stepping up - Shoes and Clothes for Kids
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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