In the organization's Report to the Community at its Annual Meeting on March 13, United Way Chairman of the Board Robert W. Gillespie, Jr., chairman of the board of KeyCorp, invited all Greater Clevelanders to become stakeholders in improving the area's quality of life. The Vision Council initiative calls on the private sector to join public government funders and others to drive a community-wide health and human services agenda. Sharing the stage with Gillespie at the meeting was Alex Machaskee, president and publisher of The Plain Dealer and United Way's volunteer campaign leader. United Way investments, in addition to supporting core programs, for the first time will be invested in the four priority areas of the Vision Council work. These are children and families, education and employment, seniors and health and wellness.
Today can mark a turning point for Greater Cleveland.
Today we become a community not only addressing current needs but squarely in the business of long-term solutions,' Gillespie said. Two United Way workers address Ohio Congressional Delegation in Washington to share Cleveland Job Corps' success story For most of her 21 years, Hope Engroff only know hopelessness, until her own initiatives led her to the Cleveland Job Corps Center. After a lifetime of difficult home situations, she decided to take matters into her own hands and moved into the Job Corps' residential career development center in Cleveland. Shortly after creating her own sense of family with other young people at Jobs Corps, her first placement training came three years ago when she was introduced to Justine Reeves, an administrative assistant who would become her trainer and mentor at United Way Services. Now the women, both full time employees at United Way Services, have shared their success story with Ohio's Congressional Delegation at its annual breakfast meeting in Washington, D.D., on Wednesday, May 9, in the Capitol.