Local
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BETHANY
CHURCH MEALS: One of our daughter congregations
where meals are
served the first Friday of the month at Bethany Presbyterian Church,
located at Clinton and West 65th.
BIG BROTHERS
AND BIG SISTERS: Plans and offers programs for young people
in need of support and opportunities to relate to caring adults.
THE CITY
MISSION: Provides shelter for homeless men, job
assistance and a clothing store.
COOKIES FOR VETS:
On Memorial Day, Old Stone volunteers deliver boxes of home-baked
cookies to vets at the Brecksville VA Hospital.
GOODRICH-GANNETT NEIGHBORHOOD
CENTER:
Our mission started here in 1896 and today offers senior programs as
well as after school programs for grades 7–12
plus a preschool for area children.
THE HUNGER
NETWORK:
Oversees
over 100 pantries and hot meal programs in
Greater Cleveland.
Interreligious Partners in
Action of Greater Cleveland (InterAct Cleveland):
A collaboration of over 50 congregations that
have come together to create change through interfaith partnerships such as the Homeless Stand Down
and Dialogue Groups.
INTERFAITH
HOSPITALITY NETWORK (IHN): A network of congregations that
provides
homeless families with shelter, meals, counseling and job assistance.
Old Stone volunteers help to host families at Rocky River United
Methodist Church
4–5 times a year plus provide a
Christmas party for all families served that year.
NORTH CHURCH:
A daughter church in the inner city providing ministry, programs, and
activities to area residents.
OLD STONE
CHURCH - SOCIAL SERVICES:
Provides emergency food
each Friday morning to
over 300 people in need every year.
OLD
STONE EDUCATION CENTER: Located on
the third floor of
Old Stone Center, this offers a City of Cleveland school for students
to obtain their GED certificate or high school diploma. Also provides
nursery for children of students.
TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING, INC: Offers a safe haven for
up to 64 women in
the process of rebuilding their lives after suffering abuse and/or
addiction, who were formerly homeless. Old Stone sponsors their awards
dinner, a "shower" for the women and a Christmas supper for their
families.
TREMONT
MONTESSORI K-8 SCHOOL:
The only Montessori
school in the Cleveland school system. Old Stone provided a computer
room for the school and provides tutoring and assistance with winter
clothing.
UNITED
PROTESTANT CAMPUS MINISTRIES (UPCaM):
Provides services of a chaplain at Case Western,
Tri-C, and Cleveland State as well as other services and programs for
students of the area colleges.
NEW INITIATIVES:
Each year the Board of Missions considers new projects.
An example is the packing of health kits for the Synod Mobile Health
Fair. One-time grants are available to members undertaking voluntary
mission trips.
OTHER REGIONAL
MISSION PROJECTS:
Mission of the Presbytery of the Western Reserve (covering NE Ohio)
and the Mobile Health Fair of the Synod of the Covenant.