He was born his parents’ ninth child and ninth son. Despite an obvious propensity for boys, his parents did not have a boy’s name chosen when he was born. So the headline in the local Maysville paper read: “Unnamed boy makes baseball team for the McKays.”
Giving away money can seem like such a delightful thing to do. If somebody is needy, you give them some money, they feel better, and you feel better. The world smiles upon everybody involved.
For decades, we have been asking high school seniors a simple question: “Are you college-ready?” One local college president thinks we are asking the wrong question. To the wrong party.
Laura Brunner of The Port has a goal that is perfectly reasonable, but history has proven it to be achingly elusive. Her plan is simple, elegant, and big. Very big.
Sometimes change comes gradually. Sometimes it comes suddenly. Sometimes it comes from an unexpected gift or an unimaginable pandemic. Or simply new leadership. At the United Way of Greater Cincinnati, change was the result of all of that.
Shep Englander, CEO of the Jewish Federation, and Debbie Brant, incoming board president, recently sat down to discuss how their organization can help during these strange days.
