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Es un mundo pequeño.A small world, indeed. That was evident as a few new friends gathered last week at Coffee Emporium to talk about making this world a better place in Cincinnati and beyond. Cincinnatians are generous in giving to and getting involved in their community. But it goes beyond local. Beyond, in this case, is Central America, where Cincinnati-based nonprofits [...]
Charitable Words Scholars Sarah Jernigan, Tia Garcia and advisory board member Elissa Yancey are amazing people who do a lot of important things to change the world. Charitable Words was proud and privileged that they represented our team at the Literacy Network’s 23rd annual Spelling Bee Thursday night at the Holy Grail restaurant on Cincinnati’s bank’s restaurant row. Quality people: [...]
Seemingly disparate dreams, six-plus months of hard work and the support of hundreds of friends will culminate May 17 in Cincinnati’s Northside. Last fall, Charitable Words was launched with the mission of “sharing stories of good being done by nonprofits and common causes.” The stories would include reports from the field about trends, success stories [...]
Rain stopped the Reds-Phillies game at a scoreless tie in the middle of the 9th but that didn’t dampen the night for the crowd from St. Rita’s School for the Deaf (the Reds won the next day, 1-0). Charitable Words Scholars hosted 10 students from the school at “Dummy Hoy Night,” honoring major league baseballs’ first [...]
“I’m going to hold this picture by my heart all day.” “My mother had her paintings hanging on our wall, but I never appreciated them until now.” “Watch out for me…I’m an artist!” Touching words by some tremendous people, talented artists, we met Friday night at the Oxford Community Center. The occasion was [...]
Outcomes. There I said it. I used a term new to me in the nonprofit world. Add that to my new vernacular of “capacity building, collective impact, social enterprise, crowdfunding” and a whole bunch of other words and phrases that in my editor days I might have struck from stories as jargonistic “weasel words.” A lot [...]
From comments to The American Society of Business Editors and Writers at George Washington University, April 2013. After 35 years as a journalist, I have moved from the objective world into the subjective, activist world of nonprofits. I am starting my own, Charitable Words Scholars, which provides internships to college students interested in humanitarian work. I [...]
Details to come, but I am pleased to announce that a Charitable Words Scholar will be assigned to the Arthritis Foundation Bone Bash this fall. The deal was sealed during an inspirational lunch with that organization’s leadership last week. These caring and committed people are thinking big and I love that. I’m not in a position to share details on their behalf, [...]
Charitable Words is an All-Star Sponsor of Dummy Hoy Night at Great American Ballpark Tuesday, April 16 at 7:10 p.m. Charitable Words Scholars will be there, along with 10 students from St. Rita’s School for The Deaf to see the Reds take on the Phillies. Adapted from a Hearing Speech and Deaf Center release: Reds center [...]
Video of the humanitarian work being done by Amigos for Christ in Nicaragua. Its work will be one of the areas of focus for the University of Cincinnati’s Serve Beyond Cincinnati student group. Three University of Cincinnati students will be heading to warm weather and sunshine for spring break. But they won’t be lazing by the pool or [...]