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Cincinnati Students Raising Money For Pediatric Cancer Nonprofits
Local Cincinnati high school students are organizing a 13 hour, overnight event to raise awareness and funds for three area nonprofits focusing on pediatric cancer.
Night for the Fight will include walking, team challenges, guest speakers and entertainment. At the end of the event, participants will have input as to which programs funded by The Cure Starts Now, CancerFree Kids or the Jeffrey Thomas Hayden Foundation will receive their fundraising dollars.
It all takes place April 13 to 14, 2013 at the Xavier University Cintas Center, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Student leaders can register on the website (www.nightforthefight.org) and form teams of 6 to 15 peers. All fundraising is done online.
Interested schools and students can also contact Todd Forman at tforman@mndhs.org or at 513-550-0518.
Cincinnati Earth Day Celebration Seeking Logo Designs
Calling all young Greater Cincinnati artists.
The Greater Cincinnati Earth Coalition is inviting seventh through 12th-grade students to compete in the Cincinnati Earth 
Day Celebration logo design contest, which will be used for the 43nd Earth Day Celebration at Sawyer Point on April 20.
The Cincinnati Earth Day Celebration inspires awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s natural environment, while showcasing individuals and organizations that protect and promote the natural beauty of our region.
Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky seventh through 12th-grade students may submit their Earth Day inspired logo designs, for a chance to win over $100 in prizes and publicity. The winning design will appear on the event website, t-shirts, social media, posters and other promotional materials.
There are no color or design limitations, however, each entry must be an original piece of art work and be submitted by 
Friday, February 1. Entries should be submitted in two forms, a hard copy on 8 ½ x 11 paper mailed to the Greater Cincinnati Earth Coalition, 4015 Executive Park Drive, Suite 300, Cincinnati, Ohio 45241 and a electronic copy submitted as a .jpeg emailed to contest@cincinnatiearthday.org.
Please contact Sarah Fortin at 513-733-0004 with questions or visit www.cincinnatiearthday.com.
About the Greater Cincinnati Earth Coalition
The Greater Cincinnati Earth Coalition is a community of nonprofit organizations, businesses, government agencies and individuals from the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana tri-state region who work cooperatively and actively to promote the beauty and environmental quality of the tri-state area. Visit www.cincinnatiearthday.com for more information on the event.
Greater Cincinnati Students Doing Good – A+ For Kindness
It is so wonderful to see young people being encouraged to make a difference in their world. More than 1200 Greater Cincinnati high school students from over 100 schools attended last October’s Anthony Munoz Foundati
on’ s Youth Leadership Seminar where they were challenged to come up with a community service project to spread kindness. Their ideas made such an impact.
One Example
Students at Ursuline Academy already make sandwiches that they donate for distribution through a loc
al shelter and they have a club that knits scarves for those who need warmth. Now, each of those recipients will be getting a ‘love note’ attached to the gift that students made as part of their Youth Leadership Seminar project. It is all about uplifting those who can benefit from nurturing encouragement. I just love it! And by the way, I am told this was totally student driven.
Cincinnati Oyler School Now Has OneSight Vision Clinic
Have you heard about the new OneSight Vision Clinic at Cincinnati Public School’s Oyler School? The Cincinnati Eye Institute Foundation is a founding partner and OneSight is funded by the company that owns LensCrafters and Pearl Vision and Sunglass Hut.
Families of kids who attend Oyler don’t have a lot of money. Marilyn Crumpton with the Cincinnati Health Foundation told www.marketplace.org ‘s Amy Scott even parents with Medicaid can’t always get their kids to the eye doctor.
“Sometimes it’s a choice between going to the grocery or taking that bus trip,” she says. “Poverty interferes with children getting health care,” Crumpton said.
Oyler is a CPS Community Learning Center, a neighborhood hub in Cincinnati’s Lower Price Hill that leverages public and private partnerships to offer dental, medical and vision care plus tutoring, quality after-school programming and more to remove barriers in the way of student success.
They say that it takes a village to raise a child. Thanks to so many who have come together with one common goal – to help young people achieve.
