In The News
WKYC, "Local youth participates in Global Service Day" (4/24/10)
All weekend long, young people around the world are doing their part to help out their communities as part of Global Youth Service Day.
1,600 Greater Cleveland teenagers will take part in Global Youth Service Day (4/21/10)
Global Youth Service Day is this coming weekend, Friday, April 23, through Sunday, April 25. More than 100 countries are planning service and service-learning projects that highlight the positive contributions young people make throughout the year. BVU is a lead agency, for the second year in a row, and has mobilized more than 900 youth from 27 project teams volunteering at 20 area nonprofits.
VOLUNTEER, then GO and CHEER FOR THE TRIBE! (3/31/10)
BVU today announced a new program in partnership with the Cleveland Indians- The Indians Volunteer Challenge. The Challenge is an opportunity for area families, citizens and baseball fans to give back to their communities and receive tickets to a 2010 Cleveland Indians game.
Volunteers who sign up for the Indians Volunteer Challenge
through BVU's Volunteer Center and log a minimum of four
(4) hours with a registered organization will receive a ticket
voucher for two (2) Upper Box tickets to one of 24
preselected 2010 Tribe games.
VOLUNTEER, then GO and CHEER FOR THE TRIBE!
Get started at: https://volunteer.united-e-way.org/bvu-3/volunteer/
WKYC, "The changing face of 9/11" (12/9/09)
BVU coordinated a service project where representatives from local businesses adapted toys for children with disabilities.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, "The time isn't right: Despite struggles of nonprofit groups in tough time, new nonprofits are on rise" (9/26/09)
Do what you love and the money will follow, they say. But out-of-work folks trying to elbow their way into the nonprofit field are learning this is a tough time to be a newcomer.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, "Service groups need more Clevelanders to roll up their sleeves - editorial" (8/17/09)
It is the bleakest of times, it is the worst of times, espe cially if you happen to run a nonprofit social service agency.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, "Local nonprofits facing deficits, dire forecast" (8/10/09)
BVU and the Nonprofit Finance Fund announced results of a survey of Northeast Ohio nonprofits.
WKYC, "Focus: Volunteerism up in down economy" (7/28/09)
As the economy worsens, the number of Americans trying to make a difference is going sky-high.
Crain's Cleveland Business, "Outpouring of outreach" (6/15/09)
Volunteers, from young professionals to laid-off individuals and retirees, donating more time and skills to aid nonprofits
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, "Global Youth Service Day, City Year participants turn out for Slavic Village cleanup" (4/26/09)
The guys raced abandoned tires down the street and dueled over piles of picked-up sticks. The girls listened to music on their cell phones and laughed and teased.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, "Global Youth Service Day gets young people involved in volunteering" (4/22/09)
Eighth-grader Max Ozimek and 30 of his Incarnate Word Academy classmates will spend Friday and Saturday cataloging 7,000 books he has collected to start a library in a Ugandan village.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, " Northeast Ohio nonprofit leaders brainstorm ideas to boost worker morale while spending little money" (4/4/09)
How to boost worker morale in these economically tight times?
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, "Job hunters find satisfaction, networking opportunities in volunteer work" (3/24/09)
Roberta Heller hopes to land a paying job soon. But for the moment, she's juggling several nonpaying ones.
The Cleveland Plan Dealer, "Volunteering grows among jobless professionals with time on their hands" (3/22/09)
Roberta Heller hopes to land a paying job soon. But for the moment, she's juggling several nonpaying ones.
