4 MORE: Sherri Friedman

As part of our year-end issue, we are revisiting some of our favorite Cincinnati People from 2022.

We checked in with Sherri Friedman, co-founder and chief executive officer of Most Valuable Kids of Greater Cincinnati.

Her original interview is linked below.

What’s been the biggest surprise to you in 2022?  

How appreciative our donors and partners are to be back in person experiencing live events!  

What’s changed since we last spoke?  

We continue to understand the importance of being creative to meet the needs of the 80+ child-focused non-profit partners we serve.  We recognize that many things have changed for them internally due to Covid. This includes staffing issues and increased issues related to mental health.

Based on feedback, we have worked to provide opportunities above-and-beyond our normal mission of tickets and added experience kits to facilitate important conversations and brought in speakers for the adult educators, to name a few.

What have you learned about our community this year?  

That, as divided as we are about many issues, we can all agree that kids living in poverty deserve to be given opportunities that uplift and inspire them to dream for more.

What are you most looking forward to in 2023?  

A National Championship for Michigan and a Super Bowl win for the Bengals :).  

And, the continued rebuilding of our organization and our partner organizations to pre-Covid numbers in staff, opportunities and financial donations.