NATIONAL PHILANTHROPY DAY | Volunteer of the Year The last time Craig Young got a paycheck, it was for coaching middle school track and basketball – not always a slam-dunk, he admits. “I wasn’t good at the tough love part,”…
ProKids named volunteer Amy Russert as its 2018 Merilee Turner Volunteer of the Year, while recognizing the Manuel D. and Rhoda Mayerson Foundation as its Community Builder of the Year recipient.
ProKids celebrated the work of its volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocates, known as CASA volunteers.
More than 600 supporters of ProKids gathered for the annual Friends of Children Breakfast.
Guests saluted 250 Court Appointed Special Advocates volunteers who will serve nearly 1,000 children in Greater Cincinnati this year.
ProKids will host about 600 community members for its annual Friends of Children Breakfast, asking for more support to directly serve hundreds of abused and neglected children in Hamilton County.
The work of CASA was honored at Fall Fling, the annual event where ProKids celebrates what is possible when a community cares about abused and neglected children.
ProKids filled the Schiff Family Conference Center for its annual Friends of Children Breakfast. The 600-plus attendees learned that despite record numbers last year – 224 volunteers speaking up for 757 abused and neglected children – more help is needed.
Born and raised in Cincinnati, Sara Cooperrider’s commitment to volunteer service has deep roots, stretching back to childhood.
Sara Cooperrider is a mother of two, a community volunteer and a lawyer with The Kroger Co. She was recently honored by the Ohio State Bar Foundation with its districtwide community service award for attorneys 40 and under. Find out what drives her to serve…
ProKids Court Appointed Special Advocates, also known as CASA Volunteers, speak up for children in the foster care system in Hamilton County. Unlike the national norms, many of them remain as volunteers for several years.
Amy Merrell, an early investor in Rhinegeist, inspired a special brew: Amy, an elegant, Belgian-styled beer. After Merrell’s death in 2015, her sister, Liz Ricci, created an endowment for ProKids, a nonprofit that seeks a safe, permanent and nurturing home for every child.
