February 1 , 2005 Hello, and thank you for your support of United Way of Greater Cleveland. In an effort to keep our donors informed of upcoming news and events, we are publishing regular email updates. If you would like to unsubscribe from further enews issues or all email communications, please see the preferences and unsubscribe links at the end of this message. Only three weeks remain to make an investment in your community this year through the 2004 United Way campaign. Think about your community...about the 2,000 homeless people of Cleveland who have no place to go on these cold Cleveland winter nights. Think about the high jobless rate. Think what it is like not to have food for yourself or your family. These situations exist in our city. But, you can make a difference with your contribution to United Way of Greater Cleveland. Please give generously now. Here's how to donate securely online. IN THIS ISSUE: United Way Annual Meeting 24th Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland races for United Way Thank you to Community Vision Council volunteers CBS' 60 Minutes to highlight Das Deutsch Clinic for Special Needs Children Cuyahoga County and City of Cleveland workforce boards merge United Way and JPC computer instruction firm partnership helps UWS employees and job seekers Make your Annual Meeting reservations now! How much funding will the campaign generate for our community? How is the Community Vision Council doing? Who is the Volunteer of the Year? For this and much more, join more than 1,100 people at the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel from 11:45 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. on Friday, February 25th for the United Way of Greater Cleveland Annual Meeting. Featured speakers are United Way Board chair Sandy Cutler, chairman and CEO of Eaton Corporation; Community Vision Council co-chair Robert W. Gillespie Jr., chairman emeritus of KeyCorp; and 2004 campaign chair Charles A. Ratner, president and CEO of Forest City Enterprises, Inc. Corporate sponsorships still are available by calling (216) 436-2121. Click here for more information or to make table or individual reservations. 24th Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland races for United Way on June 24-26 United Way of Greater Cleveland will be a big winner as the charity of choice in the 2005 Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland taking place Friday, June 24, through Sunday, June 26. The 24th annual “Roar by the Shore” race will be held at Burke Lakefront Airport, and United Way will benefit from Grand Prix proceeds. United Way will work in partnership with Grand Prix team members, who also are the newest tenants in United Way’s building. More about the "Roar by the Shore." Thank you to Community Vision Council volunteers Community Vision Council volunteers gathered at Key Tower on January 25 to celebrate the organization's nearly five years of accomplishments. More than 200 volunteers serve on the Community Vision Council, co-chaired by Robert W. Gillespie, Jr. and Steven A. Minter, and the four Vision Councils. United Way is the convener of the Community Vision Council, which was created to make a long-term impact on the lives of Greater Clevelanders by developing public/private partnerships to address a specific health and human services agenda. View photos from this event or learn more about the Community Vision Council. CBS' 60 Minutes to highlight Das Deutsch Clinic for Special Needs Children, a beneficiary of United Way Services of Geauga County United Way Services of Geauga County (UWSGC) will watch with pride as 60 Minutes focuses national cameras on Das Deutsch Clinic for Special Needs Children, located in Middlefield, Ohio. Three special one-year UWSGC grants totaling $70,000 provided the necessary start-up funds to hire a physician and support personnel for the clinic that addresses the needs of children with rare genetic and metabolic disorders, especially those found in Amish children. The research at the clinic, which is open to all children, will benefit special needs children throughout the world. Bumped from the 60 Minutes lineup in January by the tsunami, the Das Deutsch story will be rescheduled. Learn more about this unique clinic. Another Community Vision Council accomplishment; Cuyahoga County and City of Cleveland workforce boards merge Jane Campbell, Mayor of Cleveland, and County Commissioners Jimmy Dimora, Peter Lawson Jones and past County Commissioner Tim McCormack, made it official -- the former workforce boards of the City and Cuyahoga County are one. The merger fulfills a priority of the Community Vision Council and its Learning and earning for life Vision Council that the two boards combine for planning and collaborative operational improvements for One-Stop Career Services. More on the Cuyahoga One-Stop Career Center. Partnership between United Way of Greater Cleveland and the JPC computer instruction firm helps UWS employees and job seekers Three mornings a week people who are seeking jobs receive computer training thanks to a partnership with JPC Learning Centers and United Way. Instruction ranges from beginner to intermediate levels and focuses on what is needed to conduct a job search. In exchange for using the United Way training room, JPC provides training for United Way employees. More on the JPC computer training at United Way. Designate Community-Wide Needs for the best investment when you pledge To make the best investment in your community, designate your United Way contribution to Community-Wide Needs. This allows our trained investment volunteers to adjust available funding toward the greatest need, whether it is for immediate programs or for long-term solutions to community problems. To help make the 2004 Campaign a success for all Greater Clevelanders, pledge securely online before February 20. Great Things, United Way's print newsletter to the community Our current edition of Great Things, United Way's community newsletter, can be viewed on our Web site, along with back issues of this enewsletter. Click here for the current edition of our print newsletter, Great Things. We publish What Matters to keep you informed about events, activities and developments affecting United Way Services and the Greater Cleveland community. We invite you to visit our Web site, after you've read this newsletter. United Way Services of Greater Cleveland 1331 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115 T: (216) 436-2100; F: (216) 436-2257 www.uws.org Email: marketing@uws.org