Working a steady job doesn’t always equate to making ends meet, especially if that work has a low wage. Low-wage workers frequently struggle to provide basic needs for themselves and their families, in fact over 140 million working Americans are unable to pay for housing, food, childcare, healthcare, and transportation without going into debt. Low-wage […]

A freshly minted one-hundred-dollar bill passed into the hand of Sister Thérèse DelGenio, a social worker at Our Daily Bread. Her look of surprise was met with a simple explanation “Well, you helped me.”  Generosity appears to be contagious, as Tracy Caylor pays it forward, donating his hard-earned cash to help buy bus passes for […]

At Our Daily Bread (ODB) we take pride in our ability to re-purpose donated food into hundreds of meals a day. In January 2018, ODB processed approximately 15,000 lbs. of food donated from the local food industry, school groups, church groups and individual volunteers.  If you were one of the giving souls who delivered food […]

Our Daily Bread guest Rosie Mae Reed shared an exciting announcement today: she has completed her GED!  This has been a long-time goal, and Ms. Reed worked very hard to achieve it.  Ms. Reed enrolled in Dohn Community High School, a non-traditional school with an Adult Diploma Program. Of the program Reed says, the teachers […]

“Lots of deliciousness,” Chef Renée Schuler hinted when asked what attendees should expect at the “We Go Together” Bebop N’ Hop. Chef Renée and her team at Eat Well Celebrations and Feasts will be providing food for this one-of-a-kind fundraiser for Our Daily Bread. The menu, according to Chef Renée is “retro inspired and designed […]

How do you “give back” when your day job is curing cancer? For renowned pediatric and young adult oncologist, Dr. John Perentesis the answer is Our Daily Bread.  

When you think about the Cincinnati Reds, the images that come to mind likely include visions of parade floats dancing through the streets of Over the Rhine on Opening Day; hardcore fans dressed from head to toe in red, black, and white; popcorn, peanuts and Cracker Jacks; cheering from the stands; and standing shoulder to […]

Today is National Random Acts of Kindness Day!  At Our Daily Bread, kindness is more than random. It is embedded in everything we do. From the time our guests enter the building each morning they are welcomed with kindness. Whether it is cold or hot outside; raining or snowing; or whether they slept outside, in […]

  TODAY IS MAKE A FRIEND DAY!  As a supporter of Our Daily Bread, we invite you to select a friend or even a few friends and invite them to become a friend to Our Daily Bread.  Our Daily Bread’s successes as a humanitarian non-profit working to provide poverty and hunger relief in the community […]

 The site of a deadly shooting on January 9, 2017, Our Daily Bread Soup Kitchen & Social Center reopened January 16th, on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, as a visible reminder that VIOLENCE DOES NOT STOP LOVE!In order to restore stability, we instituted visible security measures designed to prevent future violence and ensure those who […]