The weather forecast was ominous, and the morning started out with a downpour, but our latest Plants for a Purpose event AGAIN broke fundraising records! That's because of our dedicated team of volunteers, our growing army of supporters and plant contributors, and a wonderful community that has grown this event into a community festival! Also, once Jason showed up with his cheerful sales pitch amidst waves at passing cars, we knew that the sun would come out. Because it never rains on Jason! 

We had many varieties of plants, decorative pitchers, and our famous hand-painted pots from the Saint Joe's Adult Day Program. By the end of the morning, we had raised over $1,500 to provide support for our special ability neighbors at Saint Joe's, thanks in part to a week-long round-up the check campaign from our terrific host, alReddy Café. In fact, owner Viki Reddy came out three times herself to buy plants.

We had donations of cuttings for plants from several friends, with pledges of more from some new visitors. One patron was so enamored with our efforts that she went home, split a big hosta she had into 5 new plants, potted them all, brought them back for us to sell (we sold them all) and THEN had lunch at alReddy! That's real dedication!

We are happy to report that all four found new partners to start loving relationships with!

Thank you all for supporting us! See you in the Fall!

If you are interested in donating time or plants, please email us at [email protected]

We've added more new Cincinnati-area disability services and activities providers to our Cincinnati Adaptive Events newsletter! These include:

• The Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library--Cincinnati's library system--provides a number of services, activities, and events that "bring the library to you, serving customers who have special needs or have difficulty using the Library through traditional means"
• Special Olympics Hamilton County aims "to provide year-round sports, training and competition in a variety of sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience the joy of achievement, be included in the community, build skills and make friends."
• IRON CORE Adapted Strength & Conditioning specializes in "working with youth and adults living with physical challenges." They "coach sport-specific training and refining purposeful mobility which may include balance, coordination, strength, flexibility, agility, and reaction time."
• The Cincinnati Ballet's CBMoves Program is "Cincinnati Ballet’s adaptive dance program, designed to foster a love of dance and creative expression for individuals with specific needs"

See all 36 organizations that currently provide event information for our newsletter

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