November 19, 2024

Newsletter
River Waves: 2024 Year-in-Review
As the year draws to a close and we prepare to head into our 25th anniversary year, we’re looking back on some of our 2024 accomplishments.
As the year draws to a close and we prepare to head into our 25th anniversary year, we’re looking back on some of our 2024 accomplishments.
Ohio River Foundation (ORF) presented its seventh annual Cincinnati Coffee Festival at the iconic Cincinnati Music Hall this past October. The event raised more than $100,000 to support ORF’s impactful education, restoration, and advocacy programs to fulfill our mission to protect and improve the ecology in the Ohio River watershed, a source of drinking water for millions of people.
Ohio River Foundation was able to plant several native trees in Kingswood Park in Deerfield Township thanks to the generosity of Ameritas and their volunteers. Ameritas donated a $5,000 grant and 23 volunteers attended a special volunteer day to plant 32 trees.
Join us on Saturday, 9/14 for TWO great opportunities to learn about some of the most marvelous mollusks living right in our backyards. The Ohio River Watershed is home to some of the highest diversity of freshwater mussels in the world, yet most people are unaware of these amazing animals living inconspicuously in many of our local waterways!