September 2017 * Look What’s Please join Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation as Happening w e recognize our 16th Annual Louis Stokes Community This Month…. Visionary Award Recipient: Congressmen John Lewis  FRDC Louis Stokes Awards

 Senior Walk

 Welcome

Fairfax

 Career Help  Emmanuel on Friday September 15th, 2017 Baptist Church from 8:00am - 9:45am

 at The Renaissance Cleveland Hotel Clinic Health Center A limited number of discounted tickets are available to

 PNC Fairfax Fairfax residents. Please call to purchase tickets as soon as Connection possible at (216) 571-1510  Free Computer 13th Annual Cleveland Senior Walk Classes On Thursday September 7th, 2017  Karamu House At Mall C  Spotlight HFLA loans 8:45am: Registration & Health Screenings 9:30am: Brief Program FRDC is located at 8111 Quincy Ave, 10:00am: Walk Begins Suite 100 Cleveland, OH 44104 Wear comfortable shoes and join the Cleveland Department of Aging for this FREE one or two mile fun walk! FREE T-shirts provided to the FRDC Offices will be closed on first 1,000 walkers. To register call the Cleveland Department of Aging Monday September at (216) 664-6152. If raining walk will be held inside Public Hall. 4th, 2017 for Labor Day Check out Our Website!! Visit: www.fairfaxrenaissance.org Page 2 Fairfax Update September 17 FRDC offers a workforce Emmanuel Baptist Church development program to 7901 Quincy Ave - (216) 432-2212 recruit City of Cleveland residents for employment. SOS: Strengthening Our Students The program offers soft skill “Exposure”

development, financial literacy, referral to Providing enrichment & social development supportive services and training programs. activities for youth outside of the classroom Orientation sessions are: to prepare them for their career paths. Wednesdays at 10:30am at 8111 Quincy, Exposure is an 8 month program that meets Suite 100. Please arrive 15 minutes early to on Saturdays. For youth ages 10-16 complete registration. *You must call and register for the orientation sessions at Registration is required! Registration Fee is (216) 361-8400. $25.00. Space is limited! Exposure Orientation will be held on Saturday September 9th, 2017

at 10:00am at Emmanuel Baptist Church. *Seating is limited & you will not be Classes begin on Saturday September 16th at permitted in the session without calling 9:00am. For more info call (216) 965-7943 to reserve a seat. Orientation is designed to familiarize participants By Teens, For Teens! with program expectations & requirements. If you The Youth Advocacy and Leadership have a resume please bring it along with photo Coalition Presents: identification & proof of residency. *This program is supported by United Way The 2017 Teen Summit!! of , The Westfield Saturday September 23rd, 2017 Insurance Foundation, & City of Cleveland 10:00am - 2:00pm

At Cleveland State University, Main Classroom Building Tri-C Saturday Family Academy A free, non credit course designed to promote education, empowerment, and success for the whole family!

Six Saturdays, 10:00am - 1:00pm September 16th, 23rd, 30th & October 7th, 14th, & 21st

Classes include; ACT college exam prep, credit & debt management, literacy for early learners, math readiness, resume writing, and more! Call (216) 987-4949 or visit www.tri-c.edu/familyacademy Page 3 Fairfax Update September 17

The Health PNC Fairfax Connection & Education Center 2390 E. 79th St, 2nd Floor 8220 Carnegie Ave All services & programs (216) 391‐ 4677

are FREE!! Screenings September classes available Monday thru Friday 9am‐ 5pm. For more Saturday, Sept 16th 23rd & 30th info call (216) 361‐1773. 12:30pm -1:30pm Yoga for Beginners - Yoga is a unique way of strengthening and toning your body, improving Free Mammograms flexibility and enhancing your sense of Every Monday from 9:00am to 1:00pm well-being. All ages welcome!

Schedule an appt. today at (216) 445‐7505 Wednesday, Sept 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th 4:00pm - 5:00pm Kids in the Kitchen - A weekly class to expose kids to great-tasting and nutritious recipes. An Open Gym: introduction to ingredients and recipe instruction Mondays thru Fridays 10:00am‐4:00pm will begin each session, followed by construction of recipes to take home for the whole family to enjoy.

Tuesday, Sept 12th & 19th 5:30pm - 7:00pm 6 week Health Challenge: Kick Off Event Fairfax Connection Book Club - Join us for your Between Fairfax, Glenville, Hough, & Connection to the literary world as we discuss our shared experience of the selected book. Central/Kinsman Neighborhoods Thursday, Sept 14th 10:00am – 1:00pm Thursday September 7th, 2017 Super Tech Day with Ashbury Senior Community Center - Everyone is welcome to re- From 5:30pm—8:00pm ceive help on your new tech gadgets! Partnering with Ashbury Senior Center (ASC) and Case At Cleveland Clinic’s Western Reserve University, bring your technology Community Health & Educaon Center, questions for laptops, digital cameras, iPhones, Androids and any other technical devices. 2390 East 79th St, Cleveland OH 44104 Wednesday, Sept 13th & 27th 5:30pm – 7:00pm Register and represent your neighborhood in Financial Empowerment – Do you have questions about how to handle your finances? Join the Six Week Health Challenge! FREE health us for a financial wellness and education work- screenings, line dancing, cooking shops dedicated to helping you more effectively demonstraons, refreshments, raffle prizes, manage your personal finances. Topics: September 13th – Handling Credit & Debt music & fun for the whole family! Wisely and September 27th – Foundations of Money Management Registraon is recommended! Tuesday, September 26th 5:30pm – 7:30pm Please call (216) 361‐1773 Black History 365 - Join us to celebrate Black History all year round with the PNC Fairfax Connection. We will celebrate our heritage through conversation, music, refreshments and more. Page 4 Fairfax Update September 17 FREE Computer Classes at the Fairfax Neighborhood Technology Center Our technology center offers many FREE classes for adults! **All levels welcomed** Courses Include: Introduction to Computers, Workforce Readiness, Fundamentals of Typing, Family Tree (Genealogy), Internet and Email, Microsoft Excel, Word, & Power Point, and more!

For more info please call Laurence Trotter at FRDC at (216) 361-8400 8111 Quincy Avenue, 1st Floor Attention Fairfax Residents! Yo u M ay Qualify for Cleveland Housing Network’s (CHN) Weatherization program! Get your application online at www.chnnet.com or pick one up at our office: Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation, 8111 Quincy Ave, Suite 100, Cleveland OH 44104. Free services for eligible applicants may include: fur- nace, insulation, hot water tank, refrigerator, & light bulbs! Call (216) 774-2420 for more info!

Karamu House Presents: Strengthening the Neighborhood Loan Pilot Fund Attention Fairfax residents!

HFLA of Northeast has been lending interest-free since 1904 to individuals without access to September 14th - October 8th, 2017 conventional funds. A loan fund has created by Robert Neblett and David Grapes with been created just for Fairfax residents musical arrangements by Vince Dimura to help overcome financial hurdles. Child prodigy. Jazz superstar. Civil rights activist. Loans have a $5,000 maximum and all Political exile. Nina Simone was all of these things loan checks will be written and more. Based on the turbulent life and rich directly to creditors. Loan artistic legacy of this American musical icon, the Qualifications: score crosses genres from gospel to blues, to Income that will allow repayment of Broadway to rock and roll. Featuring definitive hits the loan, co-signer, & inability to such as “The Look of Love,” “My Baby Just Cares for receive traditional financing (Ex bank Me,” “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black” and “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” this electric loan) new revue is a sure hit! Contact HFLA of at (216) 378-9042 or visit For ticket information call (216) 795-7070 www.interestfree.org

FRDC Update is published monthly by Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation, Board Chair: Steve Baucher, Executive Director: Denise Vanleer. For more information on the Fairfax Update or to submit articles please contact Alisha Memaran at (216) 361-8400 or by e-mail at [email protected]