The Fifth Third Bank Financial Empowerment Mobile (eBus) pulled into Reid's Valley View Apartments in the Beekman Corridor on May 22. The 40' customized mobile classroom equipped with internet-accessible workstations was staffed by Fifth Third Bank employees, ready to help visitors get a better understanding of how banking works. Annually, WIN partners with Fifth Third
WIN’s youth program coordinator, Cozy Evans, is putting the finishing touches on plans for this year’s Bringing the World to Our Backyard 8-week summer camp that kicks off June 11. “Keeping kids engaged in learning is very important because they can lose up to 30% of what they learned during the school year over summer,”
On April 4th, the Beekman Community Market hosted an Entrepreneurship Enrichment Workshop with Greater Cincinnati Microenterprise Initiative (GCMI) in Working In Neighborhoods (WIN) Community Room. Representatives from GCMI taught a group of 10 about the entrepreneurial mindset, problem solving, and marketing a business. In 1998, Community Action Agency and United Way collaborated to create GCMI
Thanks to your support, a lot was accomplished in 2023. We completed construction on and sold our 20th home in College Hill to a first-time homebuyer. New housing development opportunities are in the works, including a new rehab in South Cumminsville and WIN’s Near Net Zero Urban Village. Volunteers have been hard at work preparing
“I just show up, that’s half the job,” said long-time Working In Neighborhoods board leader Ellen Frankenberg, Ph.D. In reality, Frankenberg does far more than show up. A tireless connector, Frankenberg, a retired family psychologist, has held numerous leadership roles in her more than 40-year volunteer career, serving as board chair, vice chair, and chairing
The 5-room house built in 1922 is lit only by an overcast sky. Volunteers have emptied it of debris, except for 3 bags of concrete, a tripod, and a rake. The wall-to-wall carpeting has been removed, exposing its original solid wood floors. This marks the start of WIN’s next home rehab project that’s designed
Beekman Street Corridor Coalition members recognized for years that not having access to affordable, good-quality, fresh food had negative health outcomes for their families. In 2023, a coalition action team decided that creating a farmers’ market was one way to address the food desert. Residents ranked product affordability and community building
In less than two days, volunteers and staff were able to transform WIN’s community room into Santa’s Workshop. This annual celebration was founded more than 20 years ago by community leader and beloved neighbor Marilyn Evans. Miss Marilyn, passed away days before the Christmas celebration. Her family, who has always been
By just clicking the link below, you can put a smile on a child’s face this Christmas. During our November Giving Day campaign, please help us fill Santa’s Workshop with 100 toys. A neighborhood child will receive your gift at WIN’s annual Santa’s Workshop celebration on December 16. For more information,
A tiger, the Blue Beetle, and a family of Minions were just a few of WIN’s guests at the Drive-Boo Trick or Treat event on October 28, carrying on a Beekman Corridor Halloween tradition. WIN continued its decades-old tradition of hosting a community Halloween party welcoming seventy-one kids ages 1 – 14 to its
