Pancake Breakfast a Success

The National Honor Society Members of St. Josephs Academy organized a Pancake Breakfast last Saturday to raise money for NEOCH.  These future leaders of Cleveland took a Saturday to help out homeless families in Cleveland.   They found donations of food and coffee for the breakfast.  They raised $1,250 to help us publish the Family Street Card, and continue to organize around the effort to meet the overflow demand of Moms and Kids that we know will show up at the shelters this summer.  These funds will help us staff the partnership to bring religious organizations to the table to assist MHS keep families together this summer.   We have to thank John Lesko, the NHS advisory at St. Josephs Academy, for all his help organizing this event.  We also have to thank Care Source for supporting the breakfast and providing the funds to buy the food, juice and coffee.   We especially enjoyed the enthusiastic young women out on Rocky River Blvd urging people to attend and the songs that the servers made up in between flipping pancakes.  It was a very nice event on the campus of a hidden gem in Cleveland.

Brian Davis

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Hand Up Gala 2012

 The Hand Up Gala was December 6, 2012 and above is a picture of "Celebrity Server" Zach Reed at the event.  Everyone I talked to enjoyed the event, and the beautiful atmosphere created by the Cosgrove staff.  We raised $2,000 for transportation and outreach services in Cleveland.   We conducted the auction last week and are sending the prizes out this week. 

We have posted a gallery of photos from the event.  It could not have been successful without the chef, Matthew Barnes from the LMM Central Kitchen and his staff.  The Cosgrove staff make the whole event a magical experience.  We had live music this year which was great and calmed everyone down.  Besides Councilman Reed, Councilwoman Phyllis Cleveland and Judge Michael Jackson attended the event.  There were a number of State Representatives who wanted to attend, but could not because they were in session.   All the florists made the tables look great, and then the 28 businesses, arts institutions, and local sports teams all helped to offer gifts as thanks to those who donated.

Thanks to Catholic Charities and the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless for organizing this event and thanks to both of their boards for volunteering on the day of the event.   You can still donate to the Gala before the end of the year.

Hand Up Gala on Thursday: Auction set for 12/14

There is still a week left to get involved in the Auction for the Hand Up Gala.  Yesterday, Nicole Evans of the Cosgrove was on Live on Lakeside right before noon at WKYC-TV. 

The Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless and the Bishop Cosgrove Center, a program of Catholic Charities, are hosting the third annual Hand Up Gala to prepare a four star meal for those struggling with poverty on December 6, 2012 at Noon.  The event is also a fund raiser for the two groups to continue their important work serving the homeless and hungry of Greater Cleveland and providing outreach to those resistant to shelter.  Twenty-eight local arts and entertainment organizations provided gift certificates as prizes for everyone who donates to the Hand Up Gala.  There is still a week left to donate to this event before the drawing next Friday for the auction. 

The Hand up Gala is a two-fold event that both raises money for NEOCH’s outreach fund and the Bishop Cosgrove Center’s transportation fund as well as provides a fine dining experience for the homeless population of Cleveland.  This year the meal will be prepared by LMM Central Kitchen Chef Matt Barnes formerly of Saucy Bistro.

The dinner will be cooked by a celebrity chef and served by local celebrities as well as Board Members of Catholic Charities and NEOCH. This year Matt Barnes the new chef of the Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry Central Kitchen project will be the celebrity chef preparing the meal.  The Central Kitchen is a new program to teach culinary skills to homeless and disabled individuals.  They will also begin improving the quality and nutritious value of the meals at the local shelters. 

We plan to serve 200 very low income people with a fantastic meal.  There will be live music from three students from the Cleveland Institute of Music, a nice atmosphere, flower centerpieces from six area florists, table settings from Executive Caterers, and a motivational speaker for the December 6 Hand Up Gala.   We will have “celebrity servers” representing both agencies Board members and Councilpersons Reed and Cleveland who volunteer for the day.

Brian Davis

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One Week Until the Gala

The 2012 Hand Up Gala is next Thursday December 6, 2012, but the drawing for the prizes will be December 14, 2012.  You have a little over two weeks to make a donation to this unique event in Cleveland.    Executive Caters is donating table cloths, napkins and plate for the event.  We have six florists donating centerpieces (Lyndhurst, Monica's, 12th St. Florist, Cloud, Berghaus, and Diamond's Flowers) for the tables.  We have musicians from the Cleveland Institute of Music (Conrad, Gary and Doug).  We have a couple of celebrity servers (State Rep. Bill Patmon, Councilwoman Phyllis Cleveland, Councilman Zach Reed, and Congressman Kucinich's staff Laurie Rokakis) along with Board members of the two agencies. 

Chef Matt Barnes, the new executive chef at LMM's Central Kitchen, will be preparing the four star lunch.  He has worked out a fantasitc menu, and we are preparing to feed 200 people next Thursday.   We need your help with a donation to our two agencies.  All of the food and supplies for this event are donated, but thus is a replacement for our annual fundraising dinner.  We do seek funds for this event to assist both organizations expand our services to homeless people.  We use the proceeds to buy additional bus tickets and for the coordination of our outreach and blanket drive.  Everything donated to this event goes into programming.  As a thank you for your donation, we enter your name in a raffle for some fantastic prizes. We will have photos and a few stories from previous events. 

Brian Davis

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Woodchoppers Ball December 8, 2012

The Woodchoppers Ball 2012
12th Annual Benefit for the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless.
Saturday December 8th 7PM Doors open at 6PM

Tickets: $20Advance, $23 Day of Show, all seats reserved
Featuring 9 of the best acoustic guitarists in the World

Hosted by the venerable Charley Brown

Michael Kelsey
Mark Sganga
Tim and Myles Thompson
Brian Henke
Patrick Woods
Jack Wilson
Andy Wahlberg
Pete Cavano
Helen Avakian

We hope that if you like to see guitarists who are at the top of their game and masters of their craft you will come to see this show.  Last year was a nearly sold out show.  Get your tickets at www.kentstage.org.  Brian Henke organizes this event every year as a way to give back.