ANNUAL REPORT 2018
Greater Cleveland Volunteers has continued its mission to enrich the community and individuals through volunteer service for more than 46 years. We promote volunteerism and engage people in sharing their time and talents to help our community. In 2018 we served 2,383 volunteers and138 nonprofit organizations throughout Cuyahoga County.
We provide volunteers to help nonprofits deliver programs and services or to assist with special projects or events. In addition, we provide volunteer management assistance to these organiza- tions. Our volunteers help at hunger centers, meals delivery programs, schools, libraries, hospitals, nursing homes, homeless shelters, job training programs, community centers, museums and other cultural institutions.
In addition to finding volunteers for other nonprofit organizations, Greater Cleveland Volunteers manages the Cleveland affiliate of the national AARP Foundation Experience Corps literacy tutor- ing program for students in the Cleveland and Euclid schools; the Cuyahoga County chapter of the national RSVP program for older adult volunteers; and communications activities for the Encore Cleveland initiative.
We would not be successful without our dedicated volunteers, great partnerships with other organizations, the support our donors and fun- ders, and the hard work of our staff, board and committee members.
We thank everyone who has played a part in our success!
Ann E. Zellmer Joy Banish President, Board of Directors Executive Director
Agencies we served in 2018 AARP Foundation Experience Corps Almira Academy Andrew J. Rickoff School Arbor Elementary School Bluestone Elementary School Case School Chardon Hills Magnet School Charles Eliot School Clara Westropp School Daniel E. Morgan School Euclid Park School Franklin D. Roosevelt School Iowa Maple School Luis Munoz Marin School Miles School Nathan Hale School Shoreview School Tremont Montessori School Wade Park School Academic Decathlon of Ohio Alzheimer’s Association American Cancer Society American Cancer Society Hope Lodge American Red Cross Blood Services Big Brothers Big Sisters Disaster Services Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland Arthritis Foundation Great Lakes NE Ohio Boys Hope Girls Hope Chapter Children’s Museum of Cleveland Bedford City Schools City of Cleveland Glendale Primary Department of Aging Department of Public Health Cleveland Botanical Garden Cleveland Foundation Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center Cleveland Hopkins Department of Port Control Cleveland Kids’ Book Bank Cleveland Metropolitan School District Cleveland Playhouse Coit Farmers Market College NOW Greater Cleveland Community Partnership on Aging Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities Cuyahoga County Public Library Domestic Violence & Child Advocacy Center Dunham Tavern Museum East End Neighborhood House Esperanza, Inc. Eliza Bryant Village Euclid Senior Programs Euclid Symphony Orchestra EYEJ: Empowering Youth, Exploring Justice Fairhill Partners Family Promise of Greater Cleveland Page 2
Friends of the Shake Heights Library—ESL Playhouse Square Great Lakes Science Center Project LEARN of Greater Cleveland Greater Cleveland Foodbank Rebuilding Together Northeast Ohio Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity Refugee Response Heights Emergency Food Center Rockefeller Park Greenhouse Hillcrest Meals on Wheels Rocky River Meals on Wheels Hospice of the Western Reserve Ronald McDonald House Hospice of the Western Reserve- Ames House SouthEast Clergy Intergenerational School Hunger Center Lakeshore campus Meals on Wheels Near West campus Senior Citizen Resources Shaker campus Shaker Heights Beachwood Meals on Wheels International Women’s Air & Space Museum Shore Cultural Center Jennings Center for Older Adults Society of St. Vincent de Paul Joyful Noise Neighborhood Music School Woodland Food Pantry Judson at University Circle Community Corner Koinonia St. Augustine Health Ministries Lakewood Community Services Center The Hummingbird Project LEDI The LGBT Center of Greater Cleveland Lifebanc Towards Employment Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry UH Ahuja Medical Center Adult Guardianship Services University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Central Kitchen University Hospitals- Hospice Friend to Friend Community Re-entry University Settlement Men’s Shelter @ 2100 Lakeside UpSide of Downs of Northeast Ohio Malachi Center VNA of Ohio, Hospice Maltz Performing Arts Center West Park Meals on Wheels Maple Heights Senior Center West Rose-Mt. Carmel Senior Center May Dugan Center West Side Catholic Center McGregor Western Reserve Historical Society MedWish International Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging- Menorah Park Passport Program MetroHealth Westlake Meals on Wheels Community Clinics Youth Opportunities Unlimited Medical Center Old Brooklyn Health Center Prentiss Center Migration Refugee Services, Diocese of Cleveland Minds Matter Cleveland Montefiore Murtis Taylor Human Services System My Mentor My Friend Charles Eliot School Denison School East Clark School Euclid Park School Mound School Willson School NAMI Greater Cleveland Nature Center at Shaker Lakes NCC Solutions, Inc. New Avenues to Independence, Inc. Northeast Ohio Musical Heritage Association Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center Office of Congresswoman Marcia Fudge Ohio Library for Blind/Physically Disabled Page 3
Contributions received in 2018
$10,000 and above Milton A. & Charlotte R. Kramer $100-$499 AARP Foundation Charitable Foundation Anonymous Cleveland Foundation Ruth Ann Peake Richard & Joy Banish Corporation for National & Dick Pogue George & Sandra Berendt Community Service Dale & Rosemary Rehner Yelena Boxer McGregor Foundation RPM, Inc. Thomas Brick Ohio Department of Aging S.K. Wellman Foundation Caroline Brinkley Lee & Maria Parks Teamworks LLC Ronald & Wendy Busch The Estate of Nancy Pottorff TEGNA Foundation The Estate of Helen A. Stocker Foundation The Catherine L. & Edward A. Chamberjian Western Reserve Area Agency Lozick Foundation Thomas Clevidence on Aging The MetroHealth System Cohen & Company United Way of Greater Robert & Linda Dalrymple $5,000-$9,999 Cleveland Audrey P. DeClement Frank Hadley Ginn & Cornelia University Hospitals Health Patrick Dessart Root Ginn Foundation System Ann Eland Himan Brown Charitable Trust Stanley & Sally Wertheim Robert & Ellen Erzen Kent H. Smith Charitable Trust WKYC-TV3 Hillel Chiel & Elizabeth Dreben John A. Reynolds Wuliger Family II Philanthropic Nancy C. Dzurnak The Char and Chuck Fowler Fund Lisa S. Foley Family Foundation Joy M. Freda The Higley Fund $500-$999 Fund For Our Economic Future Charles & Ann Zellmer American Red Cross Charles Grace Benesch Friedlander Robert Gries $1,000-$4,999 Mark & Lynn Carden Carl & Mary Jo Groppe Georgia J. Anetzberger, PhD Rebecca Carlino-Madigan Terry & Dorothy Hokenstad Anonymous Center for Community Solutions Linda Ibbett ArcelorMittal Cleveland CGB Tech Solutions Inc. Jerry Jarzabek Thomas & Laura Barnard Cleveland Teachers Union Michael Jenkins Barnes Wendling CPAs Inc. Ken & Debbie Davis Richard A. Jones Gary & Rosalyn Bombei Dominion Energy Ohio Dianna M. Kall Patrick Bray & Bette Bonder Stephanie FallCreek, DSW Gerrit & Margaret Kuechle David & Inez Myers Foundation Christine Kennedy Richard E. Lawrence Dollar General Literacy Simon & Becky Moldaver Bonnie E. Lindberg Foundation Diana Morris, PhD Bridget G. Mahoney Carol A. Durgan Jon & Jane Outcalt Martha Manring Forest City/Brookfield Asset Scripps Howard Foundation Shawn McDermott Management Michael E. Smith Meritech, Inc. Giant Eagle Foundation Charles & Jean Stephenson Nature Center at Shaker Lakes Harry K. and Emma R. Fox Richard & June Nosan Charitable Foundation Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak Helen F. Stolier & Louis Stolier & Stewart Family Foundation Gene B. Phillips Hospice of the Western Reserve Earl E. Platell Hyland Software, Inc. Playhouse Square Joan A. Ibbett Robert & Lea Poe Gerald & Janet Jordan Robert W. Baird & Co. Robert & Brenda Kunkel Burt Saltzman Bill & Darlene Leahy Dan & Sandra Schmidt Lubrizol Corporation Donald & Beverly Smith Lubrizol Foundation Fred & Mary Lou Sykora Jack, Joseph and Morton Elva J. Torain Fosh Mandel Foundation Vin & Heather Zachariah Medical Mutual of Ohio
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$1-$99 Calvin L. Leonard Cleveland International Film Algart Health Care, Inc. Daniel J. Lesco Festival Alpha Delta Kappa, Shirley Levett Cleveland Orchestra Ohio Alpha Nu Anastasia Maikranz Cleveland Playhouse Amazon Smile Margaret W. Wong & Associates Cleveland Public Theatre Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Mike Matoney Dewey's Pizza Judith L. Beeler Midtown Cleveland, Inc. DoubleTree by Hilton Robert Brooks Elaine J. Minch Stephanie FallCreek Jocelyn Brown-James Pearl Moser Fun 'n' Stuff Vrere D. Bunkley Patricia A. Murphy Golf Galaxy Helen K. Carbon Carolyn M. Myers Great Lakes Theatre Wafa Chraibi Christina New Watling Grumpy's Cafe City of Bay Village Charles & Ann Newman Hilton Cleveland Downtown Becka Cleveland Carolyn Oakes Joan A. Ibbett Janika A. Cook Lauren O'Donnell International Women's Air & Sangai N. Cooper Christine Paternite Space Museum Regis Coustillac Donald & Carol Poe Dianna M. Kall Hannah Driscoll Mary Lou Pollak Robert & Brenda Kunkel Shakir Edwards Anne Price Memphis Kiddie Park Melissa Elick Valerie Reid Metropolitan at the 9 Forum for Volunteer Denise Reyes Miller Ferries to Put-in-Bay and Administrators Amy M. Scanlan Middle Bass Island Kirsten D. Frei-Herrmann Richard & Ruth Schaeffer Northeast Ohio Boomer and Marilyn A. Hahn Pat L. Smith Beyond Dave Handy Susan E. Smith Playhouse Square Judy Henderson Arthur G. Solomon Matt & Sherry Quinn Priscilla Hollingsworth Rochelle A. Solomon Rabbit Run Community Arts Sally L. Jamieson Ty Surgik Association Frances L. Johnson The McGowan Companies Rider's Inn Ross Jones Donna J. Thomas Ridgewood Golf Course Judson at University Circle Charleah L. Trombitas Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Janet Vectirelis Museum John Wainwright Saucy Brew Works Harvey P. Wasserman Sgt. Cleans Car Wash Colleen Watt Judy A. Simon Kathleen C. Wieser Sushi 86 Nakeva Williams Fred & Mary Lou Sykora Nicole L. Zahn TownHall Adriana Zinn Visiting Nurse Association of Ohio In-Kind Donations Susan M. Wagner Advance Ohio We Bleed Ohio African Safari Wildlife Park Akron Civic Theatre Akron Symphony & Orchestra Alpha Graphics Alyned Together American Cancer Society Avon Lake Parks & Recreation Richard & Joy Banish We make every effort to keep accurate Barrio Tacos records. If, for some reason, your Beck Center for the Arts name does not appear or you find it Cantina Laredo misspelled, we apologize. Chagrin Valley Little Theatre Please know that your contribution CLE Urban Winery was greatly appreciated. Cleveland Browns Cleveland Cinemas Page 5
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Greater Cleveland Volunteers Board of Directors 2019
Front row L-R: Elva Torain Fosh, Rosemary Rehner, Georgia J. Anetzberger, PhD, Ann E. Zellmer, Jessica Handlos Gentile,Gary V. Bombei. Back row: Ann Eland, Leroy B. Parks Jr, Thomas H. Barnard, Michael E. Smith, Becky Carlino-Madigan, Calvin Leonard, William B. Leahy, Becky S. Moldaver, Robert F.Erzen. Not pictured: J. Parke Boyer, Stephanie FallCreek, Joan Ibbett, Robert P. Mast, Diana L. Morris, Ruth Ann Peake, Shipra K. Rege, Stanley E. Wertheim.
Greater Cleveland Volunteers Staff 2019 Keith Anderle Program Evaluation Specialist Joy Banish Executive Director Jocelyn Brown-James AARP Foundation Experience Corps Literacy Specialist/Trainer Hannah Driscoll Volunteer Coordinator Nancy Dzurnak Program Manager Melissa Elick Special Projects Coordinator Kirsten Frei-Herrmann Program Director Blanche Hulittle AARP Foundation Experience Corps Site Coordinator Ross Jones AARP Foundation Experience Corps Program Manager Dianna M. Kall Communications Manager Jon Kozesky Grant Writer Shirley Levett Operations Manager Michael Milanich AARP Foundation Experience Corps Program Coordinator Denise Reyes Operations Coordinator Jan Vectirelis Volunteer Coordinator Nakeva Williams Volunteer Engagement Coordinator
AARP office support: Valerie Reed
Office Volunteers: Sangai Cooper, Ruth Glasgow, Erma Heard, Sherry Jackson, Dick Jones, Martha Konah, Rochelle Solomon, Susan Smith, Charlene Thornton
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Mission Statement Greater Cleveland Volunteers enriches the community and individuals through volunteer service.
Greater Cleveland Volunteers is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
Greater Cleveland Volunteers is a proud subgrantee of the OJJDP program under a grant provided by the Department of Justice to AARP Foundation.
Our RSVP program is funded in part by the Corporation for National and Community Service.
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