Local Spotlight

Local Spotlight: Give Like a Mother

They say it takes a village to raise a child, and it’s true. No parent can do it all by themselves, nor should they...

Local Spotlight: Girl Scouts of Western Ohio 

This month is all about the girls: March 8-14 is Girl Scout Week and March 12 is National Girl Scout Day. And Girl Scouts...

Local Spotlight: Visionaries + Voices 

In 2001, Visionaries + Voices (V+V) started as a grassroots effort among social workers in the area, who were astounded by the art created...

Local Spotlight: Cincinnati Preschool Promise 

2020 has only just begun, but it's already time to think about the fall. Enrollment for the 2020-21 school year is happening now, and...

Local Spotlight: Giving Girls

The holidays are here and while most kids are finalizing their letters to Santa, Elise Tong and Maddie Evers are in the midst of...

Local Spotlight: Freestore Foodbank 

For most of us, the holidays are synonymous with a bounty of homemade, rich-with-tradition (and calories!) food. From Thanksgiving through New Year’s, it’s one...

Local Spotlight: Sweet Cheeks Diaper Bank 

Some moms-to-be “nest” by decorating or organizing. Megan Fischer started a nonprofit.   Sixteen thousand babies and toddlers in Greater Cincinnati go without clean diapers every...

Local Spotlight: Green Umbrella

Politics aside, if there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that we need to take care of the Earth. But environmentalism can...

Blue Manatee Literacy Project  

You can get most anything online nowadays, but there are certain brick-and-mortar experiences that are simply irreplaceable. Bookstores -- especially children’s bookstores -- are one of...

Local Spotlight: Good Pie Y’all 

We’re all familiar with the saying: “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.” In Montgomery mom Heather Wolper’s case, she made lemon meringue pie.   Good...

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