1501 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati.

Holly Days

Dec. 14-15 Enjoy a 19th century Christmas during Holly Days at the Heritage Village Museum. The houses in the village will be decorated the way they would have been during the 1880s and visitors can make traditional holiday crafts.

There will also be a reenactment of the first Christmas dinner in Cincinnati. Noon-4 p.m.

Adults $10, children 5-11 $5, children 4 and under free. Heritage Village Museum, 11450 Lebanon Road, Sharonville. heritagevillagecincinnati.org.

HOLIDAY RUNS Hunger 5K

Nov. 9 Walk or run for a good cause at the Matthew 25: Ministries Hunger 5K. Proceeds from the event are used to help the poorest of the poor and disaster victims in Cincinnati, throughout the U.S. and around the world. Make sure to stick around after the race for the party and buffet. Registration opens at 7 a.m., race starts at 8:30 a.m. Prices vary. Matthew 25: Ministries, 11060 Kenwood Road, Cincinnati. 513-793-6256, m25m.org.

Holiday in Lights 5K

Nov. 16 The Holiday in Lights 5K mixes festive fun with a 3.1-mile run/walk for a oneof-a-kind race. The course winds through Sharon Woods, with its last mile featuring the lights of Holiday in Lights. In addition, participants are asked to dress in costumes and invited to explore Santland after the race. 5 p.m. Prices vary. Sharon Woods, 11450 Lebanon Road, Sharonville. 513-769-0393, holidayinlights.com.

Thanksgiving Day Race

Nov. 28 Cincinnati’s Thanksgiving Day Race returns for its 110th year. The 10K run and walk will wind its way through downtown Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky and benefits 11 area charities. Kids Fun Run 8:30 a.m., 10K Run and Walk 9 a.m. Prices vary. Paul Brown Stadium, 1 Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati. thanksgivingdayrace.com.

VETERANS DAY PROGRAM Florence Government Center

Sunday, November 10th 2019 8100 Ewing Blvd, Florence, KY 41042 2:00 – 3:00 with reception immediately following the program

Join us in honoring our military veterans for their sacrifice and service to our country. You can meet the City’s adopted troop, the Renegades, and hear patriotic performances by the Florence Community Band and Chorus. w w w.

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Festival of Lights

Nov. 16-Jan. 4 The Cincinnati Zoo’s annual light display has added something extra this year for its 37th year. Guests will be able to look for Fiona the hippo statues in Fiona’s Fairyland, take holiday photos in the Hippo Hut and experience the new “Under the Seas” light display. Su-Th 5-9 p.m., F-Sa 5-10 p.m. Prices vary. Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, 3400 Vine St., Cincinnati. cincinnatizoo.org.

LIGHTS Christmas Nights of Lights

Nov. 8-Jan 5 Coney Island will become a winter wonderland during Christmas Nights of Lights. The park will be filled with over 1 million lights that will be synchronized to music that can play through your car radio.

Dusk to 10 p.m. $6 Adults, children 3 and under free. Coney Island, 6201 Kellogg Ave., Cincinnati. christmasnightsoflights.com.

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Nov. 16-Dec. 31 More than 1 million lights and 250 light displays will take over Sharon Woods for the annual Holiday in Lights display. As visitors drive through the park, they’ll see Santa, his elves and even the animals that boarded the ark. Afterwards, families can stop at Santaland to meet the man himself, warm up with some hot cocoa and do some holiday shopping. Su-Th 6-9 p.m., F-Sa 5:30-10 p.m. $15 per vehicle. Sharon Woods, 11450 Lebanon Road, Sharonville. 513-769-0393, holidayinlights.com.

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Holiday in Lights

Holiday Lights on the Hill

Nov. 22-Jan. 5 Pyramid Hill’s Holiday Lights on the Hill is a 2-mile light-filled trip through the sculpture park. Expect to see lighted trees, nutcrackers and swans. M-Th 6-9 p.m., F-Su 6-10 p.m. $20 per vehicle M-Th, $25 per vehicle F-Su. Members $15.

Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum, 1763 Hamilton Cleves Road, Hamilton.

513-868-8336, pyramidhill.org.

Light Up Middletown

Nov. 28-Dec. 31 Enjoy a drive-thru light show in Middletown for a good cause.

Donations to the event are used to help Middletown City Parks, and have been used to plant trees and repave park roads. Included with the light show this year is a balloon glow (date and time to be announced) and a visit with Santa on Friday and Saturday nights.

6-10 p.m. Donation requested. Smith Park, 500 Tytus Ave., Middletown. lightupmiddletown.org.

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With our igloos all winter long, you can cozy up with a hot drink and watch the snow fall over the Roebling Bridge.

Rent individually for small groups or the entire Upper Deck for your company gathering. Celebrate uniquely!

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3 4 [12/3] Head to Music Hall for Happy Holidays with the Mighty Wurlitzer theater organ.

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12 [12/12] Join the Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra for its holiday show, Have a Funky Christmas.

11 [12/10-11] Head to Memorial Hall for Jim Brickman: A Christmas Celebration.

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[12/6-8] Enjoy carriage rides, carolers, holiday shopping and more during Christmas in the Village in Waynesville.

7 [12/7] The free Olde West Chester Christmas Walk Parade and Community Tree Lighting returns.

13 [12/13] The Ludlow Garage hosts Norman Brown’s Joyous Christmas.

14 [12/14] Mt. Adams will be filled with costumed dogs during the annual Reindog Parade.

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15 16 [12/15] The Musica Sacra Cincinnati Christmas Concert features sacred choral music in the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer.

22 23 [12/21-22] Mrs. Claus leads the way in the Children’s Theatre’s performance of Mrs. Claus Saves the Day.

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18 19 [12/18-20, 27] At least 10 trains will be operating and on display at the Heritage Village Museum during Train Days.

20 [12/20-23] More than 80 performers and original music bring the story of Awaited to life at the Aronoff.

21 [Through 1/5] Holiday Junction and the Duke Energy Holiday Trains return to their rightful home in Union Terminal.

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29 [Through 12/31] Guests will be able to enjoy 20 rides, 16 shows and 15 holiday activities during King Island’s WinterFest.

31 [12/31] Enjoy the final hockey game of the year at the Cincinnati Cyclones NYE Fireworks event.

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30 [Through 12/31] Light Up Middletown, Middletown’s drive-thru light display in Smyth Park, returns for another year.

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26 [12/26] The Aronoff hosts a Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis.

[Through 12/28] Take a train ride with Santa on the North Pole Express thanks to LM&M Railroad.

SANTA Santa’s Workshop

Nov. 24 & Dec. 1, 8, 15 & 22 Meet Santa at Santa’s Workshop in Washington Park. In addition to meeting Santa and taking photos (dogs allowed!), visitors can make ornaments, meet elves and more. 1-3 p.m. Free. Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Cincinnati. washingtonpark.org.

Breakfast with Mother Christmas

Dec. 14-15 Share a special breakfast with Mother Christmas. In addition to enjoying pancakes, sausage and fruit, guests can take pictures with Mrs. Claus and participate in activities.

10:30 & 11:30 a.m. Breakfast only: Adults $7, children 5-11 $5. Combo Holly Days ticket: Adults $15, children 5-11 $8. Children 4 and under free.

Heritage Village Museum, 11450 Lebanon Road, Sharonville. heritagevillagecincinnati.org.

Lakota East Holiday Arts & Crafts Show

Nov. 9-10 More than 220 exhibitors will be on display during this two-day craft show. Proceeds from the event will go toward Lakota East’s student programs and scholarships.

Sa 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Su 11 a.m.-4 p.m. $2, early admission Sa 9-10 a.m. $5. Lakota East High School, 6840 Lakota Lane, Liberty Township. lakotaeastcraftshow.com.

SHOPPING Greater Cincinnati Holiday Market Water Wonderland with Scuba Santa

Nov. 29-Dec. 31 It’s an undersea holiday at the Newport Aquarium during Water Wonderland.

Underwater explorers will be able to meet Scuba Santa and his elves, play with bubbles in the theater, visit Scuba Santa’s Post Office and more. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Prices vary. Newport Aquarium, 1 Aquarium Way, Newport, Ky. 800406-3474, newportaquarium.com.

Nov. 8-10 Shoppers can visit more than 350 boutiques and specialty stores in one place during the Greater Cincinnati Holiday Market. Everything from home décor to gourmet food will be available. F 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Sa 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Su 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Special hours for VIP, Early Entry and Girls Night Out. General $10, VIP $30, Early Entry $20 and Girls Night Out $7. Discounted tickets available online and at Kroger. Duke Energy Convention Center, 525 Elm St., Cincinnati. 513313-2228, cincinnatiholidaymarket.com.

Calling All Cooks!

Inside America’s Test Kitchen with Julia & Bridget A FUNdraiser in support of CET Thursday, November 21, 2019 with Chefs Julia Collin Davison and Bridget Lancaster 12:00pm and 5:30pm Hosted by Cincinnati State Technical & Community College and Midwest Culinary Institute Purchase Tickets and More Information: www.CETconnect.org/atk (513) 345-6582

Ticket sales end November 15.

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A Christmas Carol

Nov. 27-Dec. 29 Charles Dickens’ classic tale returns to the Playhouse in the Park. Ebenezer Scrooge will learn it’s never too late to change when he meets the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. Times vary. Prices vary. Playhouse in the Park, 962 Mt. Adams Circle, Cincinnati.

513-421-3888, cincyplay.com.

A Magical Cirque Christmas

Nov. 19 A Magical Cirque Christmas mixes live musical performances with cirque acrobatics for a holiday show like no other. 7:30 p.m. $35$150. Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut St., Cincinnati.

513-621-2787, cincinnatiarts.org.

Miracle on 34th Street The Musical

Dec. 5-29 The Covedale Center for the Performing Arts presents its take on Miracle on 34th Street The Musical. A young girl discovers

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that the real Santa may be working at Macy’s in this beloved musical. Th 7:30 p.m., F-Sa 8 p.m., Su 2 p.m. Adults $29, children and students $26, seniors $26.

Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, 4990 Glenway Ave., Cincinnati. 513-241-6550, cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com.

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Dec. 7-15 The Children’s Theatre will bring a Christmas movie classic to life with its performances of A Charlie Brown Christmas. Times vary. $10-$35. Taft Theatre, 317 E. Fifth St., Cincinnati. 513-569-8080, thechildrenstheatre.com.

Tickets the Radio Play

The Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival

Dec. 13-14 Performed like an old-timey radio play, the play Tickets follows the members of a church who receive 253 tickets to heaven. How do they distribute the tickets when they have more than 1,000 people in their congregation?

F 7:30 p.m., Sa 3 & 7:30 p.m. Adults $7, children $5. Matthew 25: Ministries, 11060 Kenwood Road, Cincinnati. 513-793-6256, m25m.org.

The Nutcracker

Dec. 19-29 The Nutcracker returns once again to Music Hall. The classic ballet follows Clara as she travel with the Nutcracker Prince to the Land of Sweets. Times vary. $29-$125. Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Cincinnati. 513-621-5282, cballet.org.

Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some!)

Dec. 13-29 A production of A Christmas Carol gets out of hand during Cincinnati Shakespeare’s Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and then some!).

This irreverent play brings together pieces of It’s a Wonderful Life, Charlie Brown and more for a one-of-a-kind show. 7:30 p.m. $50-$60. Otto M. Budig Theater, 1195 Elm St., Cincinnati. 513-381-2273, cincyshakes.com.

Jan. 4-5 Performed in Christ Church Cathedral since 1939, The Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival is based on a 14th century tradition that celebrates Christmas with music, stories and a boar’s head. Sa 2 & 5 p.m., Su 2:30 & 5 p.m. Tickets available first come, first served Dec. 14 7:30-10 a.m. at the cathedral. Christ Church Cathedral, 318 W. Fourth St., Cincinnati.

513-621-1817, cincinnaticathedral.com.

Awaited

Dec. 20-23 Awaited, the Christmas show that was performed at Crossroads in Oakley for the last several years, has been reimagined for the Aronoff stage. The play retells the Christmas story using more than 80 performers, original choreography and music. F 8 p.m., Sa-M 2, 5 & 8 p.m. $25-$100.

Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut St., Cincinnati. 513621-2787, cincinnatiarts.org.

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Disney Junior Holiday Party

Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Nov. 29 The Trans-Siberian Orchestra brings its “Christmas Eve and Other Stories” tour to U.S. Bank Arena. The group will play songs from the album of the same name as well as its classic holiday hits. 4 p.m. & 8 p.m. $49.50-$79.50. U.S. Bank Arena, 100 Broadway, Cincinnati. 513-421-4111, usbankarena.com.

Nov. 30 Mickey and Minnie, along with Disney Junior friends like the Puppy Dog Pals and Vampirina, will sing and dance along to their favorite Disney Junior and holiday songs. Santa Claus may even stop by for the party. 4 p.m. $29.50-$49.50. Taft Theatre, 317 E. Fifth St., Cincinnati. 513-232-6220, tafttheatre.org.

Happy Holidays with the Mighty Wurlitzer

Dec. 3 Music Hall’s Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Organ will bring holiday classics to life during two shows. 10:30 a.m., 7 p.m. $28.

Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Cincinnati. 513-6212787, cincinnatiarts.org.

Messiah

Dec. 7-8 Guest conductor Kent Tritle joins the Collegium Cincinnati for a choral performance of Handel’s Messiah. The performance will feature just 16 singers and a small chamber orchestra. Sa 7 p.m., Su 4 p.m. Priority seating $40, general seating $30, students $10. Christ Church Cathedral, 318 E. Fourth St., Cincinnati. collegiumcincinnati.org.

Jim Brickman: A Christmas Celebration

Dec. 10-11 Pianist Jim Brickman will play holiday favorites, hits and more during this familyfriendly show. 8 p.m. $45-$65. Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St., Cincinnati. 513-977-8838, memorialhallotr.com.

Christmas Saengerfest Michael W. Smith & Amy Grant Christmas Tour

Nov. 30 Grammy-winning artists Michael W. Smith and Amy Grant bring their vast repertoire of holiday music to Cincinnati for this special show.

7 p.m. $41.50-$139. U.S. Bank Arena, 100 Broadway, Cincinnati. 513-421-4111, usbankarena.com.

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Dec. 6-7 Saengerfest returns for another year of music and cheer. During the event, local musical groups perform in different venues throughout Cincinnati to showcase our region’s talent and music venues. 7 p.m.

Adults $20, children under 12 free. Throughout Cincinnati. americanlegacytours.com.

Holiday Pops

Dec. 13-15 Megan Hilty of Smash and Wicked fame joins the Cincinnati Pops for their annual holiday show. F 8 p.m., Sa 2 p.m. & 8 p.m., Su 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. Adults $25, children $15. Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Cincinnati. 513-381-3300, cincinnatisymphony.org.

A Christmas Evening with Over the Rhine

Dec. 20-22 Over the Rhine’s Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist will play songs from their three holiday albums in three intimate concerts. F-Sa 8 p.m., Su 2 p.m. $40-$65.

Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St., Cincinnati. 513-9778838, memorialhallotr.com.

Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis

Dec. 26 Mannheim Steamroller will play the Christmas album that made them a household name—Mannheim Steamroller Christmas—live at the Aronoff. 7 p.m. $38.75-$78.75. Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut St., Cincinnati. 513-621-2787, cincinnatiarts.org.

Dec. 14-15 The Vocal Arts Ensemble will perform favorite classics and new holiday tunes with conductor Stephanie Nash. Sa 7-9 p.m., Su 5-7 p.m. $12-$35. Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St., Cincinnati. 513-977-8837, vaecinci.com.

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TRAINS Holiday Junction

Nov. 8-Jan. 5 Holiday Junction and the Duke Energy Trains return to their rightful home in the Cincinnati Museum Center this winter. This Cincinnati tradition features hundreds of model trains as well as a riding train, a LEGO wonderland and a visit with Santa. M-Su 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Adults $14.50, seniors $13.50, children age 3-12 $10.50, children age 1-2 $5.50, infants under 1 free.

Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western Ave., Cincinnati. 513-287-7000, cincymuseum.org.

Behringer-Crawford Museum during Holiday Traditions@BCM. Returning for its 28th year, the display will also feature Wahoo’s Winter Wonderland and special Polar Express readings. Tu-Sa 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Su 1-5 p.m. Check website for holiday hours starting Dec. 21. Adults $9, seniors $8, children $5. Behringer-Crawford Museum, 1600 Montague Road, Covington, Ky. 859-491-4003, bcmuseum.org.

Train Days at Heritage Village Dec. 18-20 & 27 and Jan. 2-3 Ten model trains will be on display in Heritage Village’s historic train station and Hayner House. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. $3, members, veterans, active military members and children under 4 free. Heritage Village Museum, 11450 Lebanon Road, Sharonville. heritagevillagecincinnati.org.

North Pole Express

Nov. 16-Dec. 28 Meet with Santa and his elves while taking an enchanting train ride. In addition to meeting some influential North Pole residents, riders will get to drink hot cocoa, receive a bell from Santa’s sleigh and take pictures. Times vary. Prices vary. LM&M Railway, 16 E. South St., Lebanon. 513-922-8033, lebanonrr.com.

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Nov. 16-Jan. 5 More than 250 feet of train track and 30 guest-activated displays will fill the

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Dec. 31 Enjoy a family-friendly, early New Year’s countdown at the Cincinnati Zoo. The festivities will include the Festival of Lights, a Madcap Puppets show, party favors and fireworks. 5-9 p.m. Included with admission.

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, 3400 Vine St., Cincinnati. cincinnatizoo.org.

New Year’s Eve at Music Hall: Frank and Ella

Dec. 31 Guest vocalists Capathia Jenkins and Tony DeSare join the Cincinnati Pops for a New Year’s celebration featuring the music made famous by Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra.

8 p.m. $25-$115. Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Cincinnati. 513-381-3300, cincinnatisymphony.org.

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Shopping

One Gift at a Time TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES LOOKS TO CHANGE THE WORLD WITH ITS HANDMADE, FAIR TRADE PRODUCTS

Long Sleeve Scoop Tee, $30. Handmade by women artisans in Cambodia.

Jacquard “Enlightenment” Scarf, $39.99. Woven by artisans from Craft Resource Center in India.

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hat if we could change the world one gift at a time? It may sound unlikely, but that’s exactly what Ten Thousand Villages, a nonprofit fair trade organization that operates stores throughout the country (including three in the Greater Cincinnati area), has set out to do.

“We all buy clothing from various sources and we don’t think about where those clothes come from. And really all those clothes … are probably made in a sweatshop somewhere in Bangladesh,” says Drew Gates, executive director of Ten Thousand Villages of Greater Cincinnati, which operates stores in O’Bryonville, Harper’s Point and Covington. “If those thoughts cross our heads, if we change our behavior a little bit at a time, we can change the world.”

Ten Thousand Villages works to make an impact by selling handmade items—such as jewelry, home décor, clothing, soaps and food products like chocolate—created by artisans in over 30 countries for a fair price.

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Phoenecian Glass Vases, $29.99-$79.99.

Made from recycled glass bottles by artisans in West Bank using centuriesold glass-blowing techniques.

Recycled Sari Fabric Baskets, variety of sizes and styles, $20.99-$79.99. Made by women artisans in Bangladesh escaping human trafficking.

as a nonprofit our goal is to make sure that they’re not [getting] just enough to live off but to send their kids to school and invest in their community. A lot of these villages and places don’t have a lot of infrastructure, so they set up special programs for schools or they build literal bridges or roads in their community,” says Desiree Johnson, market manager of Ten Thousand Villages of Greater Cincinnati.

The nonprofit also works to ensure that the artisans work in safe and ecologically sound conditions. For example, all leather products are created with natural treatments like tree bark and tea leaves instead of formaldehyde, which is safer for both the workers and the environment.

Another way Ten Thousand Villages helps its artisans is by paying them for their work before it even reaches the store. Artisans are paid 50% when the order is placed and 50% when the order is ready to ship. “[It] can take months and months before the product actually ends up on our shelves. Normal retail does not work that way at all,” says Gates. “If the product doesn’t sell, we don’t return anything to any artisan. It’s never returned. [When]

we mark it down, that markdown doesn’t affect the artisan at all in any way.”

By paying at the beginning, Ten Thousand Villages is able to guarantee that workers get paid for their work. It also helps the nonprofit build long-term relationshipswith artisan groups.

“It’s about establishing a relationship that they can trust and they can count on,” says Johnson. “They can set money aside to build a house for themselves.”

While the money from a purchased item does not go directly to the artisan who made the item, it does enable the nonprofit to fund future orders from them or other artisans throughout the world.

For those wanting to do more to help, Johnson and Gates say that donations are always welcome, as all donations are used to fund payments to artisan groups.

“The more money we have in our arsenal is just more purchasing power for our artisans,” adds Johnson. “It’s just more that we can invest in them and their businesses and their products. It’s not about giving us raises or anything—it’s about buying more from them.” n

“All The Colors� Multi-Color Sequin Fringe Necklace, $24.99.

Made by socially and economically challenged artisans from India.

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NKY’s Treasure Shop

FLORENCE ANTIQUE MALL OFFERS UNIQUE ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES AND MORE FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR A ONE-OF-A-KIND GIFT

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ike and Coleen Detzel have turned a dream of owning a small antique shop into a big reality—50,000 square feet to be exact.

The Detzels opened the Florence Antique Mall 21 years ago after Coleen, who loves antiques and collectibles, expressed an interest to run her own shop. Mike, who had a corporate career, used his background to calculate that a little shop didn’t make business sense, but a big one could be profitable.

The Detzels now have about 250 independent dealers who have set up their own shops inside the antique mall offering antiques, collectibles, furniture, art and jewelry, says Mike. “All kinds of unique and interesting items,” he says.

The majority of what gets sold is furniture, says Mike. Other top selling categories include sports collectibles, jewelry and home décor, he says.

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variety of items constantly changes, he says. “We have just thousands of different kinds of items and it changes all the time.”

One of the popular furniture and home décor styles right now with shoppers seems to be mid-century modern, Mike says.

Mid-century modern is a design style that was used in architecture, furniture and graphic design during the middle of the 20th century, approximately between 1933 and 1965, and particularly during the 1950s.

Younger shoppers are really interested in those kinds of items, he says. “Turns out that what we offer is excellent for people getting their very first apartment or perhaps moving into a dorm room,” Mike says.

“They’re looking for practical furnishings that are affordable but they’re also looking for really cool items.”

Shoppers like the idea of reusing and refurbishing items, some which may have been stored in someone’s attic for 30 or 40 years, he says. “And now they get it and they’re like, ‘Oh, this is wonderful. It reminds me of my childhood or it reminds me of my grandparents or whatever it might be,’” Mike says.

That large and varied inventory makes shopping at the Florence Antique Mall more like a treasure hunt. “That’s the beauty of a place like this,” he says. “It’s really built for browsing and a lot of times

Top: Florence Antique Mall hosts about 250 dealers in its 50,000-square-foot location.

ABOVE: Florence Antique Mall also offers gift certificates. people find something they didn’t know they were looking for.”

Many times shoppers will come in and say they’re looking for a unique gift for a loved one and staff members will try to get a quick sense of the types of things that person likes and then steer the buyer toward the appropriate vendor booths.

But it never hurts for shoppers to browse the items at other booths because that’s when a treasure may be uncovered. “It’s the classic ‘I’ll know it when I see it’ thing,” Mike says. “And I’ll tell you, we’ve sent a lot of people out of here with big smiles on their faces.” n

Live Well Cincy: Neurology

Dr. Rehka Chaudhary, Neurooncologist, UC Health

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he brand-new building housing the University of Cincinnati’s Gardner Neuroscience Institute has been open for less than a year, but potentially life-changing work is already being accomplished there.

The building houses several UC Health specialty centers within, including the Memory Disorders Center, the Waddell Center for Multiple Sclerosis and the Brain Tumor Center. With many fields of research and care under one roof, the Gardner Neuroscience Institute allows for greater collaboration between specialties as they work together to tackle some of the biggest challenges in maintaining brain health and combating cancer.

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the Brain Tumor Center who works with the multidisciplinary team to study the effects of cancer on the brain and bring in important clinical trials.

“We’re repurposing drugs, very much like other investigators are within this system, and the drug that we’re repurposing will be used to decrease doses of radiation and immunotherapy,” Sengupta explains about one of the Brain Tumor Center’s current initiatives. Radiotherapy and immunotherapy are incredibly helpful in treating cancer and metastases, but each comes with risks and potentially negative side effects. Lowering the doses of either in combination with this repurposed drug w w w.

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It’s a bit of a culmination for Sengupta, who has been working on a form of this project since her days at Harvard. This drug, which looks like Valium but was largely ignored because it lacked the level of sedation that Valium offered, actually synergizes well with radiation. The team at the Brain Tumor Center is finishing up their collaborative work with others at Emory University to determine how it interacts with immunotherapy. The results so far are promising and novel, but the process is far from finished with years more research and study ahead. But it’s likely that this will revolutionize brain tumor treatment when it is done.

Sengupta and her partner, Dr. Daniel Krummel, are working with UC’s 1819 Innovation Hub to eventually form their own startup company to facilitate the distribution and use of this repurposed drug. The next step is for Krummel to demonstrate strategies for utilizing the drug compound and the benefits, which may also include helping to reduce the cost of treatment because of how expensive radiotherapy and immunotherapy can be.

“This, in the long run, I think will benefit a lot of patients, especially those who have brain metastases, in reducing the doses of radiation and immunotherapy doses that they might need,” she says.

Sengupta and Krummel are also working with nearby Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center on the treatment of pediatric brain tumors called medulloblastoma.

These rapid-growing and highly malignant tumors form in undeveloped brain tissue, most often in children between the ages of 2 and 6.

“One of the luxuries that we have here is that Cincinnati Children’s is such a powerhouse,” Sengupta says, naming Dr. Maryam Fouladi as one of the people at the pediatric hospital and medical center who serve as an important resource for collaborative study on medulloblastoma.

Sengupta met Dr. Scott Pomeroy, a Cincinnati native and current chair of Boston Children’s Hospital’s neurology department, when she joined the National Institute of Health’s R25 research program some years ago. Pomeroy provided Sengupta an opportunity to look at the 24

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sequencing of medulloblastoma and she found an important receptor that allowed for a specific drug compound to work effectively in the cancer cell. That finding has inspired further research and study from others as the receptor is present in a number of cancer strains.

Emory University and Georgia Tech are two schools working closely with the team at Gardner, providing additional research on treatment efficacy and the connection

between melanoma and brain metastases.

“When we’re embryos,” Sengupta says about the fundamental connection between the skin and the brain, “it’s from the neural crest cells that the brain evolves and the skin. The melanin pigment comes from those cells, so melanoma is very closely related to brain tumors.”

But the work Sengupta and others are doing goes beyond the front lines of attacking cancer with science and medicine.

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“One of the things that I have found to be seriously lacking in the world of cancer is survivorship,” she says, mentioning the work of her colleague Michelle Kirschner at the Barrett Cancer Center. Kirschner, Sengupta and Dr. Rhonna Shatz— who has earlier worked with UC’s College-Conservatory of Music to examine the effects of music on delaying or combating the onset of dementia—are opening a neurocognitive clinic for brain tumor patients. There, they want to help survivors with memory treatment, psychiatric input on neurocognitive therapies and employing others using integrated medicine, which includes bringing in members of the schools of music and the arts.

“So that’s also another thing that will be completely novel in its making—there aren’t any programs like it in existence,” explains Sengupta. “There are elements of it but not the whole thing.”

While there has been a lot of research into the neurodegenerative side of brain treatment, much is still not understood about why some patients who receive high doses of radiation therapy exhibit negative

cognitive effects more than others.

There is hope that recovery can be improved through stimulating other parts of the brain through music and art. Sengupta points out that her patients with the best recoveries tend to be people with a background in these interests.

Sengupta has only been at the Gardner Neuroscience Institute since July, but already her work and that of her colleagues are putting the center on the map by bringing together a vast amount of research and studies being conducted here in the city and at other facilities. There is a lot to be done on many different fronts, ranging from research and collaboration with neurosurgeons and neuro-oncologists to setting up trials and applying for NIH funding.

But the work being done at the Gardner Neuroscience Institute is of monumental importance and the efforts of Sengupta and many others are helping medical sci-

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nificant pain, which is debilitating,” says Dr. Zachary Tempel, a neurosurgeon with Mayfield, “so trying to encourage them to be active is sometimes difficult.”

That can be compounded by depression that can arise with the inability to be as active, mobile or able as the patient used to be, which makes a good support system—from the physicians and specialists to the patient’s family and friends—all the more important.

But it’s not just weight management that can make spinal procedure recovery more complicated and drawn out. Diabetes and smoking have similar effects, as Tempel describes, placing those patients at a higher risk of wound complications, infections and bone fusion.

Recovery in normal circumstances varies depending on the surgery, but often takes between six weeks and three months, though it can also take six months or more for the bone to fuse.

“In patients who are smokers or diabetic or overweight, that process can take a much more prolonged period of time—more than a year,” Tempel explains. “And what’s worse is when that [bone] fusion process just doesn’t occur because of the patient’s inability to heal. When that happens, then you’re talking about salvaging an operation.”

Tempel points out the extended recovery period isn’t the biggest problem, it’s the likely need for additional, more complex surgeries to fix what has gone wrong during recovery.

But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t paths to successful procedures in these cases. In fact, Mayfield is particularly adept at helping patients prepare for spinal surgery through referrals to organizations that help with weight loss or smoking cessation and walking them through what their responsibilities are to meet expectations and goals of the procedure.

Tempel points out that Mayfield’s staff contains professionals across many disciplines who can provide comprehensive care and guidance for spinal health. Mayfield Brain and Spine uses its expertise and the top advancements in the field to help those needing spinal procedures receive the care they need and a smooth recovery in order to enjoy their lives afterward. n w w w.

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GUIDE TO CHARITABLE GIVING

Companies like Pepper Construction have volunteered to help Habitat for Humanity.

More than Money DONATING TIME OR NONMONETARY ASSETS TO THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT NEED THEM IS A VERY HELPFUL WAY TO GIVE BACK

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sions to good causes can have a lasting positive effect on our city.

Habitat for Humanity has been building quality, affordable housing for families in greater Cincinnati since 1986. The organization always needs volunteers, which presents a great opportunity for companies to help en masse.

Beth Benson, vice president of development and communications for the Cincinnati chapter of Habitat for Humanity, says that corporate partners can help them with anything from a one-day volunteering session on a home build already in progress to full house sponsorships. The latter is when a company commits to helping Habitat for Humanity build and provide a single home over the course of the better part of a year, culminating in a dedication ceremony involving the recipient family.

“People find it to be an extremely rewarding team experience because they get to see the house go up,” says Benson, adding that “they are usually working alongside the family who’s going to buy the home so they get to learn more about each other, learn more about the homeowner, learn about the neighborhood where we’re active.”

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Cincinnati builds about 20 homes for low-income families each year, allowing plenty of opportunities for individuals and groups to help out. For those who don’t want to brave the elements or rigors of a construction site, there are also volunteer opportunities at Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore, where donated renovation and household materials are sold.

Benson says the most helpful items are those they receive from companies, such

as motels undergoing a remodel, surplus building materials or cabinetry from an office.

“Companies that either have overrun, surplus, minor scratch-and-dent—they can donate them to us,” she says.

Real estate is another pressing need, whether it’s open land to build upon or existing homes that can be rehabilitated.

Even if the location isn’t amenable to building an affordable home on it, Habitat for Humanity can always accept the donation in order to sell it and better fund its mission with the proceeds.

A greater hidden need is help with mitigating the attendant costs that anyone buying a home has experienced. Habitat for Humanity has had title services, as well as trade work from electricians and plumbers, donated to its home builds. Champion Windows and Home Exteriors, for one, has been supplying a lot of important fixtures to local builds and is currently working with Habitat for Humanity on rehabbing historic buildings in Lower Price Hill.

“They have more windows than the houses we design from scratch,” Benson says of the Lower Price Hill buildings that Habitat is rehabilitating for families, “and so having a partner like that is a huge boost.

And they’re a lot of fun to work with.”

Another local nonprofit, OneSource Center for Nonprofit Excellence based in Sharonville, seeks different professional services to further its cause. The organization that resulted from the merger of ReSource and the Executive Service Corps of Cincinnati helps other nonprofit organizations grow and thrive in their missions to better the city. OneSource provides professional consultation, guidance and materials to nonprofits through its volunteers, partnerships and Furniture Bank.

Many of OneSource’s volunteers are retired corporate leaders who assist with strategic planning, business solutions and the development of organizational leadership and boards, among many other elements.

“To be able to do something where they’re really using all the expertise they’ve gained over the years and to be able to use that to make an impact and help nonprofits,” says Christie Brown, CEO of OneSource Center, “it is really a great opportunity for them to make a difference.”

Consulting volunteers don’t have to be retired and OneSource allows for flexibility

OneSource Center for Nonprofit Excellence connects nonprofits with business professionals in the region looking to assist organizations with their expertise in topics like strategic planning. for volunteers to provide their expertise when they’re able to do so. The organization can also scale up for larger agency needs by forming a team from its volunteer base of over 100 strong—though, of course, OneSource would always welcome more— who each receive training in nonprofit operation and regulations. The nonprofit is also partnered with Cincinnati Cares, the Association of Fundraising Professionals and other organizations to help fill needs in the wider nonprofit community like people power and training.

“We match the project that we get—the request for help—with the skills,” Brown says. “We have a skill bank among all of our volunteers and we say, ‘OK, if you’re good at this, when we get a call for that we’ll match you up.’”

Brown mentions a recent success in helping Q-Kidz, a dance team started by Marquicia Jones-Woods 37 years ago in the West End to provide neighborhood children a fun, safe and beneficial activity to enjoy away from the violence happening at some housing projects. Though Q-Kidz had operated for decades through Jones-Woods’ sheer desire to make a difference, she hit a rough point recently and she doubted that Q-Kidz could continue.

After being introduced to OneSource through the Haile Foundation, Q-Kidz became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization

and assembled a board of directors with OneSource’s assistance. With this in place and some financial guidance, Q-Kidz can now apply for funding so the work of Jones-Woods can continue to improve the lives of children for another three decades and beyond.

“I’ve just been so impressed with her and what our consultants have done for her,” Brown says.

OneSource’s Furniture Bank, like Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore, is a way for people and organizations to donate spare materials that are needed to help.

Nonprofit organizations come to the Furniture Bank to get at reduced cost the equipment, office fixtures and items they need to operate.

“Ever ybody’s understaffed, underfunded and trying to do the best they can with what they’ve got,” Brown says of the many area nonprofits that benefit from OneSource and of the wider nonprofit sector in Cincinnati. “I think we have the ingredients to do better and that’s what we aim to do with OneSource—to help with our consultant pool, with the other resources we have and the collaborations we’ve built.”

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There are so many good causes in the world. From raising funds for juvenile diabetes research to helping low-income pet owners access veterinary care, there are hundreds of good causes that are being supported by local nonprofits. And passionate, fantastic volunteers—who care deeply for their causes—are supporting those nonprofits.

Each year, we reach out to local charities to ask for their Charitable All-Stars—the standout people who donate their time and energy in ways that exceed what was asked. These are people who work passionately for what they care about while asking for nothing in return. The following pages introduce people who have gone above and beyond for their causes—meet the 2020 Charitable All-Stars.

BY THE EDITORS

STEVE O’BRYAN JDRF

Steve O’Bryan says JDRF is a great organization that has made a considerable difference in the lives of those with Type 1 diabetes. He should know.

He watched the treatment his cousin received for Type 1 diabetes in the 1960s. And he’s seen the improvements and less-intrusive treatments for Type 1 diabetes patients for his oldest and youngest daughters.

“I have three daughters and my oldest and my youngest both have Type 1 diabetes,” says O’Bryan. “And I think they’re in a good place because of an organization such as [JDRF]. It is the reason I am very supportive of the organization.”

O’Bryan supports the organization by serving as the treasurer/finance chairman on JDRF’s board of directors. He also helps to raise money through the foundation’s various fundraisers, such as One Walk, Cincinnatians of the Year Gala, Bourbon & BowTie Bash and its Ride to Cure Diabetes events.

“My wife and I have gotten much more involved in the [Ride to Cure Diabetes] program,” says O’Bryan. He and his wife recently rode their tandem bike 98 miles in Amelia Island, Florida, to raise money for the local chapter of JDRF, he says.

During his nearly 10 years with foundation O’Bryan has raised $40,000 for Type 1 diabetes research, says Rachel Ingram, the foundation’s development coordinator. And it’s money that is being spent wisely, says O’Bryan, senior director tax administration at Macy’s Inc. “I’m a finance guy so I do think in terms of their efficiency measures and things like that,” he says. “I do think they are an outstanding organization and I think it’s unequivocal that [JDRF] has made a difference.”

– Eric Spangler

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CHARITABLE ALL-STARS 2020

TERESA TANNER

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati

Teresa Tanner decided at 50 years old that it was time for a change. In her years as a C-level executive with Fifth Third Bank she integrated her passion for social issues into efforts such as committing to renewable power and creating its Maternity Concierge program. While she doesn’t know exactly what the next stage of her career will entail, she is inspired to focus on community betterment, women’s issues and other social causes.

“I really got to a point where I was like, ‘Wow, I’d really love to do this kind of stuff full time,’” she says, “so I could wake up every day and think about making a difference in other people’s lives.”

To that end, she continues to chair the boards of Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati and ArtsWave while considering new ways to make a difference.

Her work at the Ronald McDonald House has been driven by personal experience—her daughter Kayla was diagnosed with leukemia as a toddler. Kayla is healthy today but Tanner says she found hope during Kayla’s treatment through meeting other families who had gone through the same experience.

“Ronald McDonald House is just such a compliment to that physical healing,” she says. The environment allows children and parents to find comfort and support in each other, she says. “So often people think about it as food and lodging but it’s much more than that. It’s about relating to other parents that understand where you’re at.”

Now, Tanner is taking time to seek out new opportunities where her skills can do the most good.

“I’m really excited about it,” she says. “I know there’s something bigger coming.”

– Kevin Michell

CHARITABLE GIVING PROFILE

KEN ANDERSON ALLIANCE

11260 Chester Road, Suite 530 • Cincinnati, OH 45246 513-813-8321 • kenandersonalliance.org

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have the human and civil rights to live, work, play, socialize, recreate, love, learn and worship in the settings and manner of their choosing, with the support of families, friends and caregivers.

JACKIE BRYSON

A move downtown six years ago motivated Jackie Bryson to devote more of her time to improving Cincinnati.

“When we moved downtown [my husband, Gary, and I’s] whole philosophy was about giving back,” she says, with both of them volunteering with organizations like the Downtown Residents Council, the Cincinnati USA Visitor Center and ArtsWave.

It was at Keep Cincinnati Beautiful, though, that Executive Director Jonathan Adee says Bryson really made her mark, helping the organization grow its unrestricted funding from $91,000 to $196,000 in just two years.

Much of that growth can be attributed to Bryson’s work with the Cincy Block Party, the nonprofit’s annual fundraiser.

“It’s interesting because Keep Cincinnati Beautiful just celebrated 40 years last year.

And in [almost] 40 years they’d never had a fundraiser,” says Bryson. When Keep Cincinnati Beautiful decided to create an event three years ago, Bryson (who had recently joined the board) immediately jumped in to become the liaison between the nonprofit and the board. In addition to encouraging others to get involved, Bryson collects silent auction items from companies through the city, assists with the planning, volunteers wherever she’s needed and spreads the word about the good things Keep Cincinnati Beautiful does.

“I’ve got a lot of energy and a lot of skills and I’m more than willing to share that with organizations that need it,” she says.

- Corinne Minard

Keep Cincinnati Beautiful

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SUE BURRESON

Ohio Valley Goodwill’s Service Guild

The last thing Sue Burreson, president of Goodwill’s Service Guild, wants to do is take credit for all the good things that Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries does. That credit should go to others in the Goodwill organization, she says.

“I don’t deserve this,” says Burreson of the Charitable All-Star honor. “The co-managers of the [Treasure Island] Gift Shop should be the ones honored or just the whole organization should be honored because all the volunteers that give of their time and talents and money. I’m just a representative of all of them.”

Not only does Burreson represent all the good things that the volunteers in the organization do for people she also represents the Service Guild itself by serving as its president for the past seven years.

Burreson plans to be president of the service guild again next year because she believes so much in Goodwill’s mission to support the people with disabilities and the veterans the organization serves.

“Its just exciting to be able to do something to help some very special people,” Burreson says.

Not only does Burreson help those special people financially by donating the profits of the Treasure Island Gift Shop to the Goodwill organization, she also rolls up her sleeves and helps others by serving food during the group’s Thanksgiving and Christmas luncheons and helping with the home-cooked meal served each year to veterans.

She does it not only because she believes in Goodwill’s mission, but it also makes her happy to help. “Volunteering is a very healthy thing to do,” she says. “People who volunteer are just happy people, productive people.”

Plus, it’s good to stay busy, she says. “Volunteering is just very rewarding,” says Burreson. “It gives you a real purpose once you’ve retired and aren’t working anymore.”

– Eric Spangler

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HEALTHY MOMS & BABES

2270 Banning Road, Suite 200 • Cincinnati, OH 45239 513-591-5600 • healthymomsandbabes.org

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ealthy Moms & Babes envisions a future where all babies in Greater Cincinnati/Hamilton County are born healthy to healthy moms, embraced by a loving family and community who help them thrive. The Mobile Health Van serves 20plus neighborhoods in Hamilton County each month. Services include pregnancy, STD and several other health testing, health education, referrals to medical care, and diaper distribution. All services and communication is confidential.

Home visiting services are available to all pregnant women and first time parents and their children. This confidential home-based program provides home education and support, assistance in obtaining medical care and medical insurance, social services, mental health services and mentoring. In addition, developmental screening, transportation, assistance with childcare, education, housing and employment search finish out the programs to self-sufficiency. Finally, Healthy Moms & Babes manages a small apartment building to house homeless pregnant women. All services are free of charge to those we serve.

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MIKE McNAMARA St. Vincent de Paul Cincinnati

Mike McNamara is hesitant to take credit for the work he does with St. Vincent de Paul and is more willing to list several people whose work he is inspired by before accepting praise directed at him. But when he talks about those who St. Vincent de Paul’s programs help, it demonstrates just how much he is doing for people in need.

McNamara has been volunteering for St. Vincent de Paul since 2006, which began with a moment during Sunday mass at Nativity Parish in Pleasant Ridge when a voice came to him that said, “I want you to deal with the poor directly.”

“And I go, ‘That’s not what I’m looking to do,’” recalls McNamara with a laugh. But after accompanying a friend already volunteering for St. Vincent de Paul on home visits, McNamara realized that it was what he was supposed to do.

Since then, McNamara has been an instrumental part of two programs: St. Vincent de Paul’s Getting Ahead initiative for helping Cincinnatians dealing with poverty, which is a 16-week program of providing personalized guidance and assistance for a path to betterment, and the HELP Program for citizens returning from incarceration.

McNamara gives hope to people who can often be neglected and forgotten by society by helping them move forward and not be defined by their situation. That aid runs the gamut from assisting with finding housing, furniture and work to counseling and speaking with the people in these programs, giving them the dignity and support they deserve.

Simply, McNamara is the type of person we should all strive to be—selfless, kind, generous with his time and always willing to help.

“I’m just a small example,” he says. Would that more of us could be such an example as well.

– Kevin Michell

MOBILE VAN UNIT

Pregnancy, testing, health education, and health promotion All individuals who access the van are served.

Services are confidential and no cost to you.

No appointment is necessary, walk-ins welcome.

Healthy Moms & Babes is a Catholic-based organization that answers God’s call to serve

HOME VISITING SERVICES

at-risk women of childbearing age and their children so that they may survive and thrive.

(513) 591-5600 Healthymomsandbabes.org

Confidential home-based education and support at no cost to you

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CHARITABLE ALL-STARS 2020

ANN R. HILL

Ann Hill has always loved animals. While most of her professional experience centered on construction (she ran a construction company for more than 23 years), her love of animals led her to become the executive director and co-founder of Pets in Need of Greater Cincinnati, the region’s only low-income veterinary clinic.

“Helping people take care of their pets is just incredible. It’s incredibly important for two reasons: one, for a lot of our clients their pet is all they have as far as family,” she says. “To keep that pet healthy and in their home is just terribly important… Doing that keeps them out of shelters. If an animal gets sick and the person can’t afford to take care of it, it’s going to get surrendered.”

While working with other local animal nonprofits, Hill saw how much the community needed such a clinic. Today, Pets in Need serves approximately 1,800 families and close to 4,000 pets.

And to keep the clinic running, Hill does whatever is needed at the moment. Some of her responsibilities include grant writing, taking care of the nonprofit’s financials, strategic planning, fundraising, event planning, human resources, organizing the clinic’s upcoming addition and renovation, and more.

“I think my favorite part [of the nonprofit] is just when I’m at the clinic and seeing the effect that this organization has had on people,” she says. “It can be something as simple as a dog with a bad skin condition but it’s so upsetting for the pet owner and [we’re] able to say, ‘It’s OK, we can help you.’”

- Corinne Minard

Pets in Need of Greater Cincinnati

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In addition to providing disaster relief throughout the world, Matthew 25: Ministries works with local service agencies.

Helping Our Neighbors MATTHEW 25: MINISTRIES BENEFITS THOSE IN NEED IN GREATER CINCINNATI YEAR ROUND

By Eric Spangler

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hile many know about the work Matthew 25: Ministries does to provide relief to victims of natural disasters in the U.S. and abroad, some may not realize the amount of work the nonprofit organization does to help those in need in the Greater Cincinnati area all year long.

Matthew 25: Ministries is an international humanitarian aid and disaster relief organization that provides food, clean water, clothing, affordable shelter, medical care and humanitarian supplies to those in need.

Although media coverage of the organization’s efforts to provide relief to areas in the U.S. and abroad that are struck by hurricanes, tornadoes and f loods ramps up as semitrailers full of supplies roll out of the facility on Kenwood Road in Blue Ash, its local efforts are much more personal, says Joodi Archer, the organization’s development and media director.

Many of the organizations that Matthew 25: Ministries works with in disaster zones are medium to large groups, she says. “Certainly they have warehousing in place and they have major distribution activities and they just have things that will allow them to accept and then distribute a significant of product at a time,” Archer says.

The local organizations that Matthew 25: Ministries works with are smaller— some with 30 clients a month who work out of a two-room office or staffed entirely by volunteers with little to no storage or distribution capabilities, she says. “So we can work with our local partners almost by the box,” Archer says.

Those local partners could be anybody, she says. “It could be definitely food pantries and shelters, social service agencies, just small local nonprofits of virtually any kind that you could think of,” Archer says. “They could be rehab facilities, they could be pregnancy centers, they could be anything.”

While products—such as food, blankets and coats—are some of the most common types of donations the organization provides to other organizations its programs and network of volunteers are also an important component of helping others, she says.

One of its programs allows people who are planning a mission trip to fill a suitcase with supplies they can take on their trip, Archer says. “That not only helps us to distribute supplies it helps them to better serve their mission,” she says.

The organization has plenty of volunteer opportunities as well, Archer says.

Matthew 25: Ministries has a relationship with 20-30 local organizations that work with physically and mentally challenged youth and young adults that allows their clients to volunteer.

“We have a program in an area that’s set aside specifically for them to do work that not only benefits us but it also benefits them by helping them develop their fine motor skills and learn to follow directions and allows their caregivers to see how well they function in that kind of an environment,” she says.

So while the natural disaster relief efforts of Matthew 25: Ministries may garner the headlines much more is being done without the glare of TV lights in the Greater Cincinnati area, Archer says. “There’s so much that we do locally,” she says. n w w w.

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LOCAL NONPROFIT DIRECTORY The Better Business Bureau accredits charities that have decided their vision can only be achieved by establishing a relationship of trust between a cause and the community. These charities have demonstrated an effort to meet BBB’s Standards for Charity Accountability. The following charities have completed the rigorous process of BBB Accreditation and have been deemed active, honest, engaged and effective. The charities listed as Accredited Charity Seal Holders have taken an extra step toward their commitment with BBB by formally adhering to BBB’s Code of Business Practices. Charities listed as WGA Ac-

credited Charity Seal Holders and WGA Accredited Charities are accredited by the Wise Giving Alliance. WGA issues the BBB Standards used for local charities, and applies those same Standards to nationally soliciting charities. The charities in these two sections are accredited by WGA and have a known local presence. Inclusion to or omission from this list should not be interpreted as approval or disapproval of a charity.

The nonprofits listed under Other are not BBB accredited, but are organizations Cincy Magazine supports. The descriptive categories with each nonprofit are the cause area provided by the IRS and do not reflect that opinions of the magazine.

ACCREDITED CHARITY

Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky Children’s and Youth Services; Group Home, Residential Treatment Facility - Mental Health Related; Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse, Dependency Prevention and Treatment Covington 859-261-8768 chnk.org

Dress for Success Cincinnati Human Service Organizations Cincinnati 513-651-3372 dfscincy.org

Jewish Family Service Human Service Organizations Cincinnati 513-469-1188 jfscinti.org

East End Adult Education Center Adult, Continuing Education Cincinnati 513-321-6744 eastendadulteducationcenter.org

Children’s Law Center Legal Services; Children’s Rights; Youth Development Programs Covington 859-431-3313 childrenslawky.org

Easterseals serving Greater Cincinnati Autism; Vocational Rehabilitation (includes Job Training and Employment for Disabled and Elderly); Developmentally Disabled Services/Centers Cincinnati 513-281-2316 eastersealstriState.org

Junior Achievement OKI Partners, Inc. Alliance/Advocacy Organizations; Business, Youth Developmentt Cincinnati 513-346-7100 japartners.org

A Child’s Hope International, Inc. Alliance/Advocacy Organizations; International Relief; Adoption Cincinnati 513-771-2244 thechildrenarewaiting.org Abilities First Foundation, Inc. Developmentally Disabled Services/ Centers; Kindergarten, Nursery Schools, Preschool, Early Admissions Middletown 513-423-9496 abilitiesfirst.org Bethany House Services, Inc. Temporary Shelter For the Homeless; Other Housing Support Services Cincinnati 513-921-1131 bethanyhouseservices.org Big Brothers Big Sisters of Butler County Big Brothers, Big Sisters Hamilton 513-867-1227 bbbsbutler.org Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cincinnati Big Brothers, Big Sisters Cincinnati 513-421-4120 bigsforkids.org

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CincySmiles Foundation Ambulatory Health Center, Community Clinic; Public Health Program; Homeless Services/ Centers Cincinnati 513-621-0248 cincysmiles.org Covington Partners Single Organization Support Covington 859-392-3182 mycovingtonpartners.org Crayons to Computers Primary/Elementary Schools; Secondary/High School; Kindergarten, Nursery Schools, Preschool, Early Admissions Cincinnati 513-482-3290 crayons2computers.org

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Hope House Rescue Mission, Inc. Homeless Services/Centers Middletown 513-424-4673 hhmission.org Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Cincinnati Temporary Shelter For the Homeless Cincinnati 513-471-1100 ihncincinnati.org iSPACE, Inc. Youth Development Programs; Elementary, Secondary Ed; Unknown Cincinnati 513-612-5786 ispacestem.org

Keep Cincinnati Beautiful, Inc. Environmental Beautification; Recycling Cincinnati 513-352-4380 keepcincinnatibeautiful.org NAMI Northern Kentucky Family Services Covington 513-205-4118 naminky.org Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission Human Service Organizations; Kindergarten, Nursery Schools, Preschool, Early Admissions; Employment Training Covington 859-581-6607 nkcac.org Over-the-Rhine Community Housing Public Housing Cincinnati 513-381-1171 otrch.org

Parents of Murdered Children, Inc. Counseling Support Groups Cincinnati 888-818-7662 pomc.org PreventionFIRST! Community Coalitions; Alcohol, Drug Abuse (Prevention Only) Cincinnati 513-751-8000 prevention-first.org Redwood School & Rehabilitation Center Youth Development Programs; Birth Defects; Vocational Rehabilitation (includes Job Training and Employment for Disabled and Elderly) Ft Mitchell 859-331-0880 redwoodnky.org Strategies to End Homelessness Other Housing Support Services; Homeless Services/Centers Cincinnati 513-263-2780 strategiestoendhomelessness.org United Way of Greater Cincinnati Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution; Fund Raising Organizations That Cross Categories includes Community Funds/Trusts and Federated Giving Programs e.g. United Way Cincinnati 513-762-7100 uwgc.org CHARITY SEAL HOLDER 4C for Children Children’s and Youth Services; Adult, Continuing Education; Family Services Cincinnati 513-221-0033 4cforchildren.org American Heritage Girls, Inc. Youth Community Service Clubs; Christian; Scouting Cincinnati 513-771-2025 americanheritagegirls.org

Answers In Genesis, Inc. Protestant; Natural History, Natural Science Museums; Science & Technology Museum Hebron 859-727-2222 answersingenesis.org Assistance League of Greater Cincinnati Children’s and Youth Services; Victims’ Services Cincinnati 513-221-4447 assistanceleaguecincinnati.org Brighton Center, Inc. Human Service Organizations; Employment Procurement Assistance and Job Training; Community, Neighborhood Development, Improvement Newport 859-491-8303 brightoncenter.com Camp Joy Youth Development Programs; Human Service Organizations; Recreational and Sporting Camps (Day, Overnight, etc.)

Clarksville 937-289-2031 camp-joy.org Caracole, Inc. Other Housing, Shelter N.E.C.; Housing Expense Reduction Support, Rent Assistance; Homeless Services/Centers Cincinnati 513-761-1480 caracole.org Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio Human Service Organizations; Food Banks, Food Pantries; Mental Health Treatment Cincinnati 513-241-7745 ccswoh.org Catholic Residential Services Developmentally Disabled Services/ Centers Cincinnati 513-784-0400 catholicresidential.org Catholics United for the Poor Human Service Organizations Cincinnati 513-471-4990 cupcincy.org

Center for Addiction Treatment Alcohol, Drug Abuse (Treatment Only) Cincinnati 513-381-6672 catsober.org

City Gospel Mission Homeless Services/Centers; Adult, Child Matching Programs; Employment Procurement Assistance and Job Training Cincinnati 513-241-5525 citygospelmission.org

Children Inc. Kindergarten, Nursery Schools, Preschool, Early Admissions; Alliance/Advocacy Organizations; Educational Services and Schools Other Covington 859-431-2075 childreninc.org

Clermont County Community Services, Inc. Senior Citizens’ Housing/ Retirement Communities Batavia 513-732-2277 cccsi.org

Christian Community Health Services Ambulatory Health Center, Community Clinic Cincinnati 513-381-2247 crossroadhc.org Cincinnati Association for the Blind & Visually Impaired Blind/Visually Impaired Centers, Services; Eye Diseases, Blindness and Vision Impairments; Vocational Rehabilitation (includes Job Training and Employment for Disabled and Elderly) Cincinnati 513-221-8558 cincyblind.org Cincinnati Public Radio, Inc. Radio; Humanities Organizations; Music Cincinnati 513-352-9185 cinradio.org Cincinnati Works, Inc. Employment Procurement Assistance and Job Training; Personal Social Services Cincinnati 513-744-9675 cincinnatiworks.org Cincinnati Youth Collaborative Youth Development Programs; Educational Services and Schools - Other; Children’s and Youth Services Cincinnati 513-363-5200 cycyouth.org

Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio Services to Promote the Independence of Specific Populations; Senior Centers/ Services; Alliance/Advocacy Organizations Cincinnati 513-721-1025 help4seniors.org Economics Center for Education and Research Educational Services and Schools Other Cincinnati 513-556-2948 economicscenter.org Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati Theater; Performing Arts; Arts Education/Schools Cincinnati 513-421-3555 ensemblecincinnati.org Every Child Succeeds Family Services Cincinnati 513-636-2830 everychildsucceeds.org FamiliesFORWARD Youth Development Programs Cincinnati 513-721-7044 familiesforward.net Family Nurturing Center of Kentucky, Inc. Victims’ Services; Counseling Support Groups; Family Services Florence 859-525-3200 familynurture.org

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LOCAL NONPROFIT DIRECTORY Freestore Foodbank, Inc. Food Banks, Food Pantries; Vocational Rehabilitation (includes Job Training and Employment for Disabled and Elderly); Housing Search Assistance Cincinnati 513-482-4500 freestorefoodbank.org Habitat for Humanity of Greater Cincinnati Housing Development, Construction, Management Cincinnati 513-621-4147 habitatcincinnati.org Holly Hill Child & Family Solutions Children’s and Youth Services; Mental Health Treatment California, KY 859-635-0500 hollyhill-ky.org Impact 100, Inc. Other Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations N.E.C. Cincinnati 513-554-3065 impact100.org

Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati Legal Services Cincinnati 513-241-9400 lascinti.org Matthew 25: Ministries, Inc. Human Service Organizations; Disaster Preparedness and Relief Services Cincinnati 513-793-6256 m25m.org Mercy Neighborhood Ministries, Inc. Employment Training; Adult, Continuing Education; Human Services - Multipurpose and Other N.E.C. Cincinnati 513-751-2500 mercyneighborhoodministries.org

Ohio Valley Goodwill Industries Rehabilitation Center Goodwill Industries; Developmentally Disabled Services/ Centers Cincinnati 513-771-4800 cincinnatigoodwill.org People Working Cooperatively, Inc. Home Improvement/Repairs; Health Support Services Cincinnati 513-351-7921 pwchomerepairs.org Restavek Freedom Private Grantmaking Foundations Cincinnati 513-475-3710 restavekfreedom.org

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Cincinnati, Inc. Low-Cost Temporary Housing (includes Youth Hostels); Residential, Custodial Care (Group Home) Cincinnati 513-636-7642 rmhcincinnati.org Santa Maria Community Services, Inc. Human Service Organizations; Family Services; Human Service Organizations Cincinnati 513-557-2730 santamaria-cincy.org Shared Harvest Foodbank, Inc. Emergency Assistance (Food, Clothing, Cash); Food Banks, Food Pantries Fairfield 513-874-0114 sharedharvest.org

CHARITABLE GIVING PROFILE

PEOPLE WORKING COOPERATIVELY

4612 Paddock Road • Cincinnati, OH 45229 513-351-7921 • pwchomerepairs.org

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or more than 44 years, People Working Cooperatively (PWC) has been strengthening our communities by providing critical home repairs, energy conservation and accessibility modification services in an effort to help residents remain safe, independent and healthy in their homes. PWC proudly performs more than 10,000

services for eligible homeowners each year, whose typical income is just $13,500 a year. Often, these individuals face challenges due to illness, disability, job loss or other circumstances.

PWC is supported by a robust group of more than 80 licensed, professionally trained staff members and administrative personnel. In addition, PWC boasts a dedicated corps of 4,000-plus volunteers making it one of the largest volunteer corps in the region. Together, PWC volunteers and skilled staff are in more than 5,000 homes annually assisting nearly 9,000 individuals in 18 counties in southwestern Ohio, northern Kentucky and southeast Indiana.

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Society of St. Vincent de Paul, District Council of Cincinnati Human Service Organizations; Public, Society Benefit Multipurpose and Other N.E.C.; Health - General and Rehabilitative N.E.C. Cincinnati 513-562-8841 svdpcincinnati.org Society of St. Vincent de Paul, District Council of Northern Kentucky Promotion of Business (Chambers of Commerce) Crescent Springs 859-341-3212 svdpnky.org SPCA Cincinnati Animal Protection and Welfare (includes Humane Societies and SPCAs) Cincinnati 513-541-6100 spcacincinnati.org

Stepping Stones Services to Promote the Independence of Specific Populations Cincinnati 513-831-4660 steppingstonesohio.org Tender Mercies, Inc. Other Housing Support Services; Homeless Services/Centers; Group Home, Residential Treatment Facility - Mental Health Related Cincinnati 513-721-8666 tendermerciesinc.org The Children’s Home of Cincinnati, Ohio Children’s and Youth Services; Mental Health Treatment; Educational Services and Schools Other Cincinnati 513-272-2800 thechildrenshomecinti.org

The HealthCare Connection, Inc. Community Health Systems Cincinnati 513-554-4100 healthcare-connection.org The LAM Foundation Lung; Kidney Montgomery 513-777-6889 thelamfoundation.org The MariElders, Inc. Senior Centers/Services Cincinnati 513-271-5588 marielders.org UpSpring Temporary Shelter For the Homeless Cincinnati 513-389-0805 upspring.org

Welcome House of Northern Kentucky, Inc. Emergency Assistance (Food, Clothing, Cash); Temporary Shelter For the Homeless; Employment Training Covington 859-431-8717 welcomehouseky.org WGA ACCREDITED CHARITY American Diabetes Association Specifically Named Diseases; Specifically Named Diseases Research; Community Coalitions 800-342-2383 diabetes.org Cure SMA Specifically Named Diseases; Nerve, Muscle and Bone Diseases; Birth Defects, Genetic Diseases Research 513-753-8222 curesma.org

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LOCAL NONPROFIT DIRECTORY WGA CHARITY SEAL HOLDER American Cancer Society Human Service Organizations; Cancer; Community, Neighborhood Development, Improvement 888-227-6446 cancer.org American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association Heart and Circulatory System; Professional Societies & Associations 513-699-4220 heart.org American Lung Association Lung; Cancer 800-586-4872 lung.org American Red Cross Disaster Preparedness and Relief Services; International Development, Relief Services; Military/ Veterans’ Organizations 513-579-3000 redcross.org

Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America Specifically Named Diseases; Digestive Diseases, Disorders; Other Medical Research N.E.C. 513-772-3550 crohnscolitisfoundation.org Disabled American Veterans Military/Veterans’ Organizations 216-522-3507 dav.org JDRF International Specifically Named Diseases; Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution 513-793-3223 jdrf.org

Susan G. Komen Cancer; Public, Society Benefit Multipurpose and Other N.E.C.; Cancer Research 513-671-9100 komenswohio.org Team Red, White, and Blue Military/Veterans’ Organizations; Community Improvement, Capacity Building N.E.C.; Physical Fitness/ Community Recreational Facilities 813-374-8903 teamrwb.org OTHER NONPROFITS

March of Dimes Foundation Birth Defects 888-274-3711 marchforbabies.org

Behringer-Crawford Museum History Museums; Natural History, Natural Science Museums; Music Covington 859-491-4003 bcmuseum.org

OneSight Blind/Visually Impaired Centers, Services 888-935-4589 onesight.org

Cedar Village Foundation Single Organization Support Mason 513-754-3100 cedarvillage.org

Cincinnati Museum Center Museum & Museum Activities; Arts, Cultural Organizations Multipurpose; Natural History, Natural Science Museums Cincinnati 513-287-7000 cincymuseum.org Healthy Moms & Babes Community Health Systems; Single Parent Agencies/Services; Roman Catholic Cincinnati 513-591-5600 healthymomsandbabes.org Horizon Community Funds of Northern Kentucky Public Foundations; Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution Covington 859-757-1552 horizonfunds.org Ken Anderson Alliance Developmentally Disabled Services/ Centers Cincinnati 513-813-8321 kenandersonalliance.org

CHARITABLE GIVING PROFILE

REDWOOD SCHOOL & REHABILITATION CENTER, INC. 71 Orphanage Road • Ft. Mitchell, KY 41017 859-331-0880 • redwoodnky.org

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edwood’s mission is to guide children and adults with severe and multiple disabilities to achieve independence and to reach their highest potential by providing enriching educational, therapeutic and vocational services. Our vision is for children and adults to flourish, prosper, and be empowered to achieve the quality of life they deserve.

Redwood quietly shatters barriers to the inclusion of people living with disabilities. We help children, youth and adults with disabilities realize their full potential through a wide range of educational, health, therapeutic and other programs. But in a way, what Redwood really provides is a focus on what people with disabilities can do. Where others see problems, Redwood sees potential. Where others see limitations, Redwood sees abilities to be nurtured.

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We have been serving the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky region for more than 66 years. Redwood has grown to offer the most comprehensive range of disability services in the region, serving more than 750 individuals each year—serving children as young as 6 weeks and adults into their 80s. We are Redwood— “Where Abilities Grow!”

Lindner Center of HOPE Alcohol, Drug Abuse (Treatment Only); Brain Disorders Mason 513-536-4673 lindnercenterofhope.org Ten Thousand Villages International Economic Development Cincinnati 513-871-5840 tenthousandvillages.com/cincinnati Warren County Historical Society History Museums; Art Museums; Historical Societies and Related Activities Lebanon 513-932-1817 wchsmuseum.org YMCA of Greater Cincinnati YMCA, YWCA, YWHA, YMHA Cincinnati 513-362-9622 myy.org

Kick Off to a Great Time!

Redwood is celebrating more than 66 years of serving children and adults with disabilities in the Northern Kentucky region. Please join us at our largest fundraising event of the year! Get your picture taken with Ben-Gal Cheerleaders in the Photo Booth. Enjoy drinks while sitting in Paul Brown Stadium. Meet current and past Bengal Players throughout the venue. Live music will accompany a served dinner and you can dance the night away with a live band. Have fun with live & silent auctions, raffles and games all night long during the event.

71 Orphanage Rd. • Fort Mitchell, KY 41017 • 859.331.0880 Redwood guides children and adults with severe and multiple disabilities to achieve independence and reach their highest potential throughout their lives by providing enriching educational, therapeutic and vocational services.

2020 Redwood Express

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At Paul Brown Stadium Friday March 6, 2020 • 6pm - 11pm Visit: redwoodnky.org/2020RedwoodExpress for more information

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