Local Spotlight

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...

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...

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