Uniting to better serve our community

JobsPlus and City Gospel Mission have worked side by side for years to transform lives. Now, we're excited to announce our merger! Learn more.

Thank you!

Thank you to all who helped make the 2013 Flying Pig Marathon a tremendous success for City Gospel Mission's Step Forward team! Every Step Forward runner and walker finished his or her race and the team raised thousands of dollars to help City Gospel Mission. View the 2013 Step Forward journey video.

Grassroots fundraising makes a difference!

Many of us don’t think to give in small amounts because we don’t think it will make a difference. Take a moment to consider that only $1.92 can give one man or woman a hot, nutritious meal at the Mission. If every person in our community gave $1 to the Mission we would have enough to feed all our guests for more than 2 years! $1 has the power to help but more importantly, 1 person can make a huge difference in the lives of the homeless. Check out these fundraising programs and ideas and get started today!

Kroger Plus Cards Help Feed the Hungry

The Kroger Plus Card you already use for discounts has even more value now — community value!

Each time you use your registered Plus Card when purchasing groceries, Kroger makes a donation to City Gospel Mission to help feed the hungry in our community. It's that easy!

Learn how to register your card today!

 

Remke/Biggs Gift Cards to Help the Homeless

You can help Cincinnati’s hungry and homeless men, women and children when you do your regular grocery shopping each week! City Gospel Mission will receive 4% of the money you spend at Remke/Biggs when you participate in fundraising program sponsored by the grocery giant. To participate, simply request a reloadable gift card from City Gospel Mission by contacting Melissa Triantafillou at melissat@citygospelmission.org.

 

GoodSearch and GoodShop

Use Yahoo! powered GoodSearch.com so that every time you search the web about a penny goes to City Gospel Mission! Plus, shop through GoodShop.com where you can find the most up-to-date coupons and deals at over 2,400 popular online retailers and have a percent of every purchase go to City Gospel Mission.

Benephoto

With BenePhoto you can create one-of-a-kind holiday cards, books and other gifts, and support City Gospel Mission—without any red tape. City Gospel Mission gets 10% of every purchase you make through BenePhoto. It’s that simple.

Household Products Fundraiser

Support City Gospel Mission when you switch stores for everyday puchases of household products. Visit www.HouseholdProductsFundraiser.com to learn more.

Cards for Causes

Cards for Causes supports worthy causes by donating 20% of every card purchase to the customer's chosen nonprofit. Cards for Causes offers hundreds of holiday, all occasion cards and invitations on www.cardsforcauses.com. Choose City Gospel Mission on the "Select a Cause" page under the category "Public Services."

Other Fundraising Ideas

We are continually amazed and humbled by the innovative fundraising efforts of City Gospel Mission supporters. Here are a few ideas and inspiring stories:

Japanese English as a Second Language Class
The Japanese English as a Second Language Class of First Church of Christ in Burlington, Kentucky helps local Japanese women meet friends, improve their English skills and learn about American culture. This year, the Japanese ESL Class wrote a cook book that included American and Japanese recipes. Members of the class generously gave a portion of the proceeds, $715, to City Gospel Mission to help the homeless.

Don Fine
Don Fine’s pastor gave $100 each to 30 volunteers in the church congregation. His instructions were to grow the money. "I wondered what in the world I was going to do," Don recalls. "With a lot of prayer I decided that the Mission would be the beneficiary of my project. My goal was to take that $100 and turn it into $10,000 to feed 5,000 people. I had 15 "Captains" who committed to help raise at least $500 each. Several of them are members of my church, friends and co-workers. [This project] confirmed the power of prayer and that through God all things are possible. It was placed in His hands to do as He willed, and through Him we were able to raise nearly $10,000. It proved once again that you can’t out-give God!"

John Butsch
John turned six years old this year and for his birthday the only present he wanted was to feed the homeless. He told his parents, family and friends to give to City Gospel Mission instead of giving him a present. In all, City Gospel Mission received $470 in donations from John’s family and friends. Even though John is only six years old, he has a genuine and loving heart for all.

Carson Hach
Carson asked friends and family to give him money in lieu of gifts for his 11th birthday. He then donated all of it to City Gospel Mission to help the homeless. When asked why he sacrificed his birthday for the homeless, hurting and poor he said, "I don’t know if it was a sacrifice. I thought that’s what we are supposed to do. I have lots of stuff already. There are people that have nothing. I just wanted to give something to them."

Do you have a fundraising idea that you’d like to talk about? Contact Paul Spence at pspence@citygospelmission.org or call (513) 345-1048.