Participating Charities

2010 ParticipatingCharities (Alphabetically)
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	Art on Wheels Our mission is to serve as a nonprofit traveling art education organization, to give a voice to individuals of all abilities through engagement in hands-on arts experiences that enrich the lives of individuals, their families and our community.

	Association of Philippine Physicians of Ohio The Association of Philippine Physicians in Ohio (APPO) is a group of Filipino physicians in Northeast Ohio dedicated to the goals of providing charity medical care to the needy in the Philippines and the United States, scholarship assistance to medical students in need of financial aid, and financial assistance to victims of natural disasters in the Philippines.

	Bay Rockets Association, Inc. The purpose of the Bay Rockets Association is to promote and support the athletic teams and programs of Bay High School and Bay Middle school through fund raising activities and donations.

	Bellflower Center for Prevention of Child Abuse Bellflower Center for Prevention of Child Abuse prevents child abuse and neglect by breaking the cycle of child abuse in all its forms through clinical treatment and education. The cycle of abuse can be broken through prevention, intervention, and education. Issues can be resolved and behaviors can be changed. Bellflower Center’s programs are designed to model effective family relationships, provide alternatives to violent or destructive behaviors, and offer advocacy and support.

	Berea High School Athletic Boosters The Boosters raise money for all sports, totaling annually between $35,000 to $38,000. These funds pay for officials, team uniforms, and other athletic costs. Some examples of these expenditures over the past few years are: refurbishing main gym floor; payment (partial) of athletic trainer’s salary; purchase of sound system for outdoor athletic use; varsity locker room renovation; purchase of new wrestling mats (in conjunction with the wrestling parents); and purchase of motorized ground rake for the baseball field. This year, more than ever, we need your support so that we can upgrade the weight room which will be utilized by all athletes, male and female.

	Brooklyn Animal Shelter Inc. Brooklyn Animal Shelter, Inc. has been organized for the purpose of raising funds to encourage responsible pet ownership, increase awareness of the proper care of companion animals, reunite owners and lost pets, and promote adoption of homeless animals. We are a group of volunteers working together to provide a clean, safe, comfortable home for stray and lost animals.

	Brooklyn Music Parents' Club The Brooklyn Music Parent's Club promotes, supports and financially aids the Brooklyn Public School's Music Department programs for grades 5 through 12.

	Brooklyn PTSA

	Brush High School Athletic Booster Club The Brush High School Athletic Booster Club exists as an organization of parents and community persons dedicated to supporting, encouraging and advancing the athletic programs of the South Euclid/ Lyndhurst School District. The organization strives to help cultivate school spirit, promote good sportsmanship, and develop character. Funding from the Brush Athletic Booster Club provides additional uniform, equipment and award purchases, and clinic fees for coaches and scholarships. Through the Boosters' financial and human resources support, the very best opportunities are established for our student athletes.

	Cathy's House The mission of Cathy’s House is to serve the community by providing a sober living environment for individuals making the transition from addiction to sobriety.

	Cleveland Edges Skating Club The Cleveland Edges is a synchronized skating team with members throughout Cleveland and surrounding communities. The skaters range in age starting as young as six years old up to adults. They participate in competitions and exhibitions in Ohio and surrounding states.

	Cleveland State University Foundation Cleveland State’s Viking Club, established in 1978, has helped CSU athletics grow to include 17 varsity sports and more than 280 student athletes. In its first 25+ years, the Viking Club has supported our teams with more than $4 million in private gifts. Gifts may be unrestricted to address departmental needs or directed to support a particular sport, endowment or scholarship fund.

	David's Challenge David’s Challenge exists to provide selective young men transitional living programs and services designed to direct them toward self-sufficiency and independence.

	Dominic Konopka Scholarship Fund The Dominic Konopka Scholarship Fund was created in 2005 as a non-profit organization to provide scholarship money to an exemplary student graduating from Marion L. Steele High School in Amherst, OH, and going on to a four-year college or university. In memory of Dominic Konopka (1971 – 1999), the candidate selected by the scholarship committee must excel in academics and take part in extra curricular activities and community service.If you or your company is interested in making a contribution to the Dominic Konopka Scholarship Fund, please contact us at dkscholarshipfund@hotmail.com.

	Elyria Pioneer Club, Inc. The Pioneer Club is a non-profit organization designed to assist sports teams at Elyria High School. It is made up of Parents, Friends, Community and Alumni working together for the betterment of athletics in Elyria.

	Garfield Heights Athletic Booster Club The Booster Club has provided in excess of $1.5 million in the past 39 years for major projects like baseball and softball fields, football stands, weight rooms, soccer goals, wrestling mats and other sports equipment. It gives annual support for uniforms, equipment, rewards/recognition and scholarships. The club also started the Little Bulldog: Wrestling, Football, Basketball, and Cheerleading.

	Greyhound Adoption of Ohio, Inc. Greyhound Adoption of Ohio is a nonprofit organization that has been dedicated to placing retired racing greyhounds in loving homes for over eleven years. To date we have placed more than 1000 dogs (who might otherwise have been destroyed) into homes where they have become members of the family. We are very proud of the work we do and the many volunteer hours it takes to provide homes for these amazing animals.

	Hilltopper Girls Athletic Assn. The Hilltopper Athletic Association provides key educational and athletic components to our members. This includes assistance preparing for standardized testing mandated by the State of Ohio for the Ohio Graduation Testing (OGT) and for the SAT and ACT standardized tests for college.

	Hiram House Camp Hiram House Camp, in continuous operation since 1896, has been working to enrich the lives of children through camping. We provide the youth with an opportunity to live, play and learn in an environment tha is racially, ethicmically and socio-economically diverse. Hiram House is commited to promoting family values, building character and opening new horizons for youth.

Please donate your old eye glasses! Drop them off at the Festival entrance.	Lion's Eye Clinic Inc. The Lions Eye Clinic Inc at St Vincent Charity Hospital has been in existence since 1970, founded by members of the Lions Clubs of Northeast Ohio in partnership with St. Vincent Charity Hospital of Cleveland, Ohio. The clinic is supported by the 1,240 Lions of Northeast Ohio. The purpose of the clinic is to provide eyeglasses and eye care assistance for those in need. The counties we cover are Cuyahoga, Medina, Lake, Summit, Ashtabula, & Geauga. The Organization is a 501c3 Charitable organization and also has provided over $500,000 in eye care equipment to the Eye Clinic at St. Vincent Charity Hospital. The Organization provides over 400 pairs of eyeglasses to those in need annually, as well as financial assistance for surgical procedures and special vision equipment for children in need.

	Lupus Foundation Of America Inc. Greater Cleveland Chapter Our Mission is to improve the diagnosis and treatment of lupus, support individuals and families affected by the disease, increase awareness of lupus among health professionals and the public, and find the cause and cure.

	Mayfield High Alumni Association The Mayfield Alumni Association serves to promote the good name, image, and well being of Mayfield High School, its students and graduates through educational, social and service-oriented programs. Mayfield Alumni Association seeks to develop a spirit of cooperation among Mayfield High School, its students and graduates.

	Mayfield Wrestling Club The Mayfield Wrestling Club's purpose is to promote interest and participation in youth amateur wrestling, to conduct and foster amateur wrestling competitions and develop youth amateur athletes for that purpose.

	Mentor Figure Skating The Mentor Figure Skating Club was formed in 1984 to encourage the instruction, practice and advancement of its members in all forms of figure skating, including free skating, pairs skating, ice dancing, and synchronized skating. We currently have 120 members. The Mentor Figure Skating Club’s home rink is located at the Mentor Civic Arena. The Mentor Civic Arena houses an ice skating complex with two regulation-size ice rinks, a studio rink, lockers and snack bar.

	Mentor Junior High The Mentor Junior High Athletic Boosters support all junior high interscholastic sports teams; help improve sports equipment and facilities; work cooperatively with other extracurricular support groups and strive to become a community forum to encourage cooperation, good ideas, constructive contributions for the general improvement of the junior high athletic programs.

	Mustang Wrestling Club The Mustang Wrestling Club provides funds to the amateur youth wrestling community in Strongsville for uniforms, tournaments, coaching and scholarships.

	Normandy Invaders Booster Club The Normandy Invaders Boosters Club supports and promotes programs of Normandy High School and assists the school administration in the best interests of the boys and girls of Normandy High School and promotes loyalty and tradition within the Normandy High School family.

	North Olmsted Hockey Club Our mission is to foster, advance, and encourage youth participation in the sport of ice hockey in the City of North Olmsted and its surrounding communities. We are dedicated to conducting and promoting athletic, recreational, and social programs for our member families and the community. Through a culture of sportsmanship and fair play we strive to provide each youth with proper instruction and opportunities to enjoy the great game of ice hockey.

	North Olmsted Athletic Eagles Boosters, Inc. The North Olmsted Eagles Boosters is a charitable organization established primarily to promote and support all North Olmsted High School athletic programs. As a secondary purpose, other charitable, educational and amateur scholastic sports activities in the community may also be supported. Through charitable fundraising activities, the organization assists the North Olmsted Athletic Program. The organization encourages community participation and interest in amateur scholastic athletics and recreational activities; undertakes activities for the betterment and safety of scholastic athletic programs in the community and provides athletic equipment and facilities for the enhancement of the community.

	North Royalton Bears Hockey Association The North Royalton Bears Hockey Association (NRBHA), is a club hockey team that offers high school hockey players grades 9-12 the opportunity to play hockey at the high school level. The Bears compete against other club teams, high school varsity and junior varsity teams. NRBHA competes in the North Coast High School Hockey League. Our home ice is Hoover Arena (Iceland USA) located in Strongsville, Ohio.

	North Royalton High School Athletic Booster Club The NRAB supports all student athletes from grades 7 - 12. Thanks for supporting our middle school and high school atheletes!!!

	North Royalton High School Boosters The North Royalton Baseball Boosters are a non-profit volunteer organization whose goal is to provide youth summer baseball and softball for the City of North Royalton. Looking to get more involved? Have a desire to help out? NRBB is always looking for volunteers in a variety of capacities to help our program thrive.

	North Royalton High School Band Boosters The North Royalton High School Band Boosters supports and promotes the music program at North Royalton High School by providing volunteers for band and music activities and providing funds for instrument and uniform acquisition and maintenance, scholarships for graduating students and awards and recognitions to band members. Thanks for supporting our musicians!

	Ohio Junior Hockey Ohio Junior Hockey Association dba The Cleveland Barons Hockey Association promotes Cleveland Hockey and gives players age 9 thru Junior A level hockey an opportunity to play at the highest level possible. The Cleveland Barons are proud to say that they have helped put the state of Ohio on the USA Hockey map and anticipate the opportunity to continue producing college impact players and NHL prospects by participating at USA Hockey's highest sanctioned levels. Our program consists of Junior A team which plays in the North American Hockey League and our youth development program consists of players 9 thru 17 that play AAA Hockey in the Midwest Elite Hockey League.

	Olmsted Falls Music Association The mission of the Olmsted Falls Music Association (OFMA) is to support, encourage, advance and cultivate, through fundraising and volunteer services, the musical education for the students in the Olmsted Falls City Schools.

	Parma Hockey Association, Inc. For over 35 years, Parma Hockey Association has been committed to the growth and development of youth ice hockey in Parma and the surrounding areas. We believe that "A Child on the Ice is Seldom in Hot Water."

	Parma Senior High School All-Sports Booster Club The Parma Sr. High School All-Sports Booster Club is a non-profit organization that provides support to the 20 athletic programs at Parma Senior High School. The purpose of the organization is to foster, promote and encourage involvement in athletics and school spirit at Parma High.

	The Pilgrim St. Paul Lutheran Church As a church in Lakewood, Ohio; Pilgrim Saint Paul Lutheran Church is committed to a three fold ministry - Seeking, Growing, and Serving so that all may know the love of Jesus. We, as a church are, Seeking to Grow: Once found the new believer will continuously seek to grow in one’s personal relationship to Jesus Christ and His Body the Church, in order to become like Jesus. We are also Growing to Serve: Growing Believers will continuously desire to serve and love as Jesus did in order that we Love as Jesus loved. Finally we are Serving to Seek: Serving believers will continuously love people, serving both their physical and spiritual needs in order that we Call the world to Jesus and thus beginning the process all over again.

	Redline Club

	Ronald McDonald House® of Cleveland, Inc. The mission of the Ronald McDonald House of Cleveland is to support families whose children are receiving treatment at area medical centers by providing a home-like environment and essential resources and services. Our House is full of many families, many stories, and many hearts – but it is one home. Find out how your heart can be a part of our story, visit http://www.clevelandrmh.org/involved/

	Greater Cleveland Special Olympics Special Olympics is an international organization dedicated to empowering individuals with intellectual disabilities to become physically fit, productive and respected members of society through sports training and competition. Special Olympics offers children and adults with intellectual disabilities year-round training and competition in 26 Olympic-type summer and winter sports. There is no charge to participate in Special Olympics. Special Olympics currently serves more than 1.7 million persons with intellectual disabilities in more than 200 Programs in more than 150 countries .

	Spectrum Soccer Spectrum School started with a very simple idea: individual professional soccer training for anyone at any level that had a desire and commitment to work toward developing to their full potential. Over the years, Spectrum has slowly evolved into one of the Premier Soccer Clubs in Ohio. So if you are looking for a soccer home for you and your child, give Spectrum a try before making your final decision on joining another club. We are a smaller, family oriented program in which your child’s soccer development is our main goal. Also, in these economically troubled times, we pride ourselves on making soccer development at a higher level very affordable for everyone!

	Stallions Athletic Organization The Stallions are based out of Northeast Ohio and will be entering their 15th season in 2009. Stallion’s baseball prides itself on developing the youth in the greater Cleveland area in the sport of baseball.

	Stella Maris Inc. Stella Maris’ mission is to provide quality chemical dependency treatment and mental health services to our community regardless of race, sex, religion or ability to pay. Stella Maris will strive to make services available to all those seeking treatment based on presenting need and available treatment capacity. Stella Maris recognizes that alone we cannot meet the total needs of our community and will work with other community resources to improve the availability of appropriate services for the treatment of alcoholism and other addictions.

	Stow Boys Baseball League Inc. Purpose is the organize and promote youth baseball/softball programs in the Stow-Munroe Falls community. We are a non-profit organization consisting of parents and volunteers dedicated to the instruction, participation and education of all youth regardless of race and gender in the sport of baseball/softball and the sportsmanship associated with the game.

	Strongsville Booster Club The Strongsville High School Athletic Boosters provides needed uniforms and equipment for all the Athletic Programs of the Strongsville Athletic Community. Our student athletes have set a winning tradition that requires endless hours of practice and hard work. We appreciate our dedicated coaching staff. Up to date equipment and strong community support play a vital role in keeping the athletic program in Strongsville successful.

	Strongsville Instrumental Music Boosters SIMB is an organization of dedicated volunteers that supports both the Band and Orchestra programs at Strongsville High School as well as at the middle and elementary school levels. We're able to do this by raising funds through membership dues and fundraising events.

	The Agnon School Founded in 1969, Agnon is a private, coeducational Jewish day school located in Beachwood, Ohio. Academic excellence is achieved through a comprehensive curriculum that blends outstanding general studies with meaningful Jewish learning to create a strong intellectual and ethical base. Agnon enrolls more than 360 students (18 months – 8th grade) from diverse Jewish backgrounds and is Cleveland’s only Jewish day school with the elite ISACS (Independent Schools Association of the Central States) accreditation. We do have some students who are not Jewish and that is not a requirement for admission.

	Valley Forge High School Adult Athletic Boosters The Valley Forge High School Adult Athletic Boosters provides funds to pay for high school athletic uniforms, letters, pins, scolarships and to help offset the costs of self funded sports.

	Wiloughby South High Booster Club The Willougby South Booster Club has a long history of annually supporting the South Athletic Department, sponsoring academic scholarships to graduating seniors, and being heavily involved in the City of Willoughby. Funds provided to the athletic department promote and support all interscholastic sport teams through the replacement of uniforms and purchase of necessary equipment. The South Booster Club also works in close collaboration with the Rebel Moms organization to provide academic scholarships and donate funds to offset the costs of the schools After Prom festivities.

Thanks to charities participating in previous years! 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009