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May 2022
Monthly News & Updates
Encore Cleveland connects people who are in or nearing retirement from their primary careers with volunteer and employment opportunities through local nonprofit organizations.


YOU CAN DISCOVER NEW OPPORTUNITIES FROM ENCORE CLEVELAND BY ATTENDING THE FREE WEBINAR VIA ZOOM ON TUESDAY, MAY 24th 10-11 a.m.
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/k5e4u38z

The 2022 theme is Age My Way, an opportunity for all of us to explore the many ways older adults can remain in and be involved with their communities.

Encore Cleveland has many ways from volunteering, to seeking employment, to serving as a business consultant.
ENCORE CLEVELAND NEWS
Business Volunteers Unlimited (BVU) is seeking skill-based volunteers to support nonprofits with operational opportunities and challenges. Click here to get involved.

Additionally, they have an event targeted to business and community engagement-minded professionals on Thursday, May 5th. Environmental, social & corporate governance (ESG) monitoring is becoming more and more important to community engagement priorities at businesses nation wide.

Come learn with BVU and ESG expert Will Dokko about ESG fundamental.
https://tinyurl.com/5fwyd2ds
MANUFACTURING WORKS

Are you interested in contracting part-time and using your welding or machining skills to assist high school students?

Learn more about how the Technical Corps Program engages experienced manufacturing technicians age 50+ through Encore Cleveland to fill community needs.

Find the applications on https://hubs.li/H0TMCPT0  under Technical Corps Programs
WORKSHOPS OFFERED

JumpStart offers free educational workshops on a wide variety of topics, from capital readiness and go-to-market strategy to financial projections and growth planning.
 
Deep Dives- is a workshop series, that focuses on a specific topic for 4-6 weeks, and are specifically designed for small businesses generating over $75k revenue. The topics of the deep dives include the following:

Financial Projections, Digital Marketing 101, Social Media Strategy, Finding Focus,
Talent Strategy and Build a Brand.

Blueprint ProgramThis free four-week program is designed to help founders lay the foundation for business growth. Participants learn how to build and refine their value proposition, go-to-market strategy and their financial projections, while mapping out key milestones to drive future growth.

The Blueprint Program is ideal for small businesses operating in urban city centers and generating between $1 – $75,000 in annual revenue.

Contact Patty Ajdukiewicz for both programs: patty.ajdukiewicz@jumpstartinc.org.
Employment Opportunity

Visiting Angels Senior Homecare, a private duty homecare company is seeking Caregivers to assist older adults in the privacy of their homes. 

Duties include: hygiene assistance, meal preparation, medication reminders, light housekeeping, errands/shopping and joyful companionship. 

Hourly rate is $13-$15/hr. and candidates must have an automobile. Clients are located primarily in Eastern Cuyahoga county. This is a private pay market.

Please call Encore Engagement Enterprise at 216-421-1350 x 168 or email: smcnitt@fairhillpartners.org. 


Contact Nakeva Williams at nwilliams@greaterclevelandvolunteers.org or
216-391-9500 x 2116 to learn more or register. 
Be a Buddy-Matched to create a one-to-one friendships between adults with and without intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) in the community. Opportunities for friendship and inclusion are especially important to adults with IDD, who have limited opportunities to stay involved as they age. Get together once a month; enjoy dinner, go to a movie, or spend time together on a walk, just like any other friendship.

Helping Locate Permanent Housing- Assist clients who have housing vouchers in finding an apartment to call home. Having an openness to learning of housing needs and resources of clients who are housing displaced, an ability to interact respectfully with shelter clients and to interact professionally with prospective landlords, makes you a perfect match for this position. This is a weekday position anytime 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Guide Students to be All Stars-Assist 1-8th grade participants with homework, projects, test preparation, papers, and other academic tasks and help them on the road to All Star status.  Work alongside the team to support program activities that are exciting, relevant to youth, organized and well thought-out. School year hours are Monday-Thursday 3-6 p.m. Summer Monday-Thursday, morning, and afternoon sessions. Multiple locations in Cleveland.

Spruce up the Yard -Help older adults stay in their homes by providing light yard work to residents in Cleveland Heights, Highland Heights, Lyndhurst, Maple Heights, Mayfield Heights, Mayfield Village, Richmond Heights, Solon, and South Euclid. Projects include general yard cleanup, trimming bushes, weeding, branch removal, mulch, planting and leaf raking. Individual volunteers welcome and can accommodate groups up to 15. Weekdays and Saturdays in 2 hour shifts.
 
New Volunteer Information Session- Ready to volunteer? Join us via Zoom to learn about the many ways to serve your community. 
https://tinyurl.com/jx62fnk2

IN OTHER NEWS
Check out employment news from Nifty 50 e-magazine.
Did you know? Of any major city in the U.S., Cleveland has the highest percentage of households without broadband internet accounts. Almost 53,000 Cleveland households — 31% of the city's total — lack broadband subscriptions of any kind at any speed, including mobile data plans.

A coalition of partners across Greater Cleveland has launched the Digital Navigators Program to help residents access online resources — affordable internet service, free training, discounted devices and more.

Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/2p95ewbj