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Santa Maria Community Services is excited to announce that it has received a grant of $40,000 to help facilitate better relationships between the community, youth, and the law enforcement agencies of Lower Price Hill. Funding was made possible by the … Continued
On Saturday, October 7, Santa Maria joined partners and community health organizations for the 19th year to host the annual Price Hill Women’s Health Fair. The health fair provided free health screenings to attendees including BMI, HIV/HepC, blood pressure, blood glucose, A1C, and … Continued
Provided by YWCA Greater Cincinnati YWCA Greater Cincinnati, together with collaborative partners Legal Aid Society, Colerain Township Trustees, Colerain Police Department, and Santa Maria Community Services, has received federal funding from the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of … Continued
This August, Santa Maria Community Services’ SPARK (Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids) Program participated in the “Get Ready for School” kindergarten orientation at Rees E. Price Elementary School. Eight Children within the program who were entering kindergarten at Price … Continued
Santa Maria is privileged to have some great volunteers who come and work with clients at the agency. One of them is Mount St. Joseph Summer Employment Program student worker, Riley Ferguson. Riley currently works as the Assistant Event Planner … Continued
Local musician, Harold Kennedy, has been volunteering his time each Wednesday afternoon at Santa Maria Community Services’ Joe Williams Family Center in Lower Price Hill to teach youth guitar. Harold began his music career at the age of 13, playing … Continued
Six teens from Santa Maria’s Youth Development Program spent four days in West Virginia this month to develop their work and social skills by helping the Southern Appalachian Labor School (SALS). The youth read with children during SALS’s summer reading … Continued
Santa Maria has the privilege of being part of the East Price Hill Mural Project through ArtWorks Cincinnati and Price Hill Will. A team of 15 people including one project manager, two teaching artists, two lead artists, and ten youth … Continued
Santa Maria is excited to announce it has been accepted to receive a $1,000 Summertime Kids grant through the Greater Cincinnati Foundation! The Summertime Kids grant helps support youth summer programs and activities that will provide the kids with fun … Continued
Santa Maria’s Youth Development Program is looking for coaches to support a newly established Lower Price Hill youth sports league. The sports league will help encourage leadership and promote healthy lifestyles among the youth in the community. After hearing the … Continued