CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) -The Cleveland Indians are looking for a few good volunteers when it hosts the 2019 Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star Game in July. On Friday, the Indians launched a website for fans to sign-up for a number of unpaid positions including: The world’s largest indoor/outdoor baseball theme park Transportation All-Star hospitality Pre-game ceremonial rehearsals Legends autograph […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Some NE Ohioans are helping out in Louisiana. A group of eight volunteers from the Cleveland area and two emergency response vehicles are heading to the state to help the thousands affected by the disastrous flooding there. It’s said to the worst since Superstorm Sandy. 40K homes damaged by Louisiana floods; 10 killed The […]
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You might still be full from Thanksgiving and your feet and wallet may still be aching from Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but today’s unofficial…
AKRON, Ohio – The Pavilion of Praise in Akron is like many churches, soup kitchens and charities on Thanksgiving. Members want to help as many people as they can, but could use more volunteers and donations to get the job done. The church at 976 W. Waterloo is hosting its first free Thanksgiving meal […]
CLEVELAND – With temperatures below freezing, and lots of snow falling on northeast Ohio, living on the streets has become a fight for survival. For years, Volunteers of America outreach workers have been hitting the streets to meet the needs of Cleveland’s unsheltered homeless. Each year, as temperatures drop, the work becomes even more important. […]
CLEVELAND – At 11 a.m. on Christmas morning there was already a line for Christmas meals to be served by the hunger center at St. Augustine Church in Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood. Dozens of volunteer waiters carried dinners of ham, potatoes, stuffing and vegetables to the hundreds of hungry clients seated in the noisy community room […]
CLEVELAND – Darrell Wagoner, a volunteer with People’s Memorial Christian Church, said he believes it wasn’t chance that led him and his team to Cleveland, in order to save a family home. Wagoner is sure it was divine intervention that caused him to find Cleveland’s Habitat for Humanity, on his home computer in North Carolina. […]
EASTLAKE, Ohio – As the population of seniors grow, there is a greater need for a hot lunch-time meal during the week for the elderly. Volunteers at the Eastlake nutrition site help prepare hot lunches for seniors who otherwise can’t get out. “Not only is it a hot, well-balance lunch, it’s also a bit of […]