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Dear Grantees

The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland wants to share the stories of the impressive work of its grantee organizations on this site’s homepage. Has your organization earned special recognition? Is there a story involving the people you serve that could be profiled?
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April 9, 2008

SOCF Funds Efforts to Address Troubling Community-Wide Concerns: Foreclosures, Human Trafficking & The Uninsured
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March 15, 2008

Foundation Joins National Voices Calling for Health Literacy.
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March 7, 2008

New Grant Program Targets Health & Education in the Central Neighborhood
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March 5, 2008

New Series of Health Literacy Circles Begins on Friday, April 4, 2008
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December 17, 2007

Foundation Announces First Grantees in Health Literacy & Supportive Housing.
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December 17, 2007

Heather Roulston Ettinger Joins Foundation Board Of Directors.
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Grantee Profile:

Cleveland Tenants Organization

Buster Baker, 61, has served as tenant council President for the Emeritus House Apartments near East 44th Street and Cedar Avenue since 2003. With assistance from the Cleveland Tenants Organization, he acted as his neighbors’ primary advocate during a lengthy renovation of the property. Thanks in part to Buster’s efforts; every tenant who had relocated during the construction was given the option of returning to their former residence. In 2007, Cleveland City Councilwoman Phyllis Cleveland acknowledged Buster’s commitment to the Central Neighborhood by naming him Ward 5’s Senior of the Year. (Photo L to R: Ward 5 Cleveland City Council representative Phyllis Cleveland, Buster Baker and Cleveland Tenants Organization Executive Director Mike Piepsny.)

Fairhill Center

A judge said that 11-year-old Brittany could live with her grandmother or go into foster care. “That was a no-brainer for me, Diane Nash said. “Brittany had to come home with me, and we had to make it together.” The two share a small house off Detroit Avenue on Cleveland’s West Side where resources are tight. Diane said the information, referrals, support and respite available at Fairhill Center are a big help. “At Fairhill, they understand Kinship Care – these social workers are here to really help and they understand a complicated system.”

Conference of Religious Leaders (CORL)

Catholic women religious across the country are challenged to sustain vital ministries of health care, education and social service as their congregations confront an aging membership and diminished resources. In the Diocese of Cleveland, 16 congregations have come together to develop strategies for building collaborations with each other and lay colleagues. Aptly titled “Sustaining the Future of Shared Ministry,” the effort has involved planning meetings with more than 150 participants and a detailed mapping project to identify the types and location of existing ministries and areas of overlap.
May 17, 2008
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The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland improves the lives of those most in need with special attention to families, women and children living in poverty. Our primary focus is to increase the community’s capacity to meet the needs of the underserved. As a faith-based organization, the Foundation extends the values of Jesus Christ through the mission of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine and also works to sustain the ministries of women religious.

 

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Good Samaritan Grant Program and the Saint Ann Legacy Grant Program.

Registration Now Open for the 6/10/08 Family Homelessness Forum.

Agency of the Year

Congratulations to Foundation grantee The Village Network, which was recognized as 2007’s “Agency of the Year” by the Alliance for Children & Families. The Alliance is a national membership association of U.S. and Canadian non-profit human service providers. Village Network Executive Director James T. Miller (center) and Board President John McCord (right), accepted the award from Alliance CEO Peter Goldberg (left) last October at the organization’s national Conference.

The Village Network specializes in the care of troubled youth through day treatment and treatment foster care at 11 northern Ohio locations.