27Oct2019 Read more Multiplying Grace for Operation Give Back! Heppler Family Our family decided to donate our gift to Operation Give Back (OGB). The organization was started by a family in our neighborhood to help Sycamore school students through tutoring, mentoring, literacy help, school supplies, a food pantry and holiday toys and food. The programs help kids in our local community to be successful in school and to not go hungry. Our family has volunteered with OGB and we felt that the gift, including our matching donation and my company’s match will multiply Good Shepherds and Gods grace threefold to make a bigger impact on our community. Comment
15Oct2019 Read more Grace for VEIL Carol and Don Wuebbling Our goal was to share this wonderful gift with disadvantaged children. We've made our investment of God's grace in the VEIL Ministries at Lord of Life Lutheran in Westchester. Pastora Carmen leads an exciting program that includes bilingual worship services, confirmation classes, Sunday afternoon tutoring in English, a citizenship program, and even support for pregnant moms and moms with children. We feel that sharing God's grace with future citizens seeking God is a good bet! Comment
4Oct2019 Read more Grace Through SmashSMARD & ELL Dianne Gebhardt-French & Gregory S. French Children bring joy and hope. In the spirit of “God’s Work. Our Hands,” we matched the check and donated half to research dedicated to saving babies from a rare disease. The second half we donated to hands-on help to students, for whom English is not their first language, so they can succeed in Tristate schools and universities. The 501c non-profits are: SmashSMARD (Spinal Muscular Atrophy with Respiratory Distress) and the English Language Learning Foundation of Cincinnati (ELL). The faith our neighbors show as grandparents of a baby battling SMARD inspires us. “Brooks the Champ,” as his mom calls this handsome boy with a big smile, has rallied the love and support of every neighbor, friend, and member of his family. We chose ELL as the children of immigrants whose parents and grandparents succeeded because of the support of church and community. We are impressed with the camp experiences, scholarships, mentoring, and tutoring provided by ELL. Comment
3Oct2019 Read more Gift of Grace for Whiz Kids Bob and Koben Hinman Koben and I donated our Good Shepherd check of $100.00 to Whiz Kids, the tutoring arm of City Gospel Mission. I am a Whiz Kid's tutor in South Lebanon, Ohio In addition we also gifted Whiz Kids an additional $200.00 for a total donation of $300.00. Our tutoring sessions start in October and go through April each year. We spend an hour per week helping these kids get up to their grade standards and in many cases we increase their reading scores in the upper level of their current grade. This program helps students in 1-4th grade and with our many volunteers we have over 60 students enrolled in Whiz Kids in South Lebanon alone. This program is in dozens of School Districts in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. Our leader is Susan Simendinger. The Whiz Kid program is constantly growing and it is based on our Adopt a Class program except it is more for individual needs. Also Susan is part of Joshua's Place a non profit organization designed to help economically challenged people in South Lebanon, Ohio. Koben and I are proud of using the Grassman's Funds from Good Shepherd Lutheran for outreach programs throughout our foot print. Robert and Koben Hinman Comment
12Sep2019 Read more East End Adult Education Center Receives a Gift of Grace East End Adult Education Center Today we received our donation from your parishioner, David Schackmann. He has been a longtime volunteer--over 20 years! He believes in our mission to help educate individuals, and volunteers weekly in our tutoring program. A little bit about what we do! Last school year we served 191 individuals-- 76 in the educational program, with 25 who graduated with a GED, and 115 in the computer lab for testing, college refresher, job and college search, and application writing. Our mission, as a government approved charitable organization, is to provide quality educational programs for the residents of the Greater Cincinnati area, aimed at increasing students' basic literacy, academic, computer, and job skills. We turn no serious student away and our services are free. Programs Offered: GED Instruction with one-on-one and group instruction On-site GED Testing for the Official GED College Preparation and Counseling Tutoring for Current College Students Job and Career Counseling Computer Instruction Comment