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SC4K Programs <strong>and</strong> Services News<br />

DISTRIBUTION NEWS<br />

2009 Distribution Goal Set<br />

In 2009, SC4K will distribute new clothing<br />

<strong>and</strong> Payless shoe gift cards with a retail<br />

value of $1,800,000.<br />

UPS <strong>and</strong> Associate Board Team Up<br />

<strong>for</strong> Annual Care Day<br />

Every other month, SC4K’s partner sites stretch their limited resources<br />

to pick <strong>up</strong> clothing items <strong>and</strong> shoe gift cards at the SC4K warehouse<br />

<strong>for</strong> distribution at their sites. At SC4K’s annual Care Day event,<br />

these items are delivered directly to partners saving the sites valuable<br />

time <strong>and</strong> resources. This past October, UPS, along with S<strong>up</strong>ply Chain<br />

Solutions <strong>and</strong> in conjunction with UPS Global Volunteer Month,<br />

stepped <strong>up</strong> <strong>for</strong> the second year to provide vehicles, route logistics<br />

<strong>and</strong> dozens of volunteers to make SC4K’s deliveries to all of the<br />

distribution partner sites. Members of the SC4K Board of Directors<br />

<strong>and</strong> Associate<br />

Board also<br />

participated<br />

in the deliveries.<br />

One distribution<br />

partner on each<br />

distribution route<br />

led volunteers on<br />

a site tour <strong>and</strong> shared in<strong>for</strong>mation about the services they provide.<br />

Channel 3 covered the event on their noon <strong>and</strong> evening news<br />

broadcasts. With the combined volunteer hours of this <strong>and</strong> other<br />

events, SC4K received a grant of over $6,000 from the UPS<br />

Foundation. Special thanks to C<strong>and</strong>ice Dempsey, Samantha Stephens<br />

<strong>and</strong> the rest of the Care Day team <strong>for</strong> coordinating these fabulous<br />

volunteer ef<strong>for</strong>ts.<br />

Charity Navigator<br />

Four Star Rating<br />

For the third consecutive year, SC4K achieved<br />

the coveted four star ranking from Charity<br />

Navigator, America's premier independent<br />

charity evaluator. Only 11% of the nation's<br />

charities earn this highest rating three years in<br />

a row. To earn this rating, SC4K demonstrated<br />

exceptional financial health, out-per<strong>for</strong>ming most of its peers in its<br />

ef<strong>for</strong>ts to manage <strong>and</strong> grow its finances in the most fiscally responsible<br />

way possible.<br />

Distribution Partner<br />

Meeting Held at<br />

Dominion<br />

In February, over 60 representatives from SC4K’s distribution partner<br />

network came together at Dominion to discuss the current program<br />

<strong>and</strong> plans <strong>for</strong> 2009. Staff led an open discussion on topics of<br />

income-eligibility, the increasing need <strong>for</strong> SC4K’s services <strong>and</strong><br />

logistics of the distribution program. Partners are seeing an<br />

increased dem<strong>and</strong> <strong>for</strong> programs like SC4K<br />

who assist families<br />

with basic needs,<br />

<strong>and</strong> strategized<br />

ways to h<strong>and</strong>le<br />

increased requests<br />

<strong>for</strong> help. Special<br />

thanks to<br />

<strong>for</strong> donating<br />

meeting space.<br />

COMMUNITY DONATIONS<br />

Hyl<strong>and</strong> Software<br />

Employees Donate<br />

1,100 Pairs of New <strong>Shoes</strong><br />

Hyl<strong>and</strong> Software employees collected<br />

a record-breaking 1,100 pairs of shoes<br />

<strong>for</strong> SC4K at their holiday party at the<br />

Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame & Museum<br />

in December. For the third year, Hyl<strong>and</strong> asked its employees to bring<br />

a new pair of children’s shoes to the party as an “entrance fee” to<br />

be donated to local children in need through SC4K. The line to<br />

enter was out the door as employee after employee h<strong>and</strong>ed over<br />

not only one, but sometimes two or three pairs of new shoes. The<br />

piles of shoes were bagged<br />

by volunteers from SC4K<br />

who generously donated<br />

their time <strong>and</strong> services.<br />

Thank you Hyl<strong>and</strong><br />

employees <strong>for</strong> this<br />

extraordinary donation.<br />

Holiday Season Sparks<br />

Clevel<strong>and</strong>ers Generosity<br />

Several area companies hosted drives during the holidays to collect<br />

new items <strong>and</strong> monetary donations <strong>for</strong> <strong>Shoes</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Clothes</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Kids</strong>.<br />

Employees in one department at the Clevel<strong>and</strong> Clinic collected<br />

br<strong>and</strong> new clothing, toys <strong>and</strong> gift cards. The Plain Dealer once again<br />

placed collection boxes at their headquarters to collect donations<br />

of new clothing, shoes <strong>and</strong> other items. Several employees were<br />

moved to make to make monetary donations in lieu of purchasing<br />

items. Thanks to all of the donors <strong>for</strong> making a special ef<strong>for</strong>t to<br />

help children in need.<br />

Dominion Sponsors Holiday Tree <strong>for</strong> SC4K<br />

For the second year, Dominion sponsored a holiday tree<br />

at The Clevel<strong>and</strong> Play House’s annual Festival of Trees.<br />

The tree was decorated with over 200 children’s winter<br />

accessory items that were donated to SC4K. The festival<br />

featured 50 sponsored <strong>and</strong> decorated holiday trees<br />

exhibited throughout the lobbies <strong>and</strong> halls of The<br />

Play House during the holiday season. Special thanks<br />

to SC4K board member Terry Bishop <strong>for</strong> coordinating<br />

this ef<strong>for</strong>t.<br />

New Funding from the McCormick Foundation<br />

SC4K received a generous $20,000 grant from The Cavaliers Youth<br />

Fund, a fund of the McCormick Foundation in January to s<strong>up</strong>port<br />

the distribution program this year.<br />

Thanks to our Gro<strong>up</strong> Volunteers<br />

The Board <strong>and</strong> Associate<br />

Board of SC4K<br />

Cornerstone Christian Academy<br />

Morton’s, The Steakhouse<br />

New Directions<br />

Ohio Department<br />

of Youth Services<br />

RSVP<br />

St. Ignatius High School<br />

UPS<br />

Villa Angela-St. Joseph<br />

High School

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