Local Spotlight

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...

Local Spotlight: Happen, Inc. 

Happen, Inc. epitomizes the idea that community is not just where you live, but how you live with other people. This nonprofit brings families...

Local Spotlight: The Wonder Plan 

Have you scrolled through your Facebook feed lately? It can be so … negative. Mommy wars. Political acrimony. Bullying. In a world that can...

Local Spotlight: Skool Aid

Skool Aid was founded in May 2011 by Ian Smith, a Northern Kentuckian with more than 20 years of experience working with children. Skool...

Local Spotlight: The Joe Nuxhall Miracle League Fields 

Perhaps no one understands the magic of baseball better than Kim Nuxhall, executive director of The Joe Nuxhall Miracle League Fields, a comprehensive family...

Local Spotlight: Josh Cares

No child should have to face a stay in the hospital alone. That’s the founding principle of Josh Cares, an organization that funds full-time...

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