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UPS Foundation Provides Grant to Greater Cleveland Volunteers
Greater Cleveland Volunteers is pleased to receive a $25,000 grant from the UPS Foundation to help with volunteer recruitement and marketing. Greater Cleveland Volunteers' Executive Director, Joy Banish (right) recently accepted the check from UPS Staff member, Beth Bond (center) and Congresswoman Marcia Fudge (left).
New Name!
Greater Cleveland Volunteers is the new name for the non-profit organization formerly called RSVP of Greater Cleveland. Our organization has been serving the community since 1972 and our new name more suitably communicates what we currently do.
A few years ago, we expanded our mission from serving only adults age 55 and older to serving volunteers age 18+. This change was made in response to the increased requests from our nonprofit partner organizations for us to find them more volunteers and the desire of many younger volunteers to be part of our organization. We believe that our new name, Greater Cleveland Volunteers, will eliminate the misconception that we are only a program for older adults..
Our organization will continue to host the Cleveland chapter of the national Retired and Senior Volunteer Program and the national Experience Corps program.
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The Cleveland Magazine, December, 2009
See Greater Cleveland Volunteers Featured in Cleveland Magazine
Greater Cleveland Volunteers has been prominently featured in this month's Cleveland Magazine, as part of a larger article on volunteering and giving back. To read the article, click here.
To read the entire article about giving, click here.
myCom, December, 2009
See Us Featured Online at myCom
We are featured on the website of myCom, a program connecting youth with caring adults, sponsored by Cuyahoga County and funded by The Cleveland Foundation.
To visit our feature, click here.
Plain Dealer, Thursday, August 6, 2009
Volunteer group changes name
RSVP of Greater Cleveland is changing its name, effective today, to Greater Cleveland Volunteers. The change is necessary, explained Executive Director Joy Banish, to convey that the organization serves people ages 18 and over. RSVP originally stood for Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, but in 2006, the organization expanded its mission. It now recruits adults of all ages and places them at a variety of local nonprofits. The new Web site is greaterclevelandvolunteers.org. More...
Plain Dealer, Saturday, July 18, 2009
RSVP gives awards to three volunteers
RSVP, which supplies volunteers to other area organizations, has given annual awards to three of those volunteers: Gail Haverdill of South Euclid for new ideas and improvements at McGregor Home, Ann Amy of Garfield Heights for leadership at St. Timothy Manor and Sharon Boag of Euclid for helping Euclid Senior Programs in many ways. More...
WKYC-TV, May 27, 2009
National tutoring program recognized in Cleveland
CLEVELAND -- Tutors from Experience Corps, an AmeriCorps program that uses adults over 55 to tutor in urban public schools, are being recognized for helping the Cleveland Schools.
These tutors have helped more than 10,000 students in Cleveland since 1997.
The national CEO of Experience Corps was in town to recognize the volunteers and met with Cleveland School officials. Education Reporter Kim Wheeler visited Almira School on Cleveland's west side to see the tutors in action and interview CEO Lester Strong.
"If children are not reading and reading on grade level by grade 3, they have a high risk of dropping out from school, doing drugs, or going to prison. Reading is the gateway to success," says Strong. More...
Press Releases
"RSVP"of Greater Cleveland Re-Invigorates Itself As "Greater Cleveland Volunteers"
Independent Research Shows Experience Corps Program in Cleveland
Schools Produces Big Gains in Student Learning
Studies Show that Students Aren't the Only Ones Who Benefit from
School-based Tutoring
Greater Cleveland Volunteers Honored