A third round of weekly grants totaling $626,500 for eight Cleveland-area nonprofit groups was announced April 10 by the Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund coalition.
The COVID-19 pandemic can’t stop the 10th anniversary of Dyngus Day in Cleveland, as the polka-fueled celebration moves online.
"We kept in touch, and after that all finished, I decided not to stay in New Zealand. I just wanted to get back home."
A second round of weekly grants totaling $1.18 million for 17 Cleveland-area nonprofit groups was announced April 3 by the Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund coalition.
"And I was mentioning how I had this sort of dilemma where I was pursuing voice performance but also really interested in this other thing and thinking I might want to pursue that, but not sure what to do. And they were like you should just do it."
Events are being canceled or rescheduled left and right. Offices are closing, and people are working from home and sheltering in place. We caught up with five Cleveland organizations to see how the coronavirus crisis is affecting their efforts to serve the public.
How are you handling this coronavirus crisis? Many of us are staying inside, while some have to go out to perform their essential work. But all of us are a community online. Email us your coping stories, and we will share the best ones here.
"And if you’re by the ocean, I mentioned to my wife, it would be awesome to scuba dive, I always dreamed about that as a kid. And she said, why don't you?"
Though Cleveland schools are closed for now, school lunches are still available. But if you're working and your kids are staying indoors, how are you supposed to pick up the food? Babies and Brunch, a newly formed neighborhood volunteer effort, is stepping up to the plate.
If you’re practicing social distancing and self-isolation and need a Netflix binge break, Roots of American Music hopes you’ll give their podcast series a listen.
"He was in this group, and I heard samples through what he posted on Facebook. And I thought I’ve always wanted to be in a band that sounds like this."
Advancing the Springfield, Ohio, narrative, Issue Media Group launches the community-driven publication The Hub.
"Through high school, whenever I just needed some space, that’s where I would go … to the woods."
"I love helping people, and that’s what my job consisted of. I was more thinking about helping people."
"My parents would hand me money, I would shoot through the neighbors’ back yard, cut through their yard to go to the railroad station and take the train into the city to go see shows by myself."
Small businesses can win big bucks in Citizens Bank's annual competition, and this year, Greater Cleveland has been chosen to participate in the Small Business Community Champion Award.
"His death was so shocking, but at the same time, it opened up my whole worldview to this other dimension. That was honestly the thing that kept me going."
"I want to be a good manager. Just to be for everybody at work, treat everybody equally."
"I thought about going back to school for awhile, but I allowed life to get in the way and do other things."