Community Shares member charity Transformations CDC provides enrichment opportunities for child immigrants to our community as well as legal and other assistance for their families. Above, a young girl from their programs is among several who participated in this month's BLINK parade as part of the My Nose Turns Red Youth Circus.

Community Shares Board Endorses Mental Health Levy

At the request of member charity the Health Resource Center, the Board of Directors of Community Shares of Greater Cincinnati recently endorsed the Hamilton County Mental Health Levy and encourages our stakeholders to vote in favor of its passage in the general election.  

The Hamilton County Mental Health Levy will be on the ballot November 8th at a time of unprecedented levels of need in our community. Coming out of the pandemic, services for mental health among children and adults, housing, and employment assistance are critical. Without the levy, many families and individuals without insurance or the ability to pay for mental health care would have no where else to turn. The levy will provide resources for school-based providers who can partner with teachers to identify students in need of treatment. Mental health, housing, and employment assistance services funded by the levy help reduce crime, as it expands the county’s resources for many in crisis who are in need of such programs rather than going through the criminal justice system. 

Early voting has already begun. You may vote early in person at the Hamilton County Board of Elections, 4700 Smith Road, Cincinnati. You may also request a mail-in ballot. 

Donors Meet Postler Challenge Grant

A huge thank you to Community Shares' donors, who in just three weeks met the $20,000 challenge pledge issued by Board member Rich Postler, Retired Global P&G Executive, from his Richard L. Postler (and Family) Trust.

Even though we no longer have an active challenge grant in place, we still need your contributions to support our work to create a more just, equitable, and environmentally sound community for all, especially our most vulnerable and marginalized neighbors.

Do you want to fight the forces aiming to criminalize being LGBTQ, those who want to take away the right of reproductive freedom, those who want to turn back the clock on the Civil Rights Movement to pre-1965, those who wish to arm teachers instead of regulate guns, those who want to cut off immigration into our country? Well, other than voting for candidates who are taking on these issues, the easiest and most efficient way to resist and stand up for what is right is to support Community Shares and our charities on the front lines of these battles for the past quarter-century.

Donate via our secure online giving site today here! It is especially helpful to sign up for a recurring monthly contribution, no matter how small. Every penny helps. 

Planned Parenthood Receives Injunction

Earlier this month, Community Shares member charity Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region successfully obtained an injunction in Hamilton County preventing enforcement of SB23, which effectively banned abortion in Ohio at approximately the six-week mark, placing the law on hold indefinitely while the case challenging it makes its way through the state court system. The ruling allowed the PPSWO's Cincinnati surgical center to return to providing abortion medical care up to 20 weeks. A statement from Community Shares Board member Kersha Deibel, PPSWO CEO, and her counterpart at Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio is shown above. 

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 and is open 10-4 Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, while our three professional staff members also work out of their home offices in Middletown and Cincinnati on Mondays and Fridays. Call us at 513-724-GIVE (4483) for more information.