Angela Faye Lyshe-Thierry has operated Kids Are Special People Family Child Care, a family child care home in Avondale, for 21 years. Her program has achieved Ohio’s 3-Star Step Up To Quality rating.
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Blessed Christian Daycare | Child Care Spotlight
Michelle Baggett has operated Blessed Christian Daycare Learning Center, a family child care home in Northside, for 17 years. Her program has achieved Ohio’s 4-Star Step Up To Quality rating.
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Nanny’s Child Care | Child Care Spotlight
Robyn Perkins has operated Nanny’s Child Care, a family child care home in Winton Place, for 16 years. Her program recently achieved Ohio’s 4-Star Step Up To Quality rating.
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Child care providers teach kids to love fruits and vegetables
Three WeTHRIVE! child care providers are dedicated to giving the children they serve a healthy start in life.
Read moreWinton Woods students create anti-tobacco radio spots
Winton Woods High School students Elijah Parker and Jada Davis are best friends who are using their voices to fight tobacco use. With help from WeTHRIVE!, PreventionFIRST!, and the Underground, they created and recorded anti-tobacco radio spots that air on 101.1 FM The Wiz. The Underground in Forest Park runs a free…
Read moreTessa Kennedy | Citizen Spotlight
Family: Parents Kristy and Jack Kennedy, and three siblings. Job: Student, graduating senior, student body president at Taylor High School. Community: Cleves Interesting Fact: Tessa will attend Miami University on a full academic scholarship. Making a Difference with WeTHRIVE!: Buzz Patrol: Tessa is one of 12 students in Mrs. Nancy Flickinger’s…
Read moreLockland girls get their chance to dance with Princesses Ballet
In a community like Lockland, where 47% of children live in poverty and 86% of students qualify for free and reduced school lunch, ballet lessons are a luxury most cannot afford. But Reading-Lockland Presbyterian Church (RLPC) and City Gospel Mission are letting little girls dream about becoming ballerinas through the Princesses Ballet program.…
Read moreLockland youth learn healthy cooking from Cincinnati Gives a Crock
On Monday afternoons, a group of 6th-8th graders gathers in the basement of Reading-Lockland Presbyterian Church (RLPC). Each student sits attentively, a cutting board, chef’s knife, and tray of fresh vegetables on the table before them. They are ready for the Cincinnati Gives A Crock cooking class to begin. Cincinnati Gives A Crock…
Read moreMark Jackson | Citizen Spotlight
Mark Jackson joined the Mt. Healthy WeTHRIVE! Team in October 2016. He immediately started to make an impact with his D-Check diabetes screening program and other initiatives.
Read moreForest Park firefighters teach safe sleep to prevent infant deaths
When the Forest Park Fire Department responded to four infant sleeping deaths over a three-month span, all in the same apartment complex, Captain Tom Jackson felt that something had to be done. “The department has always done a lot of education about smoke detectors and in the schools,” said Jackson. “These things…
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