A message from Knox’s parents: “After spending almost nine months in the Ronald McDonald House, we are sad to say goodbye to our second home. It has been a huge blessing. We cannot imagine the massive bills we would have accumulated for food and lodging. Not only the expense, it was a safe place to…
< GOTR at Reading Central Elementary As I entered a difficult transitional time in my life, I was looking for a way to step outside myself and help others. One day I saw a commercial that asked both elementary school girls and adult women what it meant to “run like a girl.” While the adults…
Girls Learn to Honor their Uniqueness through Girls on the Run By Maria Paskell As we stood in a circle and each girl raised her hand to share something she loved about herself, I couldn’t help but reflect on the lessons these 6th-8th grade girls had not only internalized themselves but taught me, a mid-twenty-year-old. “I love…
Rise and Shine for Girls on the Run Contributed By: Madeline McGuire | Girls on the Run I remember when I was in 3rd grade, my mom would have to drag me out of bed just to get to school on time. When I went to my first Girls on the Run practice at Welch Elementary at…
Cincy Chic Highlights the Movies and Mentors Initiative Cincinnati, OH-February 19, 2018 In this article, Katie Fiorelli and Jenna Ruttkay illuminate the impact of mentoring and the Cincinnati’s current need for mentors to reporter Samantha Green.
Gen2Gen Cincinnati Visits Good Morning Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH – February 5, 2018. Jenna Ruttkay and Katie Fiorelli visited Good Morning Cincinnati in support of the launch of the Movies and Mentors initiative. There, they shared the details about the national initiative and how local organizations could host a watching party to promote the power of…
Holly is an education volunteer with Melanoma Know More. She is also a wife, mother, early education director and is currently battling Stage 4 melanoma. Holly spent many years in her teens and twenties getting a tan outdoors as well as from tanning beds and unfortunately all of that has caught up to her in the…
Jen L. is a wife, mother, attorney and a melanoma survivor. She was diagnosed with Stage 1 melanoma shortly after the birth of her first child. She considers herself one of the lucky ones because her melanoma was caught very early and her doctor was able to surgically remove her melanoma. After her diagnosis, she…
Kay Castle-Brinker Q1: Describe yourself in a sentence or two. Kay: I’m a retired Qualitative Research Consultant, which means finding out how consumers FEEL (no numbers, warm and fuzzy consumer research) about ideas / products / services so clients know how to talk to their customers in a relevant way. In this “refreshment” (re-branding retirement)…