CLEVELAND — On July 23, volunteers from the Cleveland Division of Police, Cleveland Police Foundation, Republic Services, Slavic Village Development and Councilman Anthony Brancatelli joined CHN Housing Partners for a day of community service in Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood. Joining the volunteers were over 25 youths who reside in CHN’s Lease Purchase homes throughout the city. The event was centered at Slavic Village’s Dan Kane Gardens, located at the intersection of E. 65 Street and Kenyon Avenue.
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- Volunteers move yard waste to dumpsters during the Slavic Village Cleanup Day on July 23.
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- Volunteers spread mulch during the Slavic Village Cleanup Day on July 23.
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- CHN staff volunteer uses chainsaw near overgrown fence during the Slavic Village Cleanup Day on July 23.
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- A group of volunteers pose for a photo during the Slavic Village Cleanup Day on July 23.
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- A group of volunteers awaits further instruction during the Slavic Village Cleanup Day on July 23.
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- Volunteers load wheelbarrows during the Slavic Village Cleanup Day on July 23.
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- Angela Bennett, director of programming and development with the Cleveland Police Foundation addresses volunteers alongside CHN COO Pat Kenney.
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- A group of volunteers cut grass during the Slavic Village Cleanup Day on July 23.
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- A group of volunteers move from work station to work station during the Slavic Village Cleanup Day on July 23.
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- A CHN staff volunteer speaks with a youth volunteer during the Slavic Village Cleanup Day on July 23.
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- A group of youth volunteers painted fences in vacant lots during the Slavic Village Cleanup Day on July 23.
Activities to beautify the area included cutting grass in vacant lots, clean-up at vacant houses, as well as general clean up, trimming, edging, pruning and grass cutting at residential homes throughout the area. The volunteers worked tirelessly to clean up over two square blocks in the neighborhood. One group of volunteers manufactured and assembled a senior citizen-accessible flower bed planters for the Morganic Garden, one of the City’s oldest community gardens.
“I’m so grateful for the partners and volunteers who made today possible,” said Pat Kenney, CHN’s chief operating officer. “I’m especially proud of CHN’s youths who worked very hard today.”
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- CHN staff volunteer cuts the wood for the senior citizen-accessible flower bed planters during the Slavic Village Cleanup Day on July 23.
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- Youth volunteers transferred cut pieces of wood to piles for assembly during the Slavic Village Cleanup Day on July 23.
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- Youth volunteers transported cut wood between the Morganic Garden and the Dane Kane Gardens worksite during the Slavic Village Cleanup Day on July 23.
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- A student from Cleveland Central Catholic High School drills in a screw to the senior citizen-accessible flower bed planters during the Slavic Village Cleanup Day on July 23.
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- CHN staff volunteers work to assemble senior citizen-accessible flower bed planters during the Slavic Village Cleanup Day on July 23.
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- Students from Cleveland Central Catholic High School transported the finished flower bed planters to the Morganic Garden from the main worksite during the Slavic Village Cleanup Day on July 23.
CHN began these collaborations with community partners in 2016. Over the last 40 years, CHN has made significant investments in Cleveland’s neighborhoods including the development of 7,000 new homes.
