Our First 35 Years

Hathaway Brown Aspire • Partnered with Hathaway Brown School to provide support and mentoring to adolescent girls with limited opportunities • Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority Youth Football Team • Partnered with housing authority to provide monetary support for the Youth Football Team Awards Banquet • Provided each participant with the book “By My Brother’s Side” by National Football League players, Tiki and Ronde Barber Linkages to Life: Organ, Tissue and Bone Marrow Donation Awareness Program • Designed to educate the African American community about the importance of and need for organ, tissue, and bone marrow donation • Initiative was conducted in partnership with the local faith-based community and civic organizations Achieving the Dream, Incorporated (ATD) • Western Reserve (OH) Chapter and Cleveland (OH) Chapter partnered with Cuyahoga Community College and implemented a year-long mentoring program for first generation students to help them acclimate to college life • ATD was a multi-year national initiative between ATD and The Links, Incorporated designed to ensure the success of students who attend community colleges • ATD focused on student groups that traditionally face significant barriers to success, i.e., students of color and those from low-income families

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