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Large ​vinyl banners are a creative way to artistically display important information, but often production costs can be high. When OneSource Center staff learned a high quality 5’ x 30” vinyl banner could be produced for under $12 at the Cincinnati Public Library’s MakerSpace lab, this knowledge was too good to ignore! COVID-inspired cost savings research led the OneSource Center team to plan a field trip and investigate the vinyl printer/cutter option.

MakerSpace, an artistic treasure-trove of creativity tools located conveniently at the library’s downtown Cincinnati location, has a large number of free-to-use options including 3D printers, software, laser cutters, vinyl banner printers and more.  Library card holders can truly create almost anything they can imagine.  (Small fees assessed for materials used in production of items.)

 “We wanted to create a large banner for our office that highlighted the corporate sponsors supporting our work,” said Alyson Best, OneSource Center Marketing Manager.  “Creating the banner through commercial vendors was costly, but we heard we could make the same banner at the library at minimal cost just by creating the PDF and doing the printing ourselves.  We would much rather use those extra funds to support our mission of strengthening nonprofits in our region!” (more…)

If you provide bus passes to your clients, your human services agency can now register to receive a 50% discount on the passes you purchase through Cincinnati Metro’s Everybody Rides Metro program. In order to participate, you must provide the following to cjones@go-metro.com: Online application form ACH Deposit Form 501(c)(3) The program helps riders access jobs, medical appointments, services and the grocery store. More information here.

Free resources are available to nonprofits to guide them through PPP and Payroll Forgiveness process:

• Tech Soup recently presented a webinar titled “PPP Forgiveness and Payroll Forgiveness” to guide nonprofit leaders in preparing year-end W-2s and 1099s to comply with significant payroll cost reporting in Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness applications. Get a step-by-step walk-through of how to get ready for payroll reporting, including PPP forgiveness payroll reporting requirements.
• An article by Nonprofit Quarterly also addresses the topic in an article titled “PPP Loan Management and Forgiveness: A Timely Interview with FMA“.

As a collaborating partner, Cincinnati ToolBank is sharing PPE for nonprofit distribution at OneSource Center’s location in addition to distribution from their offices. PPE items that are still available include hand sanitizer (12.2 fluid ounce bottles.) 

Free PPE supplies are available through two locations:

• OneSource Center Shoppers Club members can pick up free items at the 936 Dalton Avenue location. (Items are available to all nonprofits the last Wednesday of the month at Open Shopping Day.)
• All nonprofits can also order quantities of PPE items from Cincinnati ToolBank and arrange for pick-up at their 1682 E Seymour Ave. (Order at the Cincinnati ToolBank member order site or the non-member order site.) (Non-members will be asked to register their organization, but do not have to pay membership fees in order to obtain free PPE items.)

Quantities are limited, so plan now to get your free supplies! For any additional questions or concerns, please visit the ToolBank’s COVID Page, or contact their team at cincinnati@toolbank.org or 513.246.0015.

These supplies are made available by donations from UPS, ToolBank USA and Bank of America.