Friday, Nov 11, 2011, 5-9 pm.

FOOD NEWS

Venice on Vine pizza was recognized as one of the "BEST IN QUEEN CITY"  by Cincinnati Magazine!

Venice Kitchen items will be sold as holiday gifts at the Bellarmine Alternative Gift Fair Nov. 20 and the Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center's St. Nick Day Sale De.c 3.

Venice on Vine invites organizations and businesses to join our new Training Partnership Program: Eat Pizza, Get Rewards, Give Back to the Community.  This free promotional program offers businesses, organizations and their employees a way to give back to the community while gaining insider savings and promotion.  Partners get great food, a chance to show your stakeholders how you support employment training in Over-the-Rhine, and insider coupons and discounts.  For more information, click here, or call or email Venice on Vine.

Sept 30, 6:00: Venice Vibes presents: "Natural Progression"   featuring vocalist Le'Keisha Worthy and Micah Davis, Rashon Murph & Joshua Stovall. Come out for a song and a slice.  Final Friday  in Over-the-Rhine features music, art, food and fun throughout the neighborhood.

Nov 11, 5:00-9:00: PIP Pizza Party; $15. Live music, friendraiser, see above.

Nov 19: Cincinnati Unchained. Shop small local stores, and top it off with food from a local restaurant like Venice on Vine.

Nov 25: Final Friday; Holidays in the Bag in Over-the-Rhine.  Purchase a bag for just $3, and get discounts at participating stores! Proceeds from sales of the bag will be donated to the FreeStore FoodBank.  Venice is OPEN-  Venice Vibes at 6:00 p.m. Artist to be announced.

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

www.powerinspiresprogress.com

Annual Evaluation: On Oct 5, a group of seventeen PIP community members gathered to share ideas to improve PIP.

The group included volunteers, board members staff, alumni, and current trainees.  Following a format suggested by the Dominican Ministry Trust we picked two key criteria: Empowerment and Inclusiveness.  Working in small groups we discussed whether and how we meet these criteria and how we can do more.  Some of the examples from group notes on empowerment were:

• Cook great food
• Provide job training
• Being a community
• Interpersonal, Leadership, Communication skills
• Problem solving
• Being respectful to others
• No job is beneath you
• Take initiative
• Take pride in work
• Education Education Education
• Build work ethic
• Motivation
• Source of references
• Inspiration from others
• Instill confidence & pride

To do more, we agreed to add a more formal alumni program, look into adult mentoring programs offered by other organizations, and hold quarterly trainee meetings to discuss issues and concerns.

New trainees this month include Jeremy, Daniel, Ebony and Kenyetta.  Several of our recent new trainees dropped out of the program due to child care issues-- relying on friends and family for daily babysitting is rarely sustainable long term, but sometimes it is difficult for parents to find other options that they trust. Ron has taken a leave to enroll in Easter Seals' Advanced Manufacturing training program.  Chavon will be seen with PIP Director Rina Saperstein on local cable TV in an In-Focus program about PIP.  Mark got top grades (Platinum!) in WorkKeys testing and will start advanced training in January.  Recent graduates Bridgette and Sharon are both working.

Deskey, Inc., a Cincinnati branding firm, will be presenting results of their study into PIP's identity, communication and brand to our board and stakeholders next week.  Deskey staff Sherwood MacVeigh, Amanda Matusak and Beth Nyman learned to know us better than we know ourselves, and are now teaching us how to communicate our goals and values more clearly.

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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