When Jim Huizenga, a GCF staff member, ran into his friend Kim Mauer she was distressed.  She was concerned that 170 children might not have Christmas.

An article in The Cincinnati Enquirer painted a bleak image of the Millvale/South Cumminsville neighborhood. “There’s not much reason to come here,” a reporter wrote and described a neighborhood without essentials – a bank, pharmacy, grocery.

Gas prices have increased since Tina Osso, executive director of Shared Harvest Foodbank shared this story making the message more relevant. Local food pantries provide a much-needed service; they alleviate poverty and hunger for all types of people.

She provided a voice for the voiceless.

In her short life, Dr. Erin Talbot McNeill accomplished much for women. Asa doctor in reproductive endocrinology, she developed programming, policy and research for women’s health rights around the world.

When a group of young men in their 20s, new to the nonprofit scene, proposed starting a program for youth in Cincinnati’s inner-city neighborhoods, GCF staff member Kristy Moster was both impressed and concerned.