1. Cincinnati, Ohio– The
Ohio Legislative Black
Caucus (OLBC) Found-
ation has been selected by
AT&T to receive a $40,000
contribution to support
their Youth Development
Program.
The contribution was
announced at the 2014
National Urban League
Conference in Cincinnati
at the National Under-
ground Railroad Freedom
Center.
The Ohio Legislative
Black Caucus Foun-
dation’s Youth Develop-
ment Program works with
high school students
through regular meetings,
field trips and discussion
groups to prepare them for
job readiness and work-
force development skills.
This program supports
innovative programs to
support academic achieve-
ment, civic involvement
and contribute to the over-
all success of participants.
The program also covers
topics from etiquette to
active community services
and helps students develop
long-term goals and strate-
gies for success as adults.
“The OLBC Founda-
tion is grateful to AT&T
for this contribution to
assist youth development
programs in Ohio”, said
Sylvester Patton, President
of the OLBC Foundation.
The OLBC Foundation
will partner with the Ohio
Council of Urban Leagues
that have youth develop-
ment programs, to admin-
ister the program through-
out the state.
Through this partner-
ship well over one hundred
African American youth
will learn job readiness
and development skills.
“Ohio will benefit from
these students who will
become future employees
who are educated and inde-
pendent learners with pow-
erful problem solving
skills, said Cincinnati Ma-
yor John Cranley.
“They will help build a
stronger workforce that
will aid the economic
growth of Ohio.”
“Keeping our teenagers
in high school and prepar-
ing them for success after
graduation benefits our
students and our communi-
ties,” said Adam Grzy-
bicki, president, AT&T
Ohio.
“The Youth Develop-
ment Program provides an
opportunity to help at-risk
youth stay in school and
succeed academically. We
are proud to support this
program.”
Every Week, Now thru
September 16
Take a Hike, Five Great
Ways to see downtown.
Cleveland Walking Tours:
Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Gateway District Tour;
Every Saturday at 10 a.m.
Warehouse District Tour;
every Sunday at 10 a.m.
Canal Basin Park Tour;
every Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Playhouse Square Tour;
and every Thursday at 6
p.m. Civic Center Tour.
All tours feature actors
and actresses portraying
important Clevelanders
from the past.
Each tour will last approx-
imately 1 and 1/2 hours.
Free admission Call
216/771-1994 for more
information.
Saturday, August 16
Cleveland Alumni Chapter
of Central State
University’s Annual
Scholarship Jazz Brunch,
Tizzano’s Party Center,
1361 Euclid, OH, 11am -
2pm. Live Jazz Band $40
per person - $320 for table
of 8 open bar.
Contact Audrey Tidmore
262-3445 or Cheri Daniels
244-0100.
Saturday, August 16
The Connecting
Communities Festival
bringing together three
historic neighborhoods in
Cleveland: Union Miles,
Mt. Pleasant and
Millcreek. This will be the
third annual Ward 2
Connecting Communities
Festival;, 1-7 pm at John
Adams High School, 3817
Martin Luther King Blvd..
Featuring Street Club
Bake off, Senior Bingo,
Children Activities,
Spoken Word, Spades
Tournament and a live
performance from a local
band.
Friday, August 22
Cavs host auditions for
high energy free style
dancers to join 2014-15
Scream Team. Open -call
“Dance Party” Talent
Search at 6 p.m. Finalists
invited back on Sunday,
August 24 at 6 p.m. The
Bank Nightclub located
in the May Co. building at
200 Euclid Ave.
Admission is $5 per
event,.
For additional information
on the audition process
call the Cavs game enter-
tainment hotline at 216-
420-2255 or email
screamteam@cavs.com.
Saturday, August 23
15th Annual Kym sellers
Foundation Multiple
Sclerosis Benefit.
Executive Caterers of
Landerhaven 7 p.m.
Special to the late Arnold
R. Pinkney. Honorary
Chairperson Betty T.
Pinkney.
MC is Rob Telecky, come-
dian and auctioneer.
Entertainment by The
Benjaminz.
Tickets $135.00. Black tie
optional. For more infor-
mation contact 216-780-
0099.
Free - Educational
Seminar, Saturday , 9 a.m.
to noon at Landerhaven.
Saturday, August 23
YMCA of Greater
Cleveland celebrates
its160thAnniversary with
a black tie gala fundraiser
beginning at 6 pm. Tickets
are $350 (tax-deductible
$1820; corporate tables of
10 are $5,000 (tax-
deductible $3,075)
For more information or
reservations for the event
call Shironda Hancock at
(216) 263-6835 or via e-
mail at shancock@cleve-
landymca.org.
Thursday, August 28
Frederick Douglas
Foundation, Cleveland
Chapter presents an
Assembly for “Truth,
Justice and Quality”,
Word Mega Plex in
Warrensville Hts., 6 to 9
p.m. Speakers Senator
Rob Portman, Star Parker,
Founder CURE, Dr.
Timothy Johnson, Founder
Fred Douglas Foundation.
Free. Food and drink pro-
vided with entertainment
by Branden Lewis
Friday, August 29
30th Anniversary of the
Historic Costume Study
Collection Exhibition,
Florence O’Donnell
Wasmer Gallery. Opening
reception, 5 - 9 p.m,
Exhibition runs through
October 31. For more
information , visit ursu-
line.edu/bestclosetincleve-
land.
Thursday, September 11
The 79th Annual
Anisfield-Wolf Book
Awards, Playhouse
Square, 1511 Euclid
Avenue, 6:00 p.m.
Ceremony in the Ohio
Theatre; 7:30 p.m. Dessert
Reception, Book Signing
and Book Sales in the
State Theatre Lobby.
Saturday, September 27
Snickerfritz Cultural
Workshop for the Arts
presents Annual Collard
Green Cook-Off & Arts
Festival 13240 Euclid
Ave.
As a member of the
House Committee on
Agriculture and Ranking
Member of the
Subcommittee on
Department Operations,
Oversight and Nutrition, I
constantly engage in
efforts to promote health-
ier eating habits and bet-
ter nutrition for
Americans. One such
way is through the pro-
motion of farmers’ mar-
kets and urban gardens.
Ranking 4th in the nation
in the number of farmers’
markets, Ohio is a leader
in encouraging consump-
tion of locally grown
foods. This is wonderful
news, but there is still
great potential for
growth. With 17,000
vacant lots covering
33,000 acres of land in
Cleveland alone, there
are plenty of opportuni-
ties in our district to cre-
ate urban farms. As many
of our residents know,
these plots attract crime
and blight, and could
instead be transformed
into beautiful gardens
that grow fresh produce.
Urban gardens bring
fresh fruits and vegeta-
bles into the heart of
neighborhoods that are
underserved by full serv-
ice food retailers. They
make it easier to eat
healthy on a budget.
Providing greater access
to healthy foods helps our
district in the fight
against obesity and poor
nutrition, creating health-
ier communities overall.
The benefits of urban gar-
dens, however, are not
limited to nutrition, as
urban gardens create
more local jobs and stim-
ulate the local economy.
Assistance programs help
to ensure that the benefits
of farmers’ markets and
urban gardens are avail-
able to all members of the
community. For example,
eligible households can
stretch their buying
power at farmer’s mar-
kets through the Produce
Perks Incentive Program.
For those who receive
SNAP benefits (food
stamps) and use an Ohio
Direction Card, the pro-
gram matches dollar-for-
dollar every dollar spent
(up to $10) on fresh pro-
duce. For example, if you
spend $10, you would
receive $20 worth of food
items. There are 21 mar-
kets participating in
Produce Perks in
Cuyahoga County. For a
list and more informa-
tion, please visit the
Cleveland-Cuyahoga
County Food Policy
Coalition’s website at
www.cccfoodpolicy.org.
In addition, the Senior
Farmers’ Market
Nutrition Program pro-
vides coupons to eligible
seniors to be used at par-
ticipating farmers’ mar-
kets and roadside stands.
With the coupons, seniors
can purchase fruits, veg-
etables, herbs, and honey.
To find out if you are eli-
gible and to enroll in the
program, please call
(216) 621-8010 ext. 113
(Cuyahoga County) or
(330) 899-5229 (Summit
County). In the Euclid
area, I’m pleased to see
that interest in growing
healthy foods for the ben-
efit of others continues to
grow. The city of Euclid
is currently seeking appli-
cants for a future urban
garden at St. Robert’s
Market Garden. If you
are interested in becom-
ing a tenant of the garden
and have experience with
urban gardens, please
v i s i t
www.cityofeuclid.com/a
nnouncements/231 or
contact my office at (216)
522-4900.
As important as fresh,
wholesome food is to our
nutrition, clean water is
certainly just as impor-
tant. We were reminded
of what a precious com-
modity our water supply
is with the recent emer-
gency in Toledo. For
nearly three days, resi-
dents were unable to
drink or cook with water
that was contaminated by
a toxin create by a build-
up of algae in Lake Erie.
Although the crisis is
over for now, contamina-
tion to our water supply
due to algal blooms could
occur again. Lake Erie
provides drinking water
to 11-million people so it
is crucial that actions be
taken to protect it.
That is why I am a strong
supporter of the Great
Lakes Restoration
Initiative (GLRI). The
GLRI serves to protect
and maintain the Great
Lakes, and I will continue
to support greater funding
for its projects. For
example, to prevent the
formation of harmful
algal blooms in the Great
Lakes, the GLRI has
made reducing phospho-
rus runoff a top priority in
three watersheds, includ-
ing one in Ohio.
Phosphorus flows into the
lake as a byproduct of
fertilizers used in large
farms. This chemical in
turn promotes the growth
of algae. One of the proj-
ects funded by that
Initiative is currently
examining the impact of
excess phosphorus in
western Lake Erie to our
district’s water quality in
central Lake Erie. With
greater understanding of
the impact of harmful
algal blooms, more direct
steps can be taken to pre-
vent their formation in
our water. I will contin-
ue to monitor this issue
closely.
Have a good week
everyone.
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The Ohio Legislative Black Caucus Foundation announces
contribution from AT&T for Youth Development Program
Adam Grzybicki, State President, AT&T Ohio,
Derrick Clay, Ohio Legislative Black Caucus
Foundation Board Member, Richard Dyer,
Immediate Past Chair, Urban League of Greater
Southwestern Ohio, Peg Moertl, Board Chair, Urban
League of Greater Southwestern Ohio, Marsha
Mockabee, President/CEO Greater Cleveland Urban
League, Thomas Conley, President/CEO Greater
Warren-Youngstown Urban League, Donna Jones
Baker, President/CEO Urban League of Greater
Southwestern Ohio.