August 6, 2025 • 17 mins
Courtney Snow is the owner of the Cincinnati Mom's Collective website CincyMomsCollective.com, here to explain Ohio's Sales Tax Holiday and how you can save on just about everything thing for your family, from computers and school/office supplies, to back-to-school clothing, appliances, and thousands of other items. (Each item must be $499 or under.) Exceptions apply.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We're back with the second half of iHeart Sinsey. I'm
your host, Sandy Collins. The Ohio sales Tax Holiday is
now underway, and if this is the first time you've
ever heard about this, let me tell you something. This
is really a great time to buy things for your family,
your home, your office and not pay sales tax for
anything under five hundred dollars. There is a few exceptions,
(00:21):
including alcohol and things like that, but the state of
Ohio is really making it possible for families and parents
to save money on school supplies and much needed electronics
and other back to school items, including lots of clothing
and more.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
My guest is Courtney Snow.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
She is the owner of Cincinnati Mom's Collective website, which
is chock full of advice and great articles for moms.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
It's an absolutely free service.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Here in Cincinnati. We'll talk more about that as well.
I caught up with Courtney earlier this week.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Hey, how are you good.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
How are you doing it?
Speaker 1 (00:56):
I'm doing really well. Thank you for taking time to
do this. This is awesome. I just found out about you.
First of all, tell me about you and how you
began the Cincinnati Mom Collective. And then you're in charge
of two others, I understand, Yes, I.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Am so Yeah, Courtney Snow.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
I moved to Cincinnati when my.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Daughter was about three.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
I knew my dad and my husband was from here
and his family and that was pretty much it.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
So I had no friends here, definitely no mom friends.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Oh gosh.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
So my husband was pushing me gently to go out
and meet people, which didn't come naturally to me.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
What are you kidding me?
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Look at that happy face and that bright personality.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
I was gonna say, once I actually get out, you know,
around people and get comfortable, I you know, I feel
like I think it's really easily, but it's like making
myself take that step. Yes, is the biggest thing for me, which, yeah,
would be kind of funny that I've been on a
you know, TV and New Year.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Listen cord just to take a side note.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
I am such an outgoing person and I've been doing
this for forty years. But I was afraid to go
away to college because I didn't think I'd make any friends,
so I stayed in my hometown.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
You know what I mean. I mean, you just never
know what you can do.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
Yeah, until you just push yourself or have you know,
somebody lovingly push you out.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
So the Mom Collective Network is actually a national collective
of local mom groups from across the country. And it
all started about thirteen years ago and I actually was
the downtown my husband why I were at a park
and the first birthday of it was the SENTENTI Mom's blog.
(02:46):
Then it was going on and my husband loves birthday
cake and he spotted birthday cake across the park and
saw a bunch of ladies and told me to go
make small talk and bring him back some cake.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
So just like a man.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
Yeah, So I went over and got talking to them,
and you know, found out, you know, that there was
a blog component, and you know, they just really wanted
to bring motherhood together in local businesses and just you know,
make everything just a judgment free zone and recognize that
we don't have to do things how our mother and
our grandmothers, you.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Know, portrayed it how it was supposed to be. And
I really fell in love with it.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
And I'd always been a writer, so I joined on
the first birthday as a writer, got involved in their
events team and the volunteer team with the community service
projects across the city, and then in July of twenty nineteen,
the original owner, Sarah, wanted to go back to grad
school and sell the mom collective business that had become
(03:44):
and she also owned Dayton and so so we spent
from July of twenty nineteen and had everything ready to
close March thirtieth of twenty twenty.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
And when the world shut down, and.
Speaker 4 (03:59):
So we my your husband and I took over, you know,
the whole business side of it. We employed a lot
of moms that get to work part time on their
own schedule and do the social media or the editing,
like Emily edited and wrote that post that you found.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
It's just really cool.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
I've got a whole team of writers to share different perspectives.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
And so in twenty twenty took over.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Cincinnati and Dayton Moms, and then in October of twenty twenty.
It's spent a lot of time in Louisville growing up,
a lot of friends there, and there wasn't an official
mom collective in Kentucky at all, so we launched the
louvill Mom Collective down there and it's just been a
fun way to intentionally build back into the community.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
So this website address in case you're interested. While we're talking.
I'm talking with Courtney Snow. She is the head of
Cincinnati Momcollective dot com and it is action packed and
fun filled with news of everything that women that are
having families want to know about.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
How many people do you think contribute to the website?
Speaker 3 (05:05):
So we've had, you know, usually on average.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Of like twenty five to thirty moms at a time
that'll be writing.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Obviously that's changed over the years. It's kind of fun.
Speaker 4 (05:16):
We average over a quarter million moms that actually read
our website every year.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Wow, that's fantastic and that's turned into a.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Great business just because your husband and I do recognize
that he was actually having you go talk to women
and be friends before the cake came. But you know,
at least at least we got to tease him a
little bit, So thanks.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
To him for that. The reason that I was reaching out.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Was because the Ohio school tax holiday is coming up,
and it kind of changes every year, and usually we
kind of cover it in the news and try to
explain things, but it's really a very fast kind of
story and we don't have the graphics on ton they
use on television. So I thought, you know, let's go
a little bit deeper into this because it has changed
(06:00):
and now some other things that were previously not able
to be bought without sales tax are So are you
prepared to run us down some of the benefits of
this holiday that happens it's two weeks long now, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
This year, it's two weeks long. And Emily Bennett, she's incredible.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
You know that she edits for all three of our
city's websites. But she wrote a really great post for us,
kind of guiding us through some of the you know,
what's new for this year and some great tips and
so I was glad to read it and you know,
be able to share it. So, yeah, I can't believe
that school's already about to be back in session.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
It doesn't seem well. I thought some were just started.
But so it's going to be two weeks this year.
Speaker 4 (06:43):
So August first through fourteenth in the whole state of Ohio.
And it's basically anything tangible that's under five hundred dollars
per item, so it doesn't have to be like school specific.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
There's lots of clothes and shoes, all the.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
School supplies, even electronics, and the kids need tablets or headphones,
you know, as technology is involved with school household items
decor so you could get some you know, fall or
you know stuff if you find some great decorations even
for your house, and take advantage of having it be
tax free. And then she did that that even some
(07:22):
restaurant meals, so you know, you're doing some average family
dinner out that if it's under five hundred dollars.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
So she was saying, don't you.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
Know, plan some fancy and anniversary dinner. But if you're
just trying to save you some money and all the
chaos of like back to school shopping, to just go out, Yeah,
that's supposed to be anywhere that's shipping to an Ohio
address or you're participating at a in physical Ohio address
is supposed to be tax free as long as it's
under that five hundred dollars individual item thing, which seems
(07:55):
like they've kind of just done a broad blanket tax
free two weeks.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Yeah. I remember at the beginning they weren't doing computers
and office supplies, and that has kind of evolved, and
I think that the idea of oh, well, it's not
happening in an adjacent state was a problem, and the
theo they said, oh what have people come in from
out of the state, and the governor said, yeah, that's
kind of what we want. Let's grow, let's grow the
(08:21):
businesses here. So that's kind of what they're doing. Now
are they doing this in Kentucky and Indiana at the
same time?
Speaker 2 (08:27):
You know, I do not know.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
We definitely need to look at it.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
One minute thirty seven seconds later, there you go.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
I just googled it and found out we were not
seeing according to the information that we have, that there's a.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Sales tax holiday in Kentucky or Indiana.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
So come on over the border and buy your supplies,
buy your your computers and laptops and and what else
did you say that was funny? You said something about
even frustrating decorations for Halloween.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Oh yeah, I get to follow Halloween decorations. And Lily
said last year that she got a twelve foot skeleton.
That's right, saved a bunch of money.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
I've always wondered what kind of person buys a big
twelve foot skeleton, But now I know it's a mom
who's lost her mind because she's got kids.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
I'm just kidding, Yeah, no, but I mean too. If
you've got kids going away to college, and they've got
decor for their rooms. They need to decorate.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
That's a big part of making them feel at home
in their dorm room outside of their house, maybe for
the first time ever. So I'm talking with Courtney Snow
today and she is the owner of the Cincinnati Mom Collective.
That is a website that you can go to and
it's just jam packed full of information that moms need
to know. Getting back into this sales tax? How do
we know for sure? Do you know? How do we
(09:49):
know for sure that the sales tax isn't going to
be charged. Let's say, if we're buying something from Amazon
and it's going to be shipped to Ohio, should it
show up there when we're actually doing the deal on
the computer?
Speaker 3 (10:01):
Do you think yeah, when.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
You're checking out, because it's supposed to be anywhere that's
got an Ohio address. First through the fourteenth is supposed
to automatically remove the sales tax as long as it's
five hundred dollars or less each item.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
I always wondered how they know if I'm going through
Walmart and I'm going through the grocery aal, the electronics aisle,
the pet food aisle and the school supplies. You know
how they're able to figure that out, But I guess
it's all AI and computers nowadays. They'll just pull out
the sales tax on the things that are applying.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
You would hope.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
Yeah, you know, most everybody that uses you know, the
sales tax software. There's not many of them, but they
usually automatically are updating with the current tax laws and
you know what's going on. So I'm sure if you
notice anything, you can always have the store correct it.
But it looks like they're trying to Ohio is trying
(10:56):
to make it easier, especially on the retailers that they
don't have to, you know, be checking between certain things
and certain types that it just seems like it's much
more of a blanket.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
You know, Hey, if it's under this, just take the
tax off.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
And I'm sure that's going to make the companies a
lot happier too.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
For those moms who don't remember, or maybe were teenagers
at the time, this used to be like a weekend thing.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
It was like one.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Weekend or a couple of days, and then it was
so successful the state said, you know, let's expand it.
And so now we're up to two weeks right before
school starts.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
And with this.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
Economy right now and all these everything's going up and
everything's going to cost more, this is an opportune time
to get those school supplies. Do you have any idea
what the average person will pay for school supplies?
Speaker 2 (11:39):
Do you have that kind.
Speaker 4 (11:40):
Of yeah, I mean, I know it kind of varied
by family. I'm not sure if Emily put in here exactly,
but some of the articles that I was reading is
that you know, especially with technology stuff and you know
how fast kids are growing, you're going to get.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
Clothes and shoes and every thing.
Speaker 4 (12:00):
It'd be like, you know, anywhere from like eight hundred
to twelve hundred dollars per kid, as some of the
articles I've read recently.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
Yeah, which is that's kind of what I was seeing
as well. And I'll tell you, Courtney, back in the day,
growing up, when you share the household with other kids
and there's not a lot of money.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
There's good money, but there's not a lot of money.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
That one trip that you made with your mom by
yourself to go buy school supplies and this is just.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
For you and you can pick out everything.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
It made me feel like the most special human being
in the entire universe, And to this day, five years later,
I go through the school supply aisle and I get
that exact same feeling going through Yeah, Kroger, going through Walmart.
I'll walk down the school supplies and there I am
eight nine years old again looking at all the pencils,
(12:47):
looking at all the colors.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
Sometimes I'll buy stuff I don't need. Isn't it weird
how I mean, it's such a it's such a personal thing.
We don't think about it that way.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (12:58):
I mean there were five kids my family growing up,
and you know, you didn't get to.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
Do things special alone.
Speaker 4 (13:04):
And yeah, I definitely have really good memories of my
parents being like.
Speaker 3 (13:08):
Here's your budget, and it's you.
Speaker 4 (13:10):
Know, my mom would always do like a special date
with each one of us to try and make you
know that special time.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
And I still have those memories as well. So completely understand.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
For kids who don't have those kind of resources, their
parents can't afford one thousand dollars for school supplies. There's
a lot of these places that will allow you to
go pick up a pre packed backpack, and those are
all across Cincinnati. Do you have any information about that
on your website, do you think.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
I'm not sure if we've updated it for this year.
Speaker 4 (13:39):
We can definitely get some stuff out about that really soon.
I'll get with Emily and make sure that we do.
But I have noticed that I've seen a lot more
this year than in previous years of you know, those
those pre filled backpack donations.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
A lot of times these civic groups, the church groups.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
All I got to do, I'm sure is you know,
look for free school backpacks in Cincinnati, and I'm sure
that the resources will show up there.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
I was just trying to see if that was a
feature that you guys do.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
I'm putting you on the spot with all these facts, Courtney,
but you seem to be the one that's full of
the information.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
So what's the next step for your your websites? Are you?
Speaker 1 (14:16):
Do you compare the three and say Columbus has more
engagement than Louisville and this is what I want to do?
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Or do you just take it in as as it
comes in?
Speaker 4 (14:24):
Yeah, you know, we're we try and get feedback, you
know about once a year.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
We've got like an email subscriber.
Speaker 4 (14:31):
List, We've got our social media followers, and then you know,
everything on the website, try and get involved in some
different community events and you know, and and host things
ourselves throughout the year.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
So there's a lot of different.
Speaker 4 (14:46):
Ways that moms engage with us, and we're constantly looking at,
you know, what's working best in each city. And even
if there's something that doesn't get a ton of engagement,
we know that we don't want to leave those moms
out if that's the way that they like to engage
and get their resources. So we're just constantly trying to
you know, always looking for new voices so we can
(15:08):
keep it diverse. So you know, if there's anybody that
wants to submit a guest post or be a regular
contributor with us, we're always always looking for that too.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
So where are you at on social media?
Speaker 4 (15:19):
Facebook and Instagram or the biggest ones for moms? You know,
we've got a Pinterest and a Twitter slash x account,
and but Facebook and Instagram are kind of the biggest ones.
I think we've got like around thirty five thousand total
followers on there for Cincinnati.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
You know, Cincinnati is the biggest market.
Speaker 4 (15:39):
It's also been around the longest and there is one
in Columbus.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
My best friend lives in Columbus.
Speaker 4 (15:44):
Somebody else owns that one, but I've got a Dayton
and then Louisville, Kentucky, and those are pretty similar markets,
but also just a whole lot of moms that seem
like they're looking for community and no judgment.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
Do you have any events that you do, like in
person events?
Speaker 4 (16:03):
Yeah, So every other year we've hosted like a really
big new and expecting mom's event.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
We're not doing that this year, but coming up on
August twenty.
Speaker 4 (16:17):
Third, Yeah, the Health Block party at Sickler Park with
the Black Collaborative Inc.
Speaker 2 (16:23):
Really have a booth there.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
Yeah, we're gonna have a booth there.
Speaker 4 (16:27):
Yeah, and have some of our team there and you know,
just get the word out about what we do and
engage with the new moms in the city and just
let them know that, you know, there's resources from everything
from you know, postpartums support all the way up to
choosing a preschool or you know, enrichment options, you know,
(16:49):
all the way up to looking for colleges for your
kid and going through the college admissions process.
Speaker 3 (16:54):
Like there was a little bit of everything. It's on
our site.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
It's just a great resource.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
Courtney Snow, thank you for being on the show. So
you're a bright, sunshiny addition to this program. I appreciate
you and what you do for the Cincinnati Moms Collaborative.
Speaker 3 (17:07):
Oh thank you so much, Sandy.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
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Speaker 4 (17:46):
iHeart Sinsey is a production of iHeartMedia, Cincinnati.
We're back with the second half of iHeart Sinsey. I'm
your host, Sandy Collins. The Ohio sales Tax Holiday is
now underway, and if this is the first time you've
ever heard about this, let me tell you something. This
is really a great time to buy things for your family,
your home, your office and not pay sales tax for
anything under five hundred dollars. There is a few exceptions,
(00:21):
including alcohol and things like that, but the state of
Ohio is really making it possible for families and parents
to save money on school supplies and much needed electronics
and other back to school items, including lots of clothing
and more.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
My guest is Courtney Snow.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
She is the owner of Cincinnati Mom's Collective website, which
is chock full of advice and great articles for moms.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
It's an absolutely free service.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Here in Cincinnati. We'll talk more about that as well.
I caught up with Courtney earlier this week.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Hey, how are you good.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
How are you doing it?
Speaker 1 (00:56):
I'm doing really well. Thank you for taking time to
do this. This is awesome. I just found out about you.
First of all, tell me about you and how you
began the Cincinnati Mom Collective. And then you're in charge
of two others, I understand, Yes, I.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
Am so Yeah, Courtney Snow.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
I moved to Cincinnati when my.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Daughter was about three.
Speaker 4 (01:19):
I knew my dad and my husband was from here
and his family and that was pretty much it.
Speaker 3 (01:24):
So I had no friends here, definitely no mom friends.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Oh gosh.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
So my husband was pushing me gently to go out
and meet people, which didn't come naturally to me.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
What are you kidding me?
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Look at that happy face and that bright personality.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
I was gonna say, once I actually get out, you know,
around people and get comfortable, I you know, I feel
like I think it's really easily, but it's like making
myself take that step. Yes, is the biggest thing for me, which, yeah,
would be kind of funny that I've been on a
you know, TV and New Year.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Listen cord just to take a side note.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
I am such an outgoing person and I've been doing
this for forty years. But I was afraid to go
away to college because I didn't think I'd make any friends,
so I stayed in my hometown.
Speaker 2 (02:16):
You know what I mean. I mean, you just never
know what you can do.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
Yeah, until you just push yourself or have you know,
somebody lovingly push you out.
Speaker 4 (02:25):
So the Mom Collective Network is actually a national collective
of local mom groups from across the country. And it
all started about thirteen years ago and I actually was
the downtown my husband why I were at a park
and the first birthday of it was the SENTENTI Mom's blog.
(02:46):
Then it was going on and my husband loves birthday
cake and he spotted birthday cake across the park and
saw a bunch of ladies and told me to go
make small talk and bring him back some cake.
Speaker 2 (02:58):
So just like a man.
Speaker 4 (03:00):
Yeah, So I went over and got talking to them,
and you know, found out, you know, that there was
a blog component, and you know, they just really wanted
to bring motherhood together in local businesses and just you know,
make everything just a judgment free zone and recognize that
we don't have to do things how our mother and
our grandmothers, you.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Know, portrayed it how it was supposed to be. And
I really fell in love with it.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
And I'd always been a writer, so I joined on
the first birthday as a writer, got involved in their
events team and the volunteer team with the community service
projects across the city, and then in July of twenty nineteen,
the original owner, Sarah, wanted to go back to grad
school and sell the mom collective business that had become
(03:44):
and she also owned Dayton and so so we spent
from July of twenty nineteen and had everything ready to
close March thirtieth of twenty twenty.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
And when the world shut down, and.
Speaker 4 (03:59):
So we my your husband and I took over, you know,
the whole business side of it. We employed a lot
of moms that get to work part time on their
own schedule and do the social media or the editing,
like Emily edited and wrote that post that you found.
Speaker 3 (04:15):
It's just really cool.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
I've got a whole team of writers to share different perspectives.
Speaker 3 (04:19):
And so in twenty twenty took over.
Speaker 4 (04:21):
Cincinnati and Dayton Moms, and then in October of twenty twenty.
It's spent a lot of time in Louisville growing up,
a lot of friends there, and there wasn't an official
mom collective in Kentucky at all, so we launched the
louvill Mom Collective down there and it's just been a
fun way to intentionally build back into the community.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
So this website address in case you're interested. While we're talking.
I'm talking with Courtney Snow. She is the head of
Cincinnati Momcollective dot com and it is action packed and
fun filled with news of everything that women that are
having families want to know about.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
How many people do you think contribute to the website?
Speaker 3 (05:05):
So we've had, you know, usually on average.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Of like twenty five to thirty moms at a time
that'll be writing.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Obviously that's changed over the years. It's kind of fun.
Speaker 4 (05:16):
We average over a quarter million moms that actually read
our website every year.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
Wow, that's fantastic and that's turned into a.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Great business just because your husband and I do recognize
that he was actually having you go talk to women
and be friends before the cake came. But you know,
at least at least we got to tease him a
little bit, So thanks.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
To him for that. The reason that I was reaching out.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Was because the Ohio school tax holiday is coming up,
and it kind of changes every year, and usually we
kind of cover it in the news and try to
explain things, but it's really a very fast kind of
story and we don't have the graphics on ton they
use on television. So I thought, you know, let's go
a little bit deeper into this because it has changed
(06:00):
and now some other things that were previously not able
to be bought without sales tax are So are you
prepared to run us down some of the benefits of
this holiday that happens it's two weeks long now, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:14):
This year, it's two weeks long. And Emily Bennett, she's incredible.
Speaker 4 (06:18):
You know that she edits for all three of our
city's websites. But she wrote a really great post for us,
kind of guiding us through some of the you know,
what's new for this year and some great tips and
so I was glad to read it and you know,
be able to share it. So, yeah, I can't believe
that school's already about to be back in session.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
It doesn't seem well. I thought some were just started.
But so it's going to be two weeks this year.
Speaker 4 (06:43):
So August first through fourteenth in the whole state of Ohio.
And it's basically anything tangible that's under five hundred dollars
per item, so it doesn't have to be like school specific.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
There's lots of clothes and shoes, all the.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
School supplies, even electronics, and the kids need tablets or headphones,
you know, as technology is involved with school household items
decor so you could get some you know, fall or
you know stuff if you find some great decorations even
for your house, and take advantage of having it be
tax free. And then she did that that even some
(07:22):
restaurant meals, so you know, you're doing some average family
dinner out that if it's under five hundred dollars.
Speaker 3 (07:30):
So she was saying, don't you.
Speaker 4 (07:31):
Know, plan some fancy and anniversary dinner. But if you're
just trying to save you some money and all the
chaos of like back to school shopping, to just go out, Yeah,
that's supposed to be anywhere that's shipping to an Ohio
address or you're participating at a in physical Ohio address
is supposed to be tax free as long as it's
under that five hundred dollars individual item thing, which seems
(07:55):
like they've kind of just done a broad blanket tax
free two weeks.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Yeah. I remember at the beginning they weren't doing computers
and office supplies, and that has kind of evolved, and
I think that the idea of oh, well, it's not
happening in an adjacent state was a problem, and the
theo they said, oh what have people come in from
out of the state, and the governor said, yeah, that's
kind of what we want. Let's grow, let's grow the
(08:21):
businesses here. So that's kind of what they're doing. Now
are they doing this in Kentucky and Indiana at the
same time?
Speaker 2 (08:27):
You know, I do not know.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
We definitely need to look at it.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
One minute thirty seven seconds later, there you go.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
I just googled it and found out we were not
seeing according to the information that we have, that there's a.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
Sales tax holiday in Kentucky or Indiana.
Speaker 1 (08:42):
So come on over the border and buy your supplies,
buy your your computers and laptops and and what else
did you say that was funny? You said something about
even frustrating decorations for Halloween.
Speaker 3 (08:57):
Oh yeah, I get to follow Halloween decorations. And Lily
said last year that she got a twelve foot skeleton.
That's right, saved a bunch of money.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
I've always wondered what kind of person buys a big
twelve foot skeleton, But now I know it's a mom
who's lost her mind because she's got kids.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
I'm just kidding, Yeah, no, but I mean too. If
you've got kids going away to college, and they've got
decor for their rooms. They need to decorate.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
That's a big part of making them feel at home
in their dorm room outside of their house, maybe for
the first time ever. So I'm talking with Courtney Snow
today and she is the owner of the Cincinnati Mom Collective.
That is a website that you can go to and
it's just jam packed full of information that moms need
to know. Getting back into this sales tax? How do
we know for sure? Do you know? How do we
(09:49):
know for sure that the sales tax isn't going to
be charged. Let's say, if we're buying something from Amazon
and it's going to be shipped to Ohio, should it
show up there when we're actually doing the deal on
the computer?
Speaker 3 (10:01):
Do you think yeah, when.
Speaker 4 (10:03):
You're checking out, because it's supposed to be anywhere that's
got an Ohio address. First through the fourteenth is supposed
to automatically remove the sales tax as long as it's
five hundred dollars or less each item.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
I always wondered how they know if I'm going through
Walmart and I'm going through the grocery aal, the electronics aisle,
the pet food aisle and the school supplies. You know
how they're able to figure that out, But I guess
it's all AI and computers nowadays. They'll just pull out
the sales tax on the things that are applying.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
You would hope.
Speaker 4 (10:34):
Yeah, you know, most everybody that uses you know, the
sales tax software. There's not many of them, but they
usually automatically are updating with the current tax laws and
you know what's going on. So I'm sure if you
notice anything, you can always have the store correct it.
But it looks like they're trying to Ohio is trying
(10:56):
to make it easier, especially on the retailers that they
don't have to, you know, be checking between certain things
and certain types that it just seems like it's much
more of a blanket.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
You know, Hey, if it's under this, just take the
tax off.
Speaker 4 (11:08):
And I'm sure that's going to make the companies a
lot happier too.
Speaker 1 (11:12):
For those moms who don't remember, or maybe were teenagers
at the time, this used to be like a weekend thing.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
It was like one.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
Weekend or a couple of days, and then it was
so successful the state said, you know, let's expand it.
And so now we're up to two weeks right before
school starts.
Speaker 2 (11:27):
And with this.
Speaker 1 (11:27):
Economy right now and all these everything's going up and
everything's going to cost more, this is an opportune time
to get those school supplies. Do you have any idea
what the average person will pay for school supplies?
Speaker 2 (11:39):
Do you have that kind.
Speaker 4 (11:40):
Of yeah, I mean, I know it kind of varied
by family. I'm not sure if Emily put in here exactly,
but some of the articles that I was reading is
that you know, especially with technology stuff and you know
how fast kids are growing, you're going to get.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
Clothes and shoes and every thing.
Speaker 4 (12:00):
It'd be like, you know, anywhere from like eight hundred
to twelve hundred dollars per kid, as some of the
articles I've read recently.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
Yeah, which is that's kind of what I was seeing
as well. And I'll tell you, Courtney, back in the day,
growing up, when you share the household with other kids
and there's not a lot of money.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
There's good money, but there's not a lot of money.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
That one trip that you made with your mom by
yourself to go buy school supplies and this is just.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
For you and you can pick out everything.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
It made me feel like the most special human being
in the entire universe, And to this day, five years later,
I go through the school supply aisle and I get
that exact same feeling going through Yeah, Kroger, going through Walmart.
I'll walk down the school supplies and there I am
eight nine years old again looking at all the pencils,
(12:47):
looking at all the colors.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
Sometimes I'll buy stuff I don't need. Isn't it weird
how I mean, it's such a it's such a personal thing.
We don't think about it that way.
Speaker 3 (12:57):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (12:58):
I mean there were five kids my family growing up,
and you know, you didn't get to.
Speaker 3 (13:02):
Do things special alone.
Speaker 4 (13:04):
And yeah, I definitely have really good memories of my
parents being like.
Speaker 3 (13:08):
Here's your budget, and it's you.
Speaker 4 (13:10):
Know, my mom would always do like a special date
with each one of us to try and make you
know that special time.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
And I still have those memories as well. So completely understand.
Speaker 1 (13:20):
For kids who don't have those kind of resources, their
parents can't afford one thousand dollars for school supplies. There's
a lot of these places that will allow you to
go pick up a pre packed backpack, and those are
all across Cincinnati. Do you have any information about that
on your website, do you think.
Speaker 3 (13:37):
I'm not sure if we've updated it for this year.
Speaker 4 (13:39):
We can definitely get some stuff out about that really soon.
I'll get with Emily and make sure that we do.
But I have noticed that I've seen a lot more
this year than in previous years of you know, those
those pre filled backpack donations.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
A lot of times these civic groups, the church groups.
Speaker 1 (13:56):
All I got to do, I'm sure is you know,
look for free school backpacks in Cincinnati, and I'm sure
that the resources will show up there.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
I was just trying to see if that was a
feature that you guys do.
Speaker 1 (14:05):
I'm putting you on the spot with all these facts, Courtney,
but you seem to be the one that's full of
the information.
Speaker 2 (14:12):
So what's the next step for your your websites? Are you?
Speaker 1 (14:16):
Do you compare the three and say Columbus has more
engagement than Louisville and this is what I want to do?
Speaker 2 (14:21):
Or do you just take it in as as it
comes in?
Speaker 4 (14:24):
Yeah, you know, we're we try and get feedback, you
know about once a year.
Speaker 3 (14:29):
We've got like an email subscriber.
Speaker 4 (14:31):
List, We've got our social media followers, and then you know,
everything on the website, try and get involved in some
different community events and you know, and and host things
ourselves throughout the year.
Speaker 3 (14:45):
So there's a lot of different.
Speaker 4 (14:46):
Ways that moms engage with us, and we're constantly looking at,
you know, what's working best in each city. And even
if there's something that doesn't get a ton of engagement,
we know that we don't want to leave those moms
out if that's the way that they like to engage
and get their resources. So we're just constantly trying to
you know, always looking for new voices so we can
(15:08):
keep it diverse. So you know, if there's anybody that
wants to submit a guest post or be a regular
contributor with us, we're always always looking for that too.
Speaker 2 (15:17):
So where are you at on social media?
Speaker 4 (15:19):
Facebook and Instagram or the biggest ones for moms? You know,
we've got a Pinterest and a Twitter slash x account,
and but Facebook and Instagram are kind of the biggest ones.
I think we've got like around thirty five thousand total
followers on there for Cincinnati.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
You know, Cincinnati is the biggest market.
Speaker 4 (15:39):
It's also been around the longest and there is one
in Columbus.
Speaker 3 (15:43):
My best friend lives in Columbus.
Speaker 4 (15:44):
Somebody else owns that one, but I've got a Dayton
and then Louisville, Kentucky, and those are pretty similar markets,
but also just a whole lot of moms that seem
like they're looking for community and no judgment.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
Do you have any events that you do, like in
person events?
Speaker 4 (16:03):
Yeah, So every other year we've hosted like a really
big new and expecting mom's event.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
We're not doing that this year, but coming up on
August twenty.
Speaker 4 (16:17):
Third, Yeah, the Health Block party at Sickler Park with
the Black Collaborative Inc.
Speaker 2 (16:23):
Really have a booth there.
Speaker 3 (16:25):
Yeah, we're gonna have a booth there.
Speaker 4 (16:27):
Yeah, and have some of our team there and you know,
just get the word out about what we do and
engage with the new moms in the city and just
let them know that, you know, there's resources from everything
from you know, postpartums support all the way up to
choosing a preschool or you know, enrichment options, you know,
(16:49):
all the way up to looking for colleges for your
kid and going through the college admissions process.
Speaker 3 (16:54):
Like there was a little bit of everything. It's on
our site.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
It's just a great resource.
Speaker 1 (16:57):
Courtney Snow, thank you for being on the show. So
you're a bright, sunshiny addition to this program. I appreciate
you and what you do for the Cincinnati Moms Collaborative.
Speaker 3 (17:07):
Oh thank you so much, Sandy.
Speaker 1 (17:11):
And as they say in the business, that's a wrap.
I have, Sandy Collins. If you want to hear this
show or any of the other programs for Iheartsincy, just
go to the iHeartRadio app, look under podcasts and search
for my name, Sandy Collins for Iheartsincy thanks to my
guest today. If you've got an idea, maybe a friend,
a family member, an event, a nonprofit and interesting story,
(17:36):
just send.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
Me an email.
Speaker 1 (17:37):
It's Iheartsincy at iHeartMedia dot com. Iheartsinsey at iHeartMedia dot
com till next week.
Speaker 4 (17:46):
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