AHoy Summer!

Our Summer picnic is one of the few moments in a year when our entire community gets together -- families, Dare to Dream® mentors, Love Box® volunteers, Staff and Board. In the middle of a June Cleveland heatwave, we celebrated summer with a nautical theme and were excited to welcome more than 230 people in our community. We enjoyed a magic show, a yoga/relaxation class and a scavenger hunt... We shared a picnic together, had our faces painted, made bracelets, petted a puppy and played sports. Most of all we connected with each other, shared stories and laughed...

A huge THANK YOU to our sponsor (Jinisha Patel/State Farm), to our community partners (TRG Multimedia) for bringing an awesome team of volunteers, (Subway of Chesterland) for subsidizing our picnic lunches, Willie at (Tada Magician) for entertaining us, Casey Gruden for leading the yoga class and Joanne & Dexter (UH pet pals) for being the puppy pirate star of the show!

We also welcomed high school volunteers from University School, Gilmour Academy and Bay Village to help our families and children enjoy themselves.

We are better together! Happy Summer!

If you would like to sponsor or be part of a similar event in the future please contact [email protected].

Author

Ruth Atkinson is the Program Assistant at Cleveland Angels.