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DIY Network’s Desperate Landscapes Is Looking For A Cincinnati Area Yard
DIY Network’s Desperate Landscapes is looking for a Greater Cincinnati yard in need of fixing up…one of the per-requisites? You must have a dog for this one. It’s a great opportunity for the lucky family chosen. I have information on my pet blog at this link: DIY Network’s Desperate Landscapes is looking for a Greater Cincinnati yard to transform into a dog friendly attraction. I have information on my blog. http://goo.gl/BmPsq
Leo Calderon To Be Honored By Santa Maria Community Services
I want to extend a warm congratulations to Leo Calderon, director for Latino Student Affairs at Northern Kentucky University, and his entire staff. On Friday, they are being honored by Santa Maria Community Services for all they do to strengthen the lives of Hispanics/Latinos in our Greater Cincinnati area.
Leo Calderon
It is a well deserved honor. I have seen the commitment of Leo and his staff first hand through my public relations work with the YMCA Black & Latino Achievers Program. Leo’s extensive civic involvement has included board memberships at the Kentucky Board of Education, YMCA of Greater Cincinnati, Behringer-Crawford Museum, Women’s Crisis Center, BRIDGES for a Just Community, and English Language Learners Foundation.
Santa Maria’s Bienestar Recognition Luncheon will be Friday, May 10 from 11:30 am until 2 pm at The Millennium Hotel downtown Cincinnati. Registration closes on Tuesday morning (May 7) at 10 am at this link.
The event benefits Santa Maria’s Bienestar program, that makes vitally important health care services more accessible for Hispanic immigrants in our area.
Bienestar’s signature component is its Promotores de Salud. Promotores are members of the Hispanic community who complete a series of trainings on various diseases and their prevention (hypertension, diabetes, domestic violence, alcoholism, cancer, HIV, hygiene and government assistance programs) and then share the received information with family members and friends as well as members in their community and make school and company presentations.
Within the last few years Santa Maria Community Services recruited and trained over 60 Promotores de Salud.
Thank you to them for such very important work!
Visit A Hamilton County Park Free This Summer
We are so lucky in Greater Cincinnati to have SO many beautiful parks in our neighborhoods between Cincinnati Parks and the Hamilton County Park District.
This summer, the Hamilton County Park District is offering “Free Firsts” Hamilton County resident appreciation days this summer. County residents get free entry, without a Motor Vehicle Permit, into any Hamilton County park on the first day of each month from May-August.
Free tour boat rides, free fishing, free rounds of miniature golf, discounts at Nature’s Niche stores and free nature programs, are also planned for those days. For a list, visit www.greatparks.org/events/free-firsts.html.
Cincinnati Nonprofit Reinforcing Values Of Over-the-Rhine Students
What do Cleophis Carsin, Mark Goodly, and Nawhiah Green have in common?
Well, for starters, they are all eighth graders at St. Francis Seraph, a Catholic Inner-City School in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine. They are also excelling in academics and in life amidst many every day challenges.
And they are the first three students selected to participate in a brand new Cincinnati nonprofit, Against the Grain Scholars, which is all about building up the foundations of Over-the-Rhine students with great potential.
Teacher Michael Patrick Farrell Jr. started the organization at the end of 2012 as a way of reinforcing the strong character values of students who are excelling in Over-the-Rhine schools.
“It is our belief that by providing mentoring and facilitating volunteer opportunities from eighth grade through high school that these exceptional students will continue on their path and recognize their full potential as the true leaders, heroes, and positive role models of their communities. Long-term, it is our hope that the ATG Scholars will “make it,” choose altruism over selfishness, and use their attributes to inspire a future generation to follow in their footsteps,” he stated on the organization’s website.
ATG Scholars meets two Saturdays per month. The first meeting of the month is a planning and reflection day. The second meeting of each month is our volunteer outing day.
Do you have some time to give? ATG is currently looking for volunteers and mentors. Please visit their website to learn more.
