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Conference helps area nonprofit leaders ‘secure the future’
More than 350 nonprofit leaders, board members, funders and fundraisers attended the Leadership Council for Nonprofits’ 20th anniversary Securing the Future conference with keynote speaker Barry Posner at the Cintas Center. The event focused on reconnecting friends, refreshing leadership principles, and learning new ways to achieve fundraising success, effective board meetings, organizational values, and diversity and inclusion. Next year’s conference is March 4, 2021, with keynote speaker Kim Jonker.
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Leadership Legacy award honorees: Cathy Gould, Lighthouse Youth Services; Tara Noland, Greenlight Fund; Lori Zombeck and Bob Grace, Learning Grove
Keynote speaker Barry Posner
Clare Blankemeyer, Patty Lee and Mary Delaney
Moe Cooper and Scott Provancher
Dan Hurley, Tia Draper and Mike McGinty
Annemarie Henkel
Beth Yoke
Scott Stephens, Alan Pickett, Giovanna Alvarez, Nikki Williams and Amanda Jenkin
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Q: What brings smiles and raises $33K? A: Trivia Night
The eighth annual Trivia Night for Brighter Futures, presented by TQL and hosted by the CYC Young Professionals Board, was a night of fun and inspirational stories. Cincinnati Youth Collaborative raised a record-breaking $33,000 to support the community’s youth. A commemorative bottle of Buffalo Trace Bourbon Whiskey from the six millionth barrel was raffled off during the event.
AmeriCorps college guides Alexis Monroe, Deshayla Mitchem and Rhea Thomas
CYC Young Professionals Board President Maurice Stewart, Jennifer Fritsch and CYC President/CEO Ericka C. Dansby
Matt Hager and Jaierre Scott
Little Sisters’ Rock-A-Thon benefits elderly poor
The third Biannual Rock-A-Thon raised nearly $14,000 for the Little Sisters of the Poor.
The event was hosted by Music Man DJ Flyin’ Brian Hellmann and will support the Little Sisters’ residents, who are low-income elderly individuals.
The Little Sisters, who have made a home in Cincinnati for over 150 years, care for the elderly poor around the world and rely on donations to maintain a safe environment for their residents.
Resident Janet Schmits rocking in her Reds-themed chair
Sr. George in her Meet Me in St. Louis chair
Staff members Sarah Steffen and Mandy Thomas with Chelsea Sando, Jessica Godshalk and Kelsey Helmers in the Leap Year Hop chair
