Jefferson Community Service Award Honors Champion of Philanthropy

Roger Grein, who founded Magnified Giving to nourish a philanthropic spirit in students, received the 2022 Greater Cincinnati Jefferson Award for outstanding community service. The award was presented in March at a luncheon sponsored by The Rotary Club of Cincinnati, which administers the local award. Partner sponsors were The Cincinnati Enquirer and WKRC local 12.

Magnified Giving is a school-based program that empowers students to give $1,000 grants to charities that they research. Today, Magnified Giving hosts programs in 126 schools and youth organizations, holds service-learning summer camps, and provides service resources, training, and education.

As the Greater Cincinnati Jefferson Award winner, Grein, of Montgomery, becomes a finalist for a national Jefferson Award, known as the Nobel Prizes for community service. The national awards will be presented in Indianapolis this summer. The Rotary Club of Cincinnati is a service and networking organization with a mission to provide selfless service in the community and the world.

www.cincinnatirotary.org / www.magnifiedgiving.org