Friday, November 15, 2013

iBelieve 5k/10k/1 Mile Youth Inspire Run

     The second annual iBelieve 5k/10k/1 Mile Youth Inspire Run is on December 21 from 7 A.M.- 11 A.M. The event address is Heritage Farms 6050 Riverview Rd, Peninsula, Ohio. The Boys & Girls Club of the Western Reserve are in need of volunteers to help with registration, staff water stations, and course marshals. If interested in helping with this fun holiday event for a wonderful cause, please contact Angela Sot, Volunteer Coordinator, 330-773-3375 or by email at asot@wrkids.org.  Visit www.facebook.com/BGCWR for more information.

Friday, November 8, 2013

20th Annual Akron Home & Flower Show

20th Annual Akron Home & Flower Show

February 28-March 2, 2014
Friday & Saturday 10am-8pm
Sunday 10am-5pm

     The 20th Annual Akron Home & Flower Show is Friday through Sunday, Feb 28- Mar 2, 2014 at the John S. Knight Center near the University of Akron.  We need 200 volunteers over the weekend at two hour shifts each to help with a variety of tasks, including greeting visitors, running the coat check area, stuffing show bags, assisting in the show office and taking short surveys with guests. 

Please contact Debbie McKinney at 330-338-3893 
or tyme2spare@aol.com if you are interested in helping.

You can also visit The Home Builders Association Serving Summit & Portage Counties at www.AkronHBA.com for details.


Fuller Center Bicycle Adventure

Fuller Center Bicycle Adventure
June 5 - August 10, 2014

     The Fuller Center Bicycle Adventure is a summer-long service opportunity plus an awesome adventure! We'll be biking across the country from Atlantic City, NJ to Astoria, OR, stopping to build homes along the way, and raising awareness and funds to help end poverty housing around the world. You can join us for the whole trip, or for one of the nine week-long segments, and you don't have to be an experienced cyclist to ride! Learn more at www.fullercenter.org/bikeadventure or contact the trip leader, Melissa Merrill, at bike@fullercenter.org

Global Builders Mission Trips

Global Builders Mission Trips

     Want to see the world in a whole new light? The Fuller Center's Global Builders get to see the real world off the beaten path, immersing themselves in different cultures for 1-2 weeks and truly getting to know people from different lands -- all while making a difference in their lives by helping families build safe, decent homes.  You can join a team of soon-to-be friends or bring your own group -- either way, it's a mission trip that will change your life, too!

Visit our Greek Life page to learn more:
 www.fullercenter.org/greek

Project Locations Vary: Armenia, Ghana, Haiti, Nicaragua, Peru, El Salvador, India, Sri Lanka, and Nepal

Also Contact Gillian Ford at Gillian@fullercenter.org

LEAP (Lead Activate Engage Philanthropy)


LEAP (Lead Activate Engage Philanthropy)

     As a nonprofit hospital, Cleveland Clinic and Cleveland Clinic Children's rely on your active participation to help secure vital funding for research, education, and programs to help patients.
Lead, Engage, Activate Philanthropy (“LEAP”) is a growing network of students and community organizations that want to use their time, talent and resources to support Cleveland Clinic’s mission of providing world-class healthcare and commitment to “patient’s first.”
LEAP was designed for people who are passionate about bringing a smile to the faces of our patients as they face devastating medical challenges. It provides the opportunity to learn about and become involved with Cleveland Clinic, collaborate and network and make a difference in the lives of our patients and their families. LEAP members volunteer their time to help raise money, educate, and inspire others to get involved.
We ask you to get involved in any of the following ways: 


1. Host your own fundraising event with friends,  

2. Turn your favorite event into a fundraising opportunity,  
3. Become a VeloSano (bike) rider or volunteer (www.velosano.org) to help raise money for cancer research.

Contact Sue Wittek, 216-445-1455 or witteks@ccf.org, to learn more