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August 26:  Final Friday in Over-the-Rhine; enjoy pizza and local music at Venice and walk to a variety of shops, shows, and art exhibits.

Sept 18: 21st Annual PIP Brunch.  Held at Corryville Catholic School, the brunch has goetta, potato pancakes, waffles, raffles, auctions, fun, family, TriFecta Raffle, program book, etc.  This is our biggest fundraiser of the year. For reservations, click here.

In the Venice Kitchen

Starting Final Friday, August 26: MADISONOS Gelato and Sorbet comes to Venice!!! These handcrafted desserts are locally made in small batches with natural cane sugar, Belgian chocolate, milk from a local dairy, and fresh herbs.The gelato is lower in butterfat and calories than regular ice cream; the sorbet is entirely vegan. A variety of delicious flavors including dark chocolate orange and lemon basil will be sold in six-ounce servings.

Our Venice on Vine Value Meals are a great meal for a great price:

• $2.50: a slice of cheese and pepperoni, chips and a can of pop.
• $5.00: small hoagie, chips and a can of pop.
• $5.00: soup and salad (or any two sides) with a can of pop.

Venice Catering Bag Lunches  include a healthy sandwich, chips, grapes and a cookie, all neatly bagged up and ready to go with no mess or fuss.  Bag lunches are perfect for school groups, working lunch meetings, and service trips. The salt rye, white and whole wheat bread comes from Servati's and Shadeau Bakeries. Sandwich varieties include turkey and cheddar on wheat, ham and swiss on rye, and hummus and veggies on a vegan bun. Minimum order is 15 lunches. NonProfit rate is $8; add a canned pop, juice box or bottled water for 50 cents extra.

Venice Kitchen Coffee comes from fair trade, organic sources in Indonesia and South America.  It's available in Italian Roast, medium roast, and decaf.

Venice on Vine
Good Food for a Good Cause
1301 Vine Street, OVER THE RHINE
Cincinnati, OH 45202

Restaurant Hours:
Mon-Thurs 10-8
Fri-Sat  10-9:30
Catering by appointment.

513-221-7020

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Daniel passed the GED!  We're so proud of him. Daniel plans to attend college in mechanical engineering, and is currently pursuing scholarship applications. Congratulations, Daniel.

Toni and Alesia have both graduated and left Venice for new jobs.  Toni will be cooking at Xavier University's new cafeteria, a perfect setting for her.  Alesia is working retail at Thornton's, where her schedule will allow her to continue in school. 

Bridgette and Sharon are leaving in August and September and are job hunting hard.  We appreciate the job leads that some of our friends have shared with us-- please keep sending these leads our way!

New trainees this month include Gwen, Chrystal, Chavon, Lisa and Derrick.  That's almost a third of our group, so it makes for a challenge. Our more experienced trainees are helping a lot in bringing the new folks along and supporting them as they learn.

Our job coach, Gloria Cure, has taken on new responsibilties. In addition to bringing trainees into the program, counseling them on attendance and behavior, and handling stipends and payroll, Gloria is also responsible for coordinating all in-service education workshops, tutoring and job search.  She will be working closely with our volunteers to assess and remove employment barriers for our trainees.

Deskey, Inc. is a national branding, marketing and design company based in Cincinnati.  Deskey is providing pro-bono services to help PIP understand what our brand, name(s) and messages mean to the community. Amanda, Sherwood and Beth have conducted extensive interviews with stakeholders, and we thank all of you for participating.  By fall we'll have learned how to incorporate this knowledge strategically into everything we do.

Our board outreach committee is developing a slideshow presentation to be used in asking Cincinnati corporations to partner with PIP.  If you are interested in learning more, email us at info@powerinspiresprogress.com 

We're grateful to Hayden Donaho and friends the Harmon family and Martin family, who have provided assorted school supplies including pencils and pens, notebooks, and reading glasses for Tebbe's Tutoring Corner.  They've also provided a fund of graduation gift certificates for trainees.

Support Us

Please consider making a generous donation to support our mission.

Your contributions will help us continue job training through small business for inner city adults.  Donations are matched one for one with income earned through sales.

Send your donation via snail mail (727 Ezzard Charles Drive 45203),
call us at 513-221-7020
or donate online here.

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