Join us every Monday when we donate $1 per drink to our monthly non-profit.

This month, Pints With Purpose will benefit Communities In Schools. Come on out and help us do some good!

Communities In Schools’ founder, Bill Milliken believed that: “it’s relationships, not programs that change children.” Nationwide, CIS has been serving students, schools, and families for forty years, and CIS of Ohio has been doing that important work for 30 years, and just celebrated our 30th anniversary in April. CIS of Ohio expanded from serving central Ohio to serving students across the state in 2016. We have grown to serve schools in Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton, Cleveland, Toledo and Youngstown.

We serve students by partnering with school districts and specific schools within those districts. By placing a Site Coordinator in each partner school who is there every day, all day when school is in session, Site Coordinators keep a pulse check on the school.

CIS Site Coordinators provide three tiers of support, which are always tailored to meet their specific school’s and students’ needs.

Tier 1 or whole school supports include activities and events like pep rallies, school dances, whole-school volunteer projects, anti-bullying initiatives, etc.

Tier 2 or small group supports include supports for students experiencing common issues or having common affinities, like a grief group, students whose parents are getting divorced, seniors working on college essays, or students who are interested in STEM careers. 

Our third Tier of support involves case-management of individual students who need the most support in areas like food insecurity, housing instability, parent engagement, and mental health. During the 2022-2023 school year, we served 24,847 students with Tier 1 supports and case managed 1,944 students.