Applications Available

Applications Available For

Give Back Cincinnati’s Paint the Town 2009

CINCINNATI — January 8, 2009 — Applications are now available for pick-up for Give Back Cincinnati’s Paint the Town 2009 in Price Hill.

Paint the Town (http://paintthetowncincinnati.org/) is a community service event organized by Give Back Cincinnati in which volunteers work within a targeted neighborhood to paint owner-occupied homes for those physically or financially unable to do the work themselves. Paint the Town is a single day event that organizes over 1200 volunteers led by experienced team leaders to completely repaint a home’s exterior. Neighborhoods are chosen through a competitive process according to current needs. Paint the Town’s ultimate goal is to not only improve the appearance and value of each of the homes, but to impact the overall community.

Neighborhoods are chosen according to current needs and all qualified homeowners are encouraged to apply for the volunteer-driven service from Give Back Cincinnati. Eligible participants must be located in Price Hill, must own and live in their home, be physically or financially unable to complete the work and the home must be in NEED of being painted to improve the appearance and value of the home. The homes are sponsored by local businesses and the service is provided at no cost to the home owners.

The application deadline is Saturday, February 14, 2009. The event will take place Saturday, June 13, 2009 (in case of a rain-out, the event will be completed on Saturday, July 11th). Completed applications can be returned to Price Hill Will or any of the Santa Maria Community Services’ locations; addresses for all locations are listed below.

For questions, contact the Give Back Cincinnati hotline at 513-651-4483 or send an email topaintthetown@givebackcincinnati.org. Home owners will be notified in May of their selection of the event. More information is also at the PTT website http://paintthetowncincinnati.org/.

Beulah Singleton, one of the Covington homeowners from 2008, had this to say about the application, “It was brief, to the point. It did not ask any questions that I minded answering to strangers.”

The application, as described by many Covington homeowners from 2008 PTT as being “short and simple,” is available at the following locations; also at many local Price Hill churches and local businesses as well,

Price Hill Will Urban Appalachian Council

3208 Warsaw Ave. (2 locations)

Cincinnati, Ohio 45205 2115 W. 8^th St.

513-251-3800 Cincinnati, Ohio 45204-2003

And

The Women’s Connection 3634 Warsaw Ave.

4042 Glenway Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio 45205

Cincinnati, Ohio 45205-1443

Cove Dale Library Price Hill Library

4980 Glenway Ave. 3215 Warsaw Ave.

Cincinnati, Ohio 45238-3902 Cincinnati, Ohio 45205-1918

513-369-4460 513-369-4490

Santa Maria Community Services:

Administration
2918 Price Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45204
513-557-2730

East Price Hill Neighborhood Center
3301 Warsaw Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45205
513-557-2700

Lower Price Hill Neighborhood Center
718 State Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45204
513-557-2710

Sedamsville Neighborhood Center
617 Steiner Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45204
513-557-2720

Price Avenue Neighborhood Center
2918 Price Ave.
Cincinnati, OH 45204
513-557-2730

Now in its eighth year, Paint the Town has painted a total of 170 houses in the communities of East End, Price Hill, Northside, Madisonville, Hartwell / Carthage, College Hill and Covington, KY. Each year has seen the number of houses and participants grown. Last year in Covington, KY, 47 houses were painted by 1100 participants.

This will be the second time that Paint the Town will be in Price Hill. The first time was in 2003 for the second edition of Paint the Town. East Price Hill was the focus and 11 houses were painted by 250 volunteers. All of Price Hill will be the focus of 2009’s Paint the Town.

About Give Back Cincinnati
Give Back Cincinnati is a Cincinnati-based nonprofit organization of approximately 4000 members that works to enhance its communities through volunteerism. The organization coordinates approximately 10 large-scale volunteer and civic engagement activities, as well as social events on an annual basis. In addition, the organization partners with local and regional nonprofits to broaden the scope of their impact outside the Cincinnati community. For more information, visit www.givebackcincinnati.org.

About Price Hill Will

Price Hill Will is a comprehensive community development corporation serving Price Hill in the city of Cincinnati. It has three main functions: community organizing, real estate development, and economic development. Its volunteers and staff tap into what already exists, what works well, and what the community would like to see more of. East, West and Lower Price Hill make up the largest neighborhood in Cincinnati and there is a broad range of housing throughout the community. Their goal is to sustain and improve the fabric of this wonderful, thriving community. To learn more about Price Hill Will, please visit http://pricehillwill.org/.

About Santa Maria Community Services
Santa Maria Community Services provides Greater Price Hill with educational tools and resources to build strong families, promote health in residents and faster neighborhood revitalization. For more than 110 years Santa Maria has helped families help themselves. To learn more about Santa Maria Community Services, please visithttp://www.santamaria-cincy.org/.