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The fun continues with the region’s “Unplug and Play” FREE Toy giveaway with event dates in June and July 2021.  Thanks to Channel 9‘s Ally Kraemer for highlighting Saturday, June 5’s event hosted by BDK Fund (Brighter Days for Kids.) 

The FREE toy events are being coordinated regionally by OneSource Center, and are nationally sponsored by Toys for Tots and Good360.   Toys are appropriate for kids age 10 and under. Upcoming FREE toy distribution dates and more information is available at the OneSource Center website: OneSourceCenter.org/Toys  (June 15 — Queensgate at TQL Stadium; June 30 — Eastern Cincinnati  and July 29 — Avondale. )

Nonprofit partners and regional sponsors for the distribution events are through: Activities Beyond the Classroom, BKD CPAs and Advisors, Brighter Days for Kids, Brighton Center, Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio, Ethicon HOLA, FC Cincinnati Foundation, Good360, Messer, Inter Parish Ministry, OneSource Center, 2021 Avondale Community Makeover (sponsored by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, P&G, the Cincinnati Reds/Reds Community Fund and the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden), Toys for Tots and the Wegman Company.

OneSource Center is coordinating a region-wide FREE toy distribution for children is through the months of May, June and July with the help of corporate sponsors, foundations and nonprofits. The event “Unplug and Play” is nationally sponsored by Toys for Tots and Good360 and is open to all children in the Cincinnati region. Toys are appropriate for kids age 10 and under. Upcoming FREE toy distribution dates and more information is available at the OneSource Center website: OneSourceCenter.org/Toys

Nonprofit partners and regional sponsors for the distribution events are through: Activities Beyond the Classroom, BKD CPAs and Advisors, Brighter Days for Kids, Brighton Center, Catholic Charities Southwestern Ohio, Ethicon HOLA, FC Cincinnati Foundation, Good360, Messer, Inter Parish Ministry, OneSource Center, 2021 Avondale Community Makeover (sponsored by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, P&G, the Cincinnati Reds/Reds Community Fund and the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden), Toys for Tots and the Wegman Company.

OneSource Center for Nonprofit Excellence offers nonprofits in the region resources to support their missions, making a positive impact on our community as a whole. Listen as Kristyn Hartman from WCPO, Channel 9 interviews CEO Christie Brown about OneSource Center’s offerings including its redistribution warehouse, consulting services and training opportunities. Listen also as Welcome House of Northern Kentucky shares how OneSource Center’s offerings help this organization succeed in helping those in need.  Do you know a nonprofit in need of assistance?  Contact OneSource Center today.  We want to help!  

What a year! OneSource Center survived, adjusted and grew in new ways as it responded to pandemic challenges and in how to best serve the nonprofits in our region. Watch highlights including our move from Sharonville to Dalton Avenue, collaboration initiatives, pivoted programming, new offerings and more. 

Contact OneSource Center for more information on how we can help nonprofits in our region through our consulting, training or Shoppers Club options.  OneSource Center believes strong nonprofits are vital to a thriving community and we are passionate about empowering their success.  

UMC Food Ministry, a regional outreach of the United Methodist Church, has been a leader in feeding hungry kids in our region, operating through more than 300 sites in Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati and serving over 2.6 million meals in the first nine months of 2020. The organization, a long-time OneSource Center consulting client, credits its strategic planning partnership with OneSource Center in helping it enhance its service model in an economically sustainable way and positioning the organization for long-term growth. 

“As UMC Food Ministry grew, it was becoming apparent that we were outgrowing our administrative and support capability, and the organizational structure was not going to serve us well in the long-term,” said Larry Karow, Founder and CEO of UMC Food Ministry.  “We partnered with OneSource Center on a very extensive strategic process that also included creating a mission statement and tagline, and then moved to developing an organizational structure that helped position UMC Food Ministry for long-term strategic growth and sustainability.” 

The strategic process began pre-COVID, with key leadership never anticipating the kinds of changes it would need to undertake in terms of mission expansion and greatly increased distribution needs.  Because of the strategic work done pre-pandemic, the organization was firmly on the right path to pivot, increasing their food outreach in just two years by 63%.  (more…)