Category: Pro Bono / Community Service

Cleveland Foodbank Volunteer Night: Chief Judge Solomon Oliver, together with four staff members and a guest,  just registered to work as volunteers at the Cleveland Foodbank Evening scheduled for Monday, August 27, 2012 from 6-8 p.m..  What a great opportunity to work side-by-side with our Chief Judge, his bailiff, two law clerks and administrative assistant in an informal (nonjudicial) setting, while at the same time, providing a wonderful community service.  Please remember to visit our website at www.fba-ndohio.org to register and/or for additional details on the event.  First timers should plan on arriving at 5:45.

 

Attention Students: Going forward, you are no longer required to report your community service and pro bono hours online. You are only required to turn in your completed Certification of Supervisor form to Professor Joann Sahl or Alisa Benedict O’Brien, via email (jsahl1@uakron.edu or ab139@uakron.edu), or in person. If you have any questions about the requirements, please feel free to email Professor Sahl or Ms. Benedict O’Brien. Thank you.

1.  Be the Church service event, which is taking place in Akron and Massillon on Saturday, August 25^{th –}  We are still in need of more volunteers, and it is a great opportunity to help out with Akron community organizations.  We are helping to run a community picnic for low income families, assisting with clean-up and small household improvement jobs in the Channelwood Housing Project, and hosting a café for newly arrived refugees.  If you are interested in volunteering, please let me know ASAP.  There is a fee to participate, but it includes a T-shirt and lunch.
2. The second opportunity begins in October.  We run a one-on-one tutoring program for children in the Channelwood Housing Development on Tuesday evenings.  As the program is one-on-one, we do not accept a student until we have a tutor for them, so we always have a waiting list of children in need of tutoring.  If you are interested in this opportunity, please let me know, and I will connect you with David Lange, the Director of the program.

Please let me know if I can provide you with any further information or if you wish to volunteer!

Amy Mitchell

Director of Volunteers

Building Hope in the City

(216)281-4673 x 106 office

(440)781-2897 cell

amy@buildinghopeinthecity.org

There is an upcoming opportunity for law students to participate in an immigration clinic focused on the new law passed earlier this year to help young adults who have lived in the US become citizens.  This clinic will take place on August 18^th at St. Augustine Towers from 8:30 am – 1:00 pm.  This is a great opportunity to work with immigration attorneys and learn a new area of the law.  If you are interested please let me know and I will send more detailed information.

 Thank you,

 Lauren Gilbride

Supervising Attorney

Intake & Volunteer Lawyers Program

The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland

1223 West 6th Street

Cleveland, Ohio 44113

216-861-5259 (direct dial)

lgilbride@lasclev.org

This event is the River Run half marathon. It includes a run that is 13.1 miles long that begins at Wallace Lake in Berea, OH and ends at Memorial Fields in Rocky River, OH.

 

At 7:00 a.m. the walkers will begin the race.

At 8:00 a.m. the runners will begin.

The course will close down at 11:00 a.m. (all remaining runners/walkers will be pushed onto the sidewalks).

 

Our volunteer duties include a couple of things:

 

These are the following opportunities:

 

1.)           Water Stop- Volunteers will pour water and Gatorade and hand them to runners as they run by during the race and pick up any cups/trash in the  

area. (Minimum 15 volunteers)

2.)           Post-race food- Volunteers will help pass out post-race food that is the following: pizza, ice cream, fruit, etc. (minimum 15 volunteers)

3.)           Timers- Volunteers are placed along the course at each mile marker with a stop watch to yell times to runners are they run by. (13 volunteers)

 

We ask that your group arrives at 7:00 a.m. (at your assigned location).  Once the last person has come through your location you are free to go.

To volunteer, please contact Danielle Davis at danielledavis@hermescleveland.com

Thanks!