Each year, the Board of DD provides services and supports to more than 10,000 boys and girls and men and women in Cuyahoga County. The community knows us best for our early childhood centers, schools, adult activities centers and group homes, but we’re much more than that.
Our full range of services includes everything from in-home early intervention programs for very young children and their families to leisure programs for seniors. Much of what we do goes beyond the walls of our own centers and homes and takes place in the community, where we encourage individuals with developmental disabilities to live, learn, work and play.
Agenda for the February board meeting
The next board meeting is Thursday, February 23, at 5:30 p.m. at the Michael A. Donzella Administration Building, 1275 Lakeside Ave. East, downtown. Board meetings are open to the public.
Live in concert!
Join us at the House of Blues Friday, March 2, for Flame, a rock band from upstate New York made up of 10 people with developmental/physical disabilities, including autism, Down syndrome and blindness. Flame takes the stage at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. with a reception with light refreshments and live music by Rule 11 & the Sanctions, from Jones Day and Ulmer & Berne law firms. Tickets are $15 and must be purchased in advance by calling (216) 736-8395. This event, which kicks off DD Awareness Month, is jointly sponsored by the Arc of Greater Cleveland and the Cuyahoga County Board of DD. Read more about and hear
Flame.
Film Fest
Join us at Tri-C's Black Box Theatre, 2809 Woodland Ave., for the Sprout Film Festival, featuring films by, for and about people with developmental disabilities, Saturday, March 31. To order tickets, fill out
this form, and mail it to Film Fest at CCBDD, 1275 Lakeside Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44114. Checks and credit cards accepted. Meanwhile, you can take a peek now at one of the films
Up Syndrome.
Planting the Seeds for the Future
Register by February 22 for the first of our 2012 future planning workshop series scheduled for our Rocky River Adult Activities Center, 20120 Detroit Road, Wednesdays, March 7, 14
AND 21, 2012 from 6:30-9 p.m.
Express yourself with HeARTworks in Brecksville
Join HeARTworks at the Brecksville Center for the Arts, 8997 Highland Drive, for
Express Yourself March 9 through April 13. Regular gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Opening reception Friday March 9 5-9 p.m. For more information, go to
www.MyHeartworks.org.
Check out our Euclid Adult Activities Center's mural project
On the ice at the Q
Take in a Monsters hockey game at these special prices.
February calendar
For those who prefer an electronic version of the monthly calendar sent home with all children and adults enrolled at our sites
Sign up now to sell at our Rocky River Adult Activities Center's Spring Fling
Vendors who want to take part in the annual Spring Fling on Saturday, May 12, can sign up now to secure their space either inside or outside at our Rocky River Adult Activities Center.
In the midst of winter, think ahead to sunnier and milder days
The 21
st Annual Friends of DD golf outing will be Friday, July 13, 2012, at Grey Hawk. The shotgun start will be at 8:30 am. Mark your calendars! More details to come!
Board of DD volunteers featured on WCPN
Tim and Joanne Clemens, long-time volunteers at our Rocky River Adult Activities Center, appeared on WCPN-90.3 FM's
The Sound of Ideas to talk about their commitment to individuals with developmental disabilities. Also featured on the show is Bill Member, who established RePlay, an organization that adapts toys for use by children with disabilities, after volunteering with CHIP, our program that refurbishes used computers for use by children and adults with developmental disabilities.
Just-A-Buck II now open on the East Side
Owned and operated by SAW, Inc., the nonprofit division of the Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities, the store employs 15 workers with developmental disabilities who handle stocking and receiving, cleaning, check-out and bagging.
This is the second Just-A-Buck store operated by SAW. The first, in the Midtown Shopping Center in Parma, opened in 2009. See what WKYC-Channel 3 said about the new store.
See what WKYC-Channel 3 said about the new store.
If you are in the area of Mayfield and South Green in South Euclid, please stop by! You can save money while helping people with DD earn a paycheck.
Store Hours: Monday through Saturday 9 am-9 pm, Sunday 11 am-6 pm
Maymore Plaza, 4507 Mayfield Road, South Euclid (next to Marc's), (216) 291-2825 (BUCK)