April 2022
Monthly News & Updates
Encore Cleveland connects people who are in or nearing retirement from their primary careers with volunteer and employment opportunities through local nonprofit organizations.
ENCORE CLEVELAND NEWS
CLEVELAND LEADERSHIP CENTER: Legacy Leaders

Catalina Maddox-Wagers explains her involvement in the Legacy Leaders program at Cleveland Leadership Center.

Take two minutes to hear her story about Encore Cleveland and how this gave her a new prospective about Cleveland.

ENCORE ENGAGEMENT ENTERPRISE (E3)

E3 is seeking an Administrative Assistant to provide high-level support to the Director and program staff. The successful candidate will have top-notch MS Office skills and willingness to learn other applications as needed, experience managing the daily flow of a professional office, excellent verbal and written communication skills, organizational and time management skills and at least four years of related experience. Prior experience working in a nonprofit environment desired, but not required.

Qualified candidates, please submit your resume and message of interest to info@fairhillpartners.org.

LEADERSHIP GEAUGA

Expand your knowledge of Geauga County through personal access to community leaders, behind-the-scenes site tours and in-depth discussions.

Gain a deeper understanding of issues and opportunities unique to Geauga County.


This program is open to EVERYONE, in retirement, regardless of where you live.

You would expand your personal contacts into a network of interesting civic-minded leaders. Learn how to define your next life chapter while engaging with like-minded individuals in making a difference. Classes meet once weekly, April 20th to June 1st.

View the entire flyer here: https://tinyurl.com/2p97k9vd

Contact Pam Carson at pam@leadershipgeauga.org

FELLOW OPPORTUNITIES

Canopy Child Advocacy Center is s seeking an experienced human resources consultant.
Contracted position: https://tinyurl.com/55ku4kvu


Esperanza, Inc. is seeking a Senior Level Financial Professional who can help with the financial strategy of the organization.
Contracted position: https://tinyurl.com/4mueww8k

A part-time bookkeeper paid position. More here:https://tinyurl.com/5d7476hu

Encore Digital Connect
There’s no age limit when it comes to entrepreneurship.

Women over the age of 50 are among the fastest growing groups of entrepreneurs. But often, they don't have the same access to digital tools that are constantly changing. To close the digital divide, the Women’s Business Center of Northern Ohio and the Cleveland Foundation developed Encore Digital Connect.
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Encore Digital Connect is for women business owners aged 50 or older in the Cleveland area.
 
Upon complete the program, graduates will have an understanding of:
  • The basics of branding, slogans and logo
  • How to create and manage their own website through Wix
  • Graphic design basics from Canva
  • Social media best practices 


Contact Nakeva Williams at nwilliams@greaterclevelandvolunteers.org or
216-391-9500 x 2116 to learn more or register. 
Friendly Visitor-Are you a good listener and non-judgmental? Be the friendly visitor to a resident of a prison who looks forward to visits each month. Volunteers are matched with a resident of the same sex. Visits take place on Saturdays. 

Get Some Exercise, Give Someone a Push-The best part of an older adult's day may be getting to the activity room for games, crafts or socialization. Transporting residents in wheelchairs to these events is a wonderful way to help our older adults. Opportunities are available throughout Cuyahoga County. 

Gardens are Blooming-Assist visitors with their enjoyment of the beautiful gardens while also helping with maintaining the grounds in University Circle. Opportunities are available seven days a week. 

Food Distribution-Join the team of dedicated volunteers at drive-thru food distributions on the 3rd Wednesday of each month 10:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. in Ohio City. Help with registering vehicles, directing traffic and loading vehicles.
Come once or come for the whole season. 
 
New Volunteer Information Session- Ready to volunteer? Join Greater Cleveland Volunteers via Zoom to learn about the many ways to serve your community with 100+ partner agencies throughout Cuyahoga County. https://tinyurl.com/jx62fnk2

IN OTHER NEWS
We celebrate and recognize National Volunteer Week this year, April 17-23.

Thank you who volunteer by making their community vibrant!

Congratulation to SCORE Cleveland for being named 2022 Chapter of the Year.

SCORE Cleveland was recognized from among 240 chapters nationwide for its outstanding mentoring and educational support to small businesses during these challenging times, including tripling their total services over the past two years.

With a focus on "no client left behind," the chapter's 80+ volunteers dedicated themselves to assisting local entrepreneurs in all aspects of starting and running a small business. In doing so, they enriched their community by helping to start 394 new businesses and create 676 new jobs in one year.
Check out employment news from Nifty 50 e-magazine.
Did you know? Of any major city in the U.S., Cleveland has the highest percentage of households without broadband internet accounts. Almost 53,000 Cleveland households — 31% of the city's total — lack broadband subscriptions of any kind at any speed, including mobile data plans.

A coalition of partners across Greater Cleveland has launched the Digital Navigators Program to help residents access online resources — affordable internet service, free training, discounted devices and more.

Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/2p95ewbj
National Drug Take Back Day is
Saturday, April 30th

Safely dispose of any prescription drugs you no longer need.

Learn more: https://www.dea.gov/takebackday
Bingo FUN!

Older Adults are invited to participate in Western Reserve Area Agency on Aging's Virtual Bingo every 3rd Thursday of the month. Next session April 21st.

Register by emailing cwillis@areaagingsolutions.org who will send out bingo materials and instructions.

Open to Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain and Medina county residents.

These are short emergency messages from authorized federal, state, local, tribal and territorial public alerting authorities that can be broadcast from cell towers to any WEA‐enabled mobile device in a locally targeted area. 

WEAs can be sent by state and local public safety officials, the National Weather Service, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the President of the United States.
These nonprofit organizations have vested energy in Encore Cleveland to provide either volunteer, employment or business opportunities. 
Click on the agency link to discover more!