NOTE: This is a restricted service activity and is not open for registration. If you are interested in participating in this service, please contact the Center for Service and Social Action office at 216.397.4698.

The Detention Services division of the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court System manages the care of all juveniles in the secure detention continuum, including the Detention Center, Shelter Care and Home Detention. Ohio Law permits juvenile courts to commit juveniles to a detention facility for up to 90 days. The goal of the Juvenile Detention Center is to help these residents become more productive citizens when released to the community. Trained staff, volunteers and student interns facilitate a variety of programming available to residents, which addresses such issues as youth violence, chemical dependency, job readiness and life skills. In addition, educational instruction is provided to the residents through the Cleveland Public School System via on-site classrooms and teachers.

The service participant in this activity will assist with the development of a "Parent Orientation Program" at the Detention Center and also help with researching funding opportunities in support of the re-entry program.

NOTE: Service participants for this activity must have completed the following in order to participate in this activity:

1. An application and agreement to submit to background checks and fingerprinting (there will be NO CHARGE for this to participants).
2. Two (2) reference forms. 

Failure to complete these requirements will result in removal from the activity. In addition, participants are encouraged to read these Volunteer Guidelines prior to their start of service. 

SELF-PLACEMENT--This activity is  NOT open for registration.

Huron Hospital, a Cleveland Clinic hospital, is an acute care, teaching hospital located in East Cleveland. This not-for-profit teaching hospital has provided nationally-recognized health care and outreach programs for those in need for over 135 years. Huron Hospital offers medical services in cancer care, critical care, geriatrics medicine, cardiac care, infectious disease and surgical care. Also, Huron is a leading facility for the care of diabetic patients and complications associated with this disease. A behavioral medicine component providing adult, inpatient mental health, outpatient chemical dependency and detoxification services and a Women’s Health Center with a full range of gynecological and obstetrical care and outpatient pediatrics are located on the hospital’s campus. Huron Hospital’s mission is to be the health care provider of choice in the communities it serves by continuously improving its delivery of services as part of the Cleveland Clinic Health System.

Service participants in this activity may interact with patients in a variety of ways, including:

• assisting with dietary selection, preparing patients for mealtime, getting beverages 
• reviewing educational materials, distributing reading materials 
• surveying patients relative to their patient care, responding to call lights 
• providing spiritual counseling, listening and conversing
• returning medical equipment, conducting clerical assignments, assembling patient admission packets
• providing other support services as requested by appropriate staff 

NOTE: In order to participate in service at Huron Hospital, volunteers MUST:

1. Complete this application and waiver to allow Huron Hospital to run a background check and email it to tpatterson@jcu.edu by Monday, September 14th.
2. Arrange to have a 2-step TB test at JCU's Health Services office (216.397.4349). There is NO CHARGE for this test, however, participants MUST contact the Student Health Office by Friday, September 18th to set up an appointment for their first test, with a second test to follow within a week.
3. Attend the first day of service, as training and a volunteer interview will be conducted on that day.

In addition, participants should read the Volunteer Guidelines for Huron Hospital.

Participants who do not follow through on these requirements will be removed from the service activity.  

NOTE: This activity is restricted and is NOT open for registration. If you are interested in this activity, please contact the Center for Service and Social Action at 216.397.4698.

Activity description pending.

NOTE: This is a restricted activity and not currently open for registration.

Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center (FFTRC) is a nonprofit organization that provides equine programming for people with cognitive, social and/or physical disabilities. Through horseback riding, students can improve physical and social skills along with increasing self-confidence and more. FFTRC serves the largest number of students of any premier NARHA (North American riding for the Handicapped Association) accredited program across the country.

Service Participants will partner with learning-disabled children from Cleveland Public Schools in equine activities. Volunteers assisting as horse handlers will lead the horse; sidewalkers assist the student with physical or verbal assistance during the lesson. Ground lesson volunteers will work with an instructor and students in non-mounted activities where students learn horse care (parts of horse, grooming, stall cleaning, etc.), and do arts and crafts.  

IMPORTANT: This activity will need to have 4 or more registrants in order to go forward.

NOTE: In order to participate in service at Fieldstone Farms, volunteers MUST

1. complete this application form and liability waiver (which gives FFTRC permission to conduct a background check on you) 
2. email the completed application to tpatterson@jcu.edu by Monday, September 14th.

Failure to comply with these requirements will result in removal from the activity.

NOTE: This is a restricted service activity and is not open for registration. If you are interested in participating in this service, please contact the Center for Service and Social Action office at 216.397.4698.

This activity involves preparing and serving meals at the Catholic Worker Storefront and interacting with those who come there in a manner which manifests the principles of Catholic Social Teaching.

The Many Villages Program takes a systematic approach to recruiting, training, managing, and engaging volunteers to advance the academic success of students in the Cleveland Heights/University Heights school district. Many Villages helps the school form a teacher/parent team to shape and implement a volunteer tutoring program that meets the unique needs of their school. Program components include volunteer recruiting, teacher orientation, tutor orientation, scheduling, communication and problem solving, and evaluation and renewal. While each program design is unique, all increase the level of volunteer assistance available to teachers and students, and share a commitment to these three program expectations: 

·          To assist the school in achieving academic progress for its students.

·          To help teachers and not be a burden to them. 

·          To be motivating and satisfying to tutors. 

Many Villages school programs are supported with a set of standards-based tutoring materials selected by Many Villages guiding team members and funded by the school district. The materials are easy-to-use tutoring activities that address specific standards-based skills. Service participants are trained in and use these materials in working one-on-one or with small groups of students in grades K-6.

NOTE: This activity is restricted and is NOT open for registration. If you are interested in this activity, please contact the Center for Service and Social Action at 216.397.4698.

The mission of Cleveland Central Catholic High School is: "Rooted in Gospel values and Catholic tradition, Cleveland Central Catholic High School educates culturally diverse young men and women of our city and challenges them to deepen their faith to responsibly serve God, church, and community."

Participants in this activity assist various theology teachers with special education students, student service projects, tutoring, and other needs as they arise.

This is a restricted activity and is NOT open for registration.

Boys Hope Girls Hope (BHGH) is a Jesuit Program that partners with families to provide students from challenged backgrounds with a quality education and opportunities that will allow them to reach their full potential. Students live on the campus during the school year, where they are cared for by Resident Counselors who attend to their social and academic needs as well as Americorps members who closely monitor their success in school. Since 1991, every Boys Hope Girls Hope scholar throughout the United States has graduated high school and continued on to some form of higher education.

Service participants in this activity will be matched with middle school and high school students who are in need of tutoring in math, science, and English. Tutors will typically work with only one or two students during the session and will usually focus on one subject area.

NOTE: All participants in this service activity MUST:

1. Have strong English, math, or science skills (high school level) 
2. Complete this application and email it to tpatterson@jcu.edu by 9/14/2009
3. Attend service on the first day, as a mandatory orientation/training session will be held on that day. 

Participants who do not follow through on these requirements will be removed from this service activity. 

NOTE: This is a restricted service activity and is not open for registration. If you are interested in participating in this service, please contact the Center for Service and Social Action office at 216.397.4698.

Managed by Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry (LMM), 2100 Lakeside is the largest men's shelter in Ohio, housing over 350 men per night and serving 1,000 meals per day. The mission of LMM is to serve people who are oppressed, forgotten, and hurting. The staff of 2100 seek to provide support services to men experiencing homelessness in the Cleveland area and to empower them towards independence and self-sufficiency. (Photo by Steve Cagan; used by permission.)

The volunteer will be on hand for shelter residents in the computer lab to assist them with basic computer skills, resume writing, on-line job or educational search; the volunteer will work closely with residents enrolled in Jobs Club, and as such it is hoped the volunteer will be somewhat of a mentor to residents who ask for help in their job search. Additionally, the volunteer will make sure that shelter residents are not going to sites that are prohibited in the Computer Lab.

NOTE: This is a restricted service activity and is not open for registration. If you are interested in participating in this service, please contact the Center for Service and Social Action office at 216.397.4698.

Participants in this activity assist in providing a clean, safe, non-threatening play space for pediatric patients on a general medical division. Responsibilities include providing age-appropriate activities and interactions for children, newborn to 18 years of age; interacting with the children either in the Activity center or at a patient's bedside, feeding and rocking babies, supervising in the Activity Center, cleaning toys, and other duties as assigned.

NOTE: This activity is restricted for students who have arranged a self placement at Hijos De Borinquen Spanish American Center ONLY. It is not open for general registration.

Hijos De Borinquen Spanish American Center is a multi-service social agency which was formed to serve the needs of the east side Hispanic community.  The center assists its clients in a variety of ways. It helps them locate and access community resources, acts as a liaison with other social service agencies, helps with vocational placement, conducts voter registration, sponsors karate classes for youth, and in emergency situations distributes food and clothing. One of its most sought-after services is helping non-English speaking clients interpreting and translating.

Service participants serve as an advocate on poverty and social justice issues and hlep to connect members of the Latino community to needed social services. Service participants will also assist the director in her efforts to provide disenfranchised residents and marginalized groups with assistance and ancillary services.

NOTE: Participants in this activity should be able to converse in basic Spanish. Fluency is not required.