Good deeds are taking on a chain reaction in the Tristate in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks:

        • The Greater Cincinnati Foundation responded to the call of its community foundation colleague, New York Community Trust, by making a $10,000 emergency grant to the New York agency and within a week collected a total of $30,000 from donors.

        • Students at Sycamore High School are selling homemade red, white and blue heart-shaped pins to raise money for disaster relief.

        • Beth Turner of Harrison, whose husband and father-in-law are firefighters, is distributing red, white and blue ribbons to be worn in remembrance of slain New York firefighters. She has collected $2,000 to send directly to their families.

        • McAuley High School in College Hill has collected $1,000 through the efforts of student Megan Lobaugh, a senior. LaSalle High school has collected $8,000.

        • The city of Cincinnati is sending three pumper trucks and one ladder truck to the New York Fire Department. Councilwoman Alicia Reece pushed through a motion last week for the contribution.

COLERAIN TWP. — The staff and 1,050 students at Pleasant Run Middle School have collected $3,135 and sent the money along with a large banner to New York.

        Joyce Goshdigian, a secretary, said they used a variation of the Pleasant Run Knights Theme, “U-Knighted For Success,” on the banner. It read: “U-Knighted We Stand.”

        SYMMES TWP. — Nancy Wylie, owner of Kids Cottage in The Shops at Harper's Point, said she is donating 5 percent of her profits from Sept. 11 through the end of the month to the American Red Cross.

        CLEVES — The Martians From Uranus, a three-piece band, will give two benefit performances, Friday and Saturday at the Manhasset Inn in Queens, N.Y. Scott McIntosh, bass player, said the money will go to aid New York relief efforts.

        SPRINGFIELD TWP. — The township Citizens Police Academy Association has set up an account with Firstar Bank and has raised $3,700 to benefit the New York fire and police departments.

        MILFORD — New Creative Enterprises, a flag and decor company, opened its doors last weekend to sell flags, windsocks, wind chimes and signs to raise money for the Red Cross.

        Diana Bosse, customer service manager, said the flags quickly were snapped up, and most other patriotic items also sold, raising $30,000.

        Allen Howard's “Some Good News” column runs Monday-Friday and Sundays. If you have suggestions about outstanding achievements and acts of kindness that are uplifting to the Tristate, let him know at (513) 768-8362; at ahoward@enquirer.com; or by fax at (513) 768-8340.
       

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