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Chef Jean-Robert de Cavel Laura Mitchell, president and CEO of Beech Acres
Louise Bruemmer, Markku Koistila, Scott Lindsten and Phil Lipschutz plant trees in Mitchell Memorial Forest.
Local Girl Scouts give back by spreading kindness
Free childcare program for Learning Grove employees
Greater Cincinnati Foundation revamps workplace equity
Beech Acres Parenting Center and Girl Scouts of Western Ohio introduced a new kindness patch to teach Girl Scouts how acts of intentional kindness can improve the world for everyone. “Random acts of kindness are great, but intentional acts of kindness can dramatically shape and improve Girl Scouts’ world view for the better,” said Laura Mitchell, president and CEO, Beech Acres Parenting Center. Girl Scouts will complete several tasks to earn the Signed to be Kind patch, all involving acts of kindness to themselves, their family, their community and the world. Beech Acres has offered many suggestions to act kindly. www.beechacres.org/signed-to-be-kind
Learning Grove is working to fix childcare inequality by offering free child care to teachers employed by the organization. Most of Learning Grove’s workforce are early education teachers and before- and after-school employees. The nonprofit organization hopes this move will let it recruit and retain the best teachers in the region. “Our three-year strategic plan calls for focusing on initiatives that elevate the early care and education field. Ensuring that the children of our dedicated and hardworking teachers have access to our high-quality early learning programs is just one way that we can say thank you to our staff,” said Shannon Starkey-Taylor, CEO. www.learning-grove.org
Greater Cincinnati Foundation, the region’s leading community foundation, has undergone a multiyear examination of gender and racial equity in its operations with Queen City Certified. This process has earned GCF the honor of being the first organization in Greater Cincinnati to be certified as a Gold Leader in Workplace Equity. Queen City Certified, an employer certification and leadership program for workplace equity, helps leaders design inclusive workplaces through evidence-based solutions that disrupt bias in operational systems. “GCF has implemented policies and practices that promote intersectional workplace equity,” said Nicole Armstrong, founder and CEO of Queen City Certified. “GCF is raising the bar for employers in our region." www.gcfdn.org
Downtown street renamed to honor local chef
Fifth Third, GCF team up on fund to boost charitable assets
The City of Cincinnati has renamed Seventh Street, at the corner of Seventh and Vine streets, as Jean-Robert de Cavel Way to honor his 60th birthday and acknowledge his impact on Cincinnati. The spot is the former location of his restaurant Table. Chef de Cavel has held an iconic place in Cincinnati for nearly 30 years as a civic leader, cultural advocate and culinary luminary. Jean-Robert was chef de cuisine at the Plaza Athénée in New York before moving to Cincinnati and taking over the Maisonette, which he left to open Pigall’s. He then moved on to other endeavors including his most personal restaurant, Table, a top restaurant in Cincinnati for many years.
Fifth Third Private Bank has launched Giving with Purpose, a co-branded fund offering with the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, to help clients maximize their charitable efforts for the community. The aim is to help clients build charitable assets to benefit area lives. “We are excited to leverage this unique agreement to provide additional philanthropic solutions to our clients,” said Fifth Third Greater Cincinnati Region President Tim Elsbrock. According to the bank, Giving with Purpose will bring clients flexibility to streamline philanthropic planning, gain immediate tax income benefits, target grant recommendations and more. “We are excited to work together to connect charitable people with local impactful giving opportunities,” said GCF President and CEO Ellen Katz. www.gcfdn.org, www.53.com
Native vegetation takes over Mitchell Memorial Forest Great Parks of Hamilton County and volunteers planted 140 native trees and shrubs at Mitchell Memorial Forest in October, starting the process of a years-long transformation of a former pasture into a renewed native forest habitat. It is part of an ongoing project to plant native trees, restore native vegetation, improve wildlife habitat and remove invasive species in a 68-acre section of the park. The plantings were made possible with a grant from the Clean Ohio Fund. “These trees and shrubs will link a small sliver of forest with a larger patch nearby, allowing us to decrease habitat fragmentation and provide better habitat for wildlife that lives in the woods,” said Daniel Kovar, conservation biologist, Great Parks. “We are thankful for help from dozens of volunteers in carrying out this important step of an exciting ecological restoration.” www.greatparks.org 24
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