14230 Madison Avenue • Lakewood, OH 44107 • Phone: 216-226-6466 • e-mail: centerinfo@lcsclakewood.org
Past the beggar and the suffering walks he who asks, 'Why, oh God, do you not do something for these people?'
To which God replied, 'I did do something, I made you.'
~ Old Sufi Saying
Unfortunately this graph is not just about numbers. It's about people in our community who cannot afford to feed themselves and their families. And as you can see, more and more are turning to us for help.
Speaking of help, we need yours. There is no increase in county funding for food to help us keep up with the need. Federal funding has all but disappeared. With a donation of only $2 we can provide groceries for 9 meals for every person who comes to us for assistance.
Seems like a small price to pay to make sure our neighbors do not go hungry.
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6pm - 10pm
The Community Garden at Madison Park
Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve.... You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Welcome to the LCSC Community Garden! What could be a better setting for got green?
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Guests enjoy the garden. Check out one of the whimsical rain barrels painted by LHS art students.
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What could be better than a Great Lakes Brewing Company Dortmunder and a walk through our garden lush with vegetables?
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Nestled among lettuces, scarlet runner beans, peppers and lavender….this sign explains what the community garden is all about.
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Greenhouse Tavern executive sous chef Brian describes one of the restaurant’s signature dishes to got green? guests.
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Westshore Career Technical District culinary arts students busy prepping in their roles as sous chefs for the night.
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Plastic at got green? No way! The Greenhouse Tavern serves its mushroom gnocchi on eco-friendly compostable bamboo spoons.
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Honorary event chair Mayor Mike Summers addresses got green? guests and encourages them to visit the garden to read LCSC's service stats planted there.
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Honorary event chair and LHS Principal, Dr. Bill Wagner, congratulates LCSC for its work in the community and pledges continued support from faculty and students.
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Kristine Jackson and KJ Blues rocked the night!! Three solid hours of R&B, classic rock and soul from this incredible band.
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Greenhouse Tavern owner and chef Jonathon Sawyer, flanked by a GHT staffer and Chef Chris Hodgson, gets ready to draw the winning ticket for the private dinner for 4 at The Greenhouse Tavern.
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The sun might have set over Madison Park, but 300+ guests continue to party at the second annual got green?
Lakewood Community Services Center:
• Distributes 25,000 pounds of
emergency food every month
• Provides services to over 7,000
individuals every year
• Provides enough food for over
300,000 meals each year
• Prevents 600 families from
becoming homeless each year
• Helps 30 formerly homeless
families secure stable housing
each year
It's simple to support our neighbors in need!
Click the Donate button now.
Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.
~ Robert F. Kennedy
Lakewood Community Services Center
Providing ongoing support to our neighbors in need
Local high school students extend LCSC's response to community need
Thank You to All Who Participated in Adopt a Family
The generosity of individuals, organizations and businesses enabled LCSC to match 54 client families with Adopt a Family sponsors this holiday season. Because of this outpouring of good will, literally hundreds of local children experienced the joy of Christmas morning.
In addition to our appreciation to all the individuals who partcipated, we would like to extend our special appreciation to the following groups:
Lakewood Catholic Academy
Lakewood/Fairview Hospitals
Lakewood/Rocky River Rotary Club
Lakewood United Methodist Church
Meridian Condominium Association
Rocky River United Methodist Church
In addition to the Adopt a Family program, community groups also provided special support to LCSC client families during the holiday season. Our thanks to:
Harding Middle School
Lakewood Charitable Assistance Corporation
Lakewood High School National Honor Society
Omni Property Management, Inc.
Steve Barry Buick
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If you want happiness for an hour, take a nap. If you want happiness for a day, go fishing. If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help somebody.
~ Chinese Proverb
You won't want to miss got green? on Friday September 7th!
Steve Schimoler, owner and executive chef of award-winning Crop Bar and Bistro in Ohio City, is this year's celebrity chef. Chef Schimoler promises a fresh and whimsical menu celebrating our local late summer/early fall harvest.
Back by overwhelming demand is Kristine Jackson and KJ Blues who rocked the house (garden?) last year and had party goers dancing on the garden paths. Joining Kristine at the end of the evening will be Chef Schimoler and his band Cream of the Crop! Rock meets blues at got green? this year.
Two fabulous raffle prizes!!
• Tour de Crop a seven course tasting menu for two with
wine pairings at Crop Bistro and Bar¹s Chef¹s Table courtesy
of Chef Schimoler
• Tulum Riviera Maya two round trip tickets and four
day/three night stay at a luxurious beachfront villa in Tulum,
Mexico courtesy of Abode Living
• New this year is a silent auction that celebrates Cleveland's
most popular neighborhoods. You'll have the opportunity
to bid on unique packages from Downtown, Ohio City,
Tremont, Detroit Shoreway and of course Lakewood.
All proceeds from this great event support LCSC's work in the community.
You won't want to miss it!!
We would like to thank our Green Thumb sponsors
"This initiative will allow Murtis Taylor HSS and Lakewood Community Services Center to integrate treatment services with community services in a person-centered environment. This is the very embodiment of our founder¹s vision, Mrs. Murtis Taylor"
Lovell Custard, President & CEO, Murtis Taylor Human Services
"We must fight against the tendency to stigmatize those suffering from mental illness. This partnership recognizes that the necessity for housing, food, mental healthcare, primary healthcare and other basic human needs affects us all regardless of labels."
David Brown, Director of Adult Mental Health, Murtis Taylor Human Services System
We are extremely pleased to announce that with generous funding from Community West Foundation, in January 2013, Lakewood Community Services Center and Murtis Taylor Human Services System will launch a unique collaborative effort that will allow LCSC to hire a third full-time social worker and will enable Murtis Taylor to co-locate behavioral health care staff at LCSC.