Events

Show your camaraderie and commitment by attending the Pints or Pours to End Polio. Hosted along with the Rocky River Westshore clubs, we will hold a 50-50 raffle to raise funds to help end polio. 

Bring a friend, or two, or three!

We are all familiar with Jeff Appel's (our President Elect) involvement with the Alzheimer's Association and the Club's dedication to this cause in Northeast Ohio. Jeff, with the club's support, has asked Joe Kraft to lead our involvement in the walk. The information below provides details about the walk and how you can get involved.

Please help us by walking on October 4th, making a donation, or doing both. Walk day will be here before we know it!

Please respond by clicking the link below to register your participation. (Note: The link is live. When you hover over it to click on it it will go from blue to black text. Click and it will take you to our page!)

Join our Rotary team or help us reach the fundraising goal.

Thank you in advance for any support you can provide.

https://act.alz.org/site/TR/Walk2025/OH-ClevelandArea?team_id=974949&pg=team&fr_id=18812

ZuZu Chocolates was established in 2019. They launched a dessert truck in 2020 and in 2022 opened their first shop in Westlake, Ohio. 

The Greater Cleveland Food Bank is recruiting volunteers to assist at our Community Resource Center`s Healthy Choice Food Market!

The GCFB Community Resource Center`s Healthy Choice Food Market is a neighbor choice food market which allows neighbors to select their own food instead of receiving a pre-packed or standard bag of groceries. With this method, neighbors do not have to take items they already have, do not like, or cannot eat for health or personal reasons.

Having the opportunity to choose their own food gives the people being served a sense of dignity and control, limits waste, and allows them to tailor the help they receive to be the best possible fit for their own unique situation. We encourage nudges or environmental cues to help neighbors select the healthiest food options available.

Each day, volunteers help us serve hundreds of our neighbors at the market. Because of this, volunteers interested at helping at the market should be comfortable working with people from diverse backgrounds. 

Volunteer Duties Include:

Assisting neighbors with shopping and item selection in the market.
Assisting neighbors with loading their vehicles with food, as needed. 
Accepting retail product donations, weighing product, and recording the donation.
Organizing and consolidating product onto pallets and into bins to make product look presentable for neighbors.
Consolidating spoiled or damaged items for removal from the market.
Removing excess cardboard, bins, and boxes.
Sweeping and mopping as needed.
Assisting neighbors as needed.
Volunteers must be 14 or older in order to participate. 

Volunteers are required to wear closed-toe/heel footwear for all of our projects (NO CROCS, SANDALS, FLIP-FLOPS, ETC).

Additional Information:

Volunteer Arrival Instructions

Please note that it is important that all volunteers arrive on time in order to allow us to serve our neighbors as efficiently as possible. Please let us know if you know that you or your group will not be able to arrive on time.
Location: GCFB Community Resource Center (15500 S. Waterloo Road, Cleveland, OH 44110)
Please note the address above, as we operate out of two different locations.
Parking: You can plan to park anywhere in the front lot!
Volunteer Dress Code and PPE Requirements

Volunteers are required to wear closed-toe/closed-heel footwear (no crocs, sandals, flip-flops, etc.) We recommend wearing comfortable footwear since volunteers can plan to be on their feet for much of the shift.
Volunteers will not be permitted to use headphones, earbuds, AirPods, etc. while working in the pantry.

USDA Civil Rights Training

Please review the attached USDA Civil Rights Training prior to the volunteer shift. All GCFB volunteers working with the public are required to review the training prior to arrival.
The training document can be accessed via the "posted documents" link on the main menu of your CERVIS Volunteer Profile.
Please let our team know if you are unable to participate, and we can remove you from the shift on our end to make the space available for others to sign up! If you are displaying any signs of illness, please plan to refrain from volunteering until you are feeling better.

Let us know if you have any questions at all!

Meeting Location:
GCFB Community Resource Center
15500 South Waterloo Road Cleveland, OH 44110

View Map / Get Directions

Please follow these instructions to register online for this event:
1. Visit the Greater Cleveland Food Bank event registration page: https://cerv.is/0136gfCLfBG
2. Click on the "Register" button at the bottom of the page.
3. Follow the on screen instructions to access the CERVIS registration system. If this is your first time using the CERVIS online registration system, you will be prompted to create a Volunteer Profile.
4. Once you have successfully logged into the system (or created a profile, if needed) you will automatically be registered for this event and receive a confirmation E-mail.
5. If you would like to register additional individuals for this event, please select their name from the list and enter the code below into the "Private Registration Code" field. Next, click the "Register for selected event" button to complete the additional registration.

Private Registration Code: fCLfBG

The Westlake Community Services team is hosting our weekly meeting on November 5th. We will meet in their auditorium at 28975 Hilliard Blvd, Westlake, OH 44145. If needed, their number is (440) 899-3544.

Join us on Wednesday, December 3rd, for a special breakfast event designed to spark connections and share the spirit of Rotary. Instead of our regular club business, we’ll enjoy a hot breakfast together and welcome potential new members to learn more about who we are and what we do. Bring a friend, a colleague, or someone curious about Rotary — and discover the possibilities that grow when community comes together.

We will wrap our adopt-a-family gifts while covering any board related items during the weekly meeting. Bring any extra wrapping paper, scissors, and tape to use for the gifts. 

Please join in community to celebrate the holidays at La Campagna!  A local treasure will be our gathering spot. (Address: 27337 Detroit Rd, Westlake, OH 44145)

You and your guest are welcome to join. Dinner will be sponsored by the club. Drinks will be the responsibility of the attendee. 

While the dinner is free, we are asking you to help us pay it forward in our community. At the dinner, we will collect pantry staples listed on the Village Project's donation list and deliver them to the kitchen. Attached is a copy of their desired items for donation. One per guest is all we ask. 

Please RSVP! The event is limited to 45 people. 

Contact Rachel Maver with any questions. 

Shrouded Veterans is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to identifying, marking, and restoring the neglected graves of 19th-century veterans, particularly those who served in the Mexican War and the American Civil War.

The Collaborative to End Human Trafficking began in 2007 and was built on the understanding that a multifaceted human rights and public health issue like human trafficking cannot be solved by one organization or system alone. We recognized that only when we bring people together to unlock our collective potential can we create solutions that break the cycle of human trafficking.

We are confirmed for another volunteer event at the Greater Cleveland Food Bank on Wednesday, January 28th from 10:00am - 1:00pm. Please see the information below and link to register. Looking forward to another great day of service!

Please remind everyone to officially register for the shift here: Register Here!

Note, if you have already told us you will be volunteer, I have added you to the sign up sheet in CR. You do not need to do that.  If you haven't signed up but want to, you can sign yourself up in CR but you must ALSO sign up via the link above. 

A few important reminders:

•All members of your group must register individually using the link above.

•Please ensure that everyone is registered at least one week before the shift. Any unfilled spots after that will be opened to the public.

•If you expect fewer volunteers than planned or would like to add more participants, please let us know as soon as possible.

•Please note the correct meeting location upon registering. We have two locations. 

•Please make sure all group members arrive on time so other volunteers aren’t delayed.

Penny Casselman is a Certified High Performance Coach and host of the podcast Pivot with Passion. Her talks help driven professionals stop settling for fine and start choosing what I call their Red Marker Moment—that powerful intersection of vision, belief, and action where real growth and transformation begin.

Hope Markers is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that partners with Kenyan educational leaders to create holistic school environments in which teachers are supported, students reach their potential, and campuses stimulate learning. Learn more about Hope Markers and Ed Gallagher, Founder/COO here: https://www.hopemarkers.com/about/

McKenzae Bartels is the Development Director for The Literacy Cooperative. http://literacycooperative.org/