Know someone who's making a real difference in Greater Cincinnati through the volunteer efforts they lead or promote?
You have until 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, to nominate them for the Jefferson Award for Public Service, according to Bill Shula, who coordinates the local nomination process for the Rotary Club of Cincinnati
The award recognizes people who have created programs that serve unmet needs or volunteers who provide special services to organizations. The Cincinnati Rotary Club, the American Institute of Public Service and Multiplying Good sponsor the award.
Nominations are accepted from anyone in the community. Three finalists will be selected from the nominees. The winner will be announced at the Rotary Club luncheon on March 23, with Bob Herzog of Channel 12 as the master of ceremonies.
Click here to complete the nomination form.
The Cincinnati-area Jefferson Award winner represents this region for the national award. The local winner has won a national honor nine times. The Cincinnati Enquirer and Local 12 (WKRC-TV) are media sponsors.
The award was created in 1972 by a Cincinnati native, then-U.S. Senator Robert Taft, and former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. It is presented annually to recipients in more than 90 cities in the United States. It honors community members who go above and beyond the call of duty when it comes to their volunteer efforts in the Greater Cincinnati area.
Last year's nominee was Magnified Giving founder Roger Grein
The 2022 Jefferson Award was given to Roger Grein, honored for outstanding public service for his school program Magnified Giving, which teaches students how to be philanthropists by giving them $1,000 to donate to a local nonprofit.
Now in its 14th year, the Magnified Giving program has expanded to more than 115 middle schools and high schools, 34 college campuses and a youth summer camp called Camp Give. Students are granted $1,000 from Magnified Giving and are tasked with researching local charities to determine how to donate the money
Students learn about nonprofits, gain leadership skills and volunteer with the organizations they choose. Causes have included mental health, poverty and preventing teen suicide.
Other finalists for the local award were Tracy Brumfield of Price Hill and the Rev. Mary Laymon of Mount Healthy.
Brumfield took her own struggles to find housing and employment after incarceration and created RISE UP News – a non-profit that publishes RISE newspaper to help inmates prepare for their new life after incarceration.
Laymon turned a dairy farm in Mount Healthy into a center for hope and transformation called Tikkun Farm. Today it serves about 25,000 people annually, providing free fresh produce, home-delivered crockpot meals, afterschool and summer camp programs, job training, social interaction and emotional growth and healing programs for people dealing with trauma.
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