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Our major project for  2008
was helping a young family (father, mother, two girls-one
three and one six years old) from North Royalton. One day
in February, the father had a seizure. It was then determined
that he had inoperable brain tumors. We decided to help
them with some of their expenses until his disability insurance
went into effect.
An on-going project for us is helping the
USO with putting together Care packages for our military
personnel. Several of our members joined together and paid
a visit to the USO of Northern Ohio's North Canton Armory.
For more intomation, visit their website - USO
of Northern Ohio
Covering Cleveland is a Lakewood-based organization that provides Cleveland’s homeless with the bare necessities needed to survive cold and lonely nights on the downtown streets. Erin Huber, an 18 year-old looking to help her fellow Clevelanders, founded  Covering Cleveland in 2000. While driving around downtown one night, Erin, then 16, pulled over to the side of the road to help a young couple making their bed on a sewer grate during a snowstorm. She left her warm car and offered them a blanket she had in her car, spoke with them for a few minutes, gave them hugs, and went on her way. This moment changed her life and she spent the next two years trying to think of how she could get more involved in helping the homeless survive these brutal winters. In 2000, Covering Cleveland was born.
The Lakeside Men's Shelter in downtown Cleveland houses from 135 to 300 men. The shelter offers evening lodging, mental health intervention, transitional housing, and alcohol and drug rehabilitation. It also provides laundry facilities, showers, and meals to Cleveland's male homeless population.
Full Circle Giving has taken on the project of collecting clothing, eating utensils, furniture, etc. for the homeless and dropping them off throughout the year at A Village. Marianne Goldweber of A Village has offered her business facility as a drop-off point for the Lakeside Men's Shelter, as well as other organizations dedicated to helping the needy.
The Full Circle Giving nonprofit organization has lovingly "adopted" James E. Hanna Elementary School as one of its community service projects. Hanna is located at 11212 Snow Road, Parma,  44130.
This past August 2007, Full Circle Giving donated and planted flowering perennials on either side of the entranceway to Hanna Elementary, welcoming back the students with fall colors and beauty.
2008-2009 School Year, we continued our beautification project
of the front flowerbeds. Weeds were pulled, more flowers were
planted and mulch was spread. We will continue to supply volunteers
to the school as needed for their special projects.
James E. Hanna Elementary School (Grades K-6) serves some of the poorest and most disadvantaged children in the Parma school system. We have learned from the principal, Michael Jenkins, that many of Hanna's students, most of whom walk to school, are in  need of hats, gloves, and scarves for the winter months.
Full Circle Giving raised money from our coin jars and letter campaign to meet this need. We sent out letters requesting donations of hats, gloves, and scarves or monetary donations to our local businesses. We also handed out coin jars to family and friends, asking them to donate their spare change.
Through our fundraising, Full Circle Giving donated over 200 new hats, gloves, and scarves, so that every student in need at Hanna will have appropriate winter items.
LAURA'S HOME - Laura's Home, a Ministry of The City Mission, is a long-term residential facility for women  and children (boys under 12). Last year, Laura's Home provided 51,772 meals and shelter to 817 women and 532 children in emergency shelter and residency programs. Full Circle Giving has taken on Laura's Home as a long-term project, collecting non-perishable items such as shampoos, soaps, lotions, feminine products, etc., delivering them to Laura's Home during the year.
W.A.G.S. 4 KIDS - WAGS is a non-profit charity training and placing service animals free of charge to children with disabilities in Northeast Ohio. Because of their need for this service, we have  offered to create and maintain their database gratis.
We are continuing our work with Wags4Kids by entering all their financial information into QuickBooks. We are also helping them with their annual report and grant writing.
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