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New staff welcomed at Community Shares
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Contact Sen. Portman to support equality
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Community Conversation scheduled this month
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Safe & Clean grants coming up
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Go on a Butterfly walk!
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Free COVID shot calendar provided
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Cornett Joins Community Shares Staff In Development |
Community Shares of Greater Cincinnati CEO T. Duane Gordon is pleased to announce the addition of Stephanie Cornett as the new Development Officer for the tri-state region's federation of charities working in social and economic justice, environmental sustainability and conservation, and animal welfare.
In her new role, Stephanie will assist in fundraising activities to benefit both Community Shares and its member charities interacting with individual donors, corporate workplaces, and foundations, Gordon explained. She joins him and part-time Business Manager Kristen Mulligan, expanding the organization's small staff to three.
Stephanie believes in the power of communities to create social change and has spent her career dedicated to making this belief a reality. She co-created Imago’s EarthSpirit Rising Conference; spent a decade as Senior Producer of the PGA sanctioned World Cup of Golf, a charity spreading international goodwill; and served as Executive Director for Lyrics for Life, a music-based charity raising funds and awareness for childhood cancer. She also served as part-time Development Director for the Dearborn County Community Foundation. Social Innovation and Action are a thread throughout her life, and whether as a profession or as a personal passion, she remains committed to it.
Stephanie thrives on the challenge of creating and implementing new ideas, events, and programs. Time spent working with Larry Huston, former VP of Innovation at Procter & Gamble, at his firm 4iNNO, provided a great understanding and working knowledge of the innovation process and the ability to further embrace exploration and collaboration which added to and more finely honed her mentality to connect and develop projects and people. A decade of experience producing talk radio locally and nationally, including Jerry Springer's political radio talk show out of Cincinnati, adds to her communication expertise.
Stephanie has a B.A. in psychology from the Union Institute and University and is Certified in Principles and Techniques of Fundraising from Indiana University.
When she’s not at work, Stephanie spends her time creating projects such as Appalachian Strong, a movement to change the perception of Appalachian people. She hosts Silent Reading Circles and Writing Circles at the House of Friends Cincinnati and is currently creating a project to bring together women in re-entry and in recovery with women who have other life based trauma through art, crafts, and retelling personal stories.
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Thank Sen. Portman For Marriage Support, Encourage Equality Act Support |
The US Senate is currently considering the Respect for Marriage Act which would protect marriage equality and interracial marriages.
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We need YOUR help to get this bill past the finish line. Here's how:
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Call Senator Rob Portman at (614) 469-6774 and say: “I’m calling to Thank Senator Portman for supporting the Respect for Marriage Act in the Senate and supporting LGBTQ+ families. I encourage him to extend that support to nondiscrimination protections for all LGBTQ+ folks as well.”
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Woman's City Club Hosting Community Conversation |
Community Shared member organization Woman's City Club of Greater Cincinnati and the ACLU of Ohio will next Tuesday, Aug. 9, host a Community Conversation from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at First Unitarian Church, 536 Lindon Street, Cincinnati. The purpose is to learn about peoples' hopes, dreams, and needs of the moment and how to best respond to them.
The Community Conversation is an opportunity to meet, learn from, and listen to others in our community. It takes place in a designated space for listening and relationship building. A conversation among eight to ten people will take one to one and a half hours and use six guided discussion questions designed to draw out the most pressing issues your community is experiencing.
The ACLU Ohio is holding Community Conversations throughout the state this summer as part of a listening campaign to surface the highest-level priorities for its focus in 2023. This past year or so, ACLU Ohio has been active in cash bail reform, the state redistricting process, and voter rights/engagement, all priorities of WCC.
PLEASE RSVP
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Safe & Clean Grants Available Again Soon |
The first round of the Safe & Clean Accelerate Grants through Community Shares member organizations Keep Cincinnati Beautiful and Invest in Neighborhoods was successful, with a total of $190,813.50 awarded! These projects will address blight, pedestrian safety, and community engagement.
The next round of the Safe & Clean Accelerate Grant will be Sept 2, 2022. This will share a deadline with the regular Safe & Clean Grant which they have been distributing since 2007. The next Safe & Clean workshop will be August 18th at 4 PM. This workshop will cover Safe & Clean guidelines and the application process. Register for the workshop here.
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Butterfly Wak Planned Aug. 13 |
Community Shares member organization Western Wildlife Corridor will host "On The Wing," a butterfly walk, at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at Kirby Nature Center.
Admired the world over, butterflies are treasured for their beauty and grace. This walk will focus on finding and identifying butterflies on the various plants in the Nature Center as well as learning how to attract them to your own yard. Dr. Glenn Crisler II is a professor of analytical chemistry at Mt. St. Joseph University and is published in both chemistry journals and the Journal Lepidoptera (about butterflies and moths). Registration is required for the free event here.
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Don't Forget Your COVID Shot Or Booster! |
Community Shares' Board continues to encourage everyone to consider vaccination as the most important step to protect your health and the health of your loved ones and others in our life. Also please consider continuing the use of protective masks to lower the spread of COVID-19. Hamilton County Health Department offers the following upcoming walk-in Covid vaccination clinics:
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8 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesdays, Powell Crosley Y, 9601 Winton Road, Cincinnati
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10 a.m-4 p.m. Wednesday, Hamilton County Public Health, 250 William Howard Taft Road, Cincinnati
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12-3 p.m. Thursdays, Trinity Lutheran Church, 1553 Kinney Avenue, Cincinnati
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noon-3 p.m. Friday, Hamilton County Clerk of Courts, 1000 Main Street, Room 455, Cincinnati
The CDC and FDA have approved doses for under age 5 to start taking either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine, and parents are encouraged to contact their children's health care providers to schedule immunization. If you do not have a pediatrician, several pharmacies including CVS and Walgreens are administering vaccines to children under 5.
Also, free at-home COVID test kits are available from https://www.covidtests.gov/ (if you have already ordered your first set of four tests for your home address, they are now allowing second sets of four additional tests to be ordered and delivered for free), and free N95 masks are available from retailers Kroger, Meijer, Rite Aid, Walgreen, Walmart, Sam's Club, and CVS.
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Community Shares of Greater Cincinnati is the tri-state region's federation of charities serving the fields of social and economic justice, environmental sustainability, and animal welfare. We provide our member charities with training on nonprofit excellence, networking opportunities for collaborative work, fundraising through our annual regional workplace federated campaign, and mentorship/incubation through our fiscal sponsorship program. We serve the Cincinnati and Dayton metro areas of southwest Ohio including Butler and Warren Counties as well as southeast Indiana and Northern Kentucky. Our primary office is in downtown Cincinnati, but each of our two professional staff members also work out of their satellite home offices in Middletown. Call us at 513-724-GIVE (4483) for more information. |
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