January 2020 Flower Power: Our Caring Cubs brought rays of sunshine to residents of the Weils at an event co-hosted with NCJW. Children and residents painted 24 pots and then planted lavender seeds in each for the residents to keep! We colored, played “Would you Rather” and read a story. Thank you to all of those that attended! It was such a bright spot on a January day! The Weils, a non-profit organization, is owned and operated by Montefiore, a leader in…

The Festival of Caring celebrated kindness with a variety of crafts, activities, and games for our Cubs. The service project began with stories and songs about caring followed by a game that taught sharing.  Cubs visited stations to make a variety of projects which will benefit our community. Two sessions were available so we could celebrate with as many Cubs as possible. View photos of the project.

115 Caring Cubs volunteers participated in our annual service project at Cuyahoga Community College on Saturday, November 2! We were fortunate to be hosted for the 6th consecutive year by the Tri-C Early Childhood Education Program! Volunteers from the education program helped the cubs make 86 guiros (musical instruments made from paper towel rolls) that will be used in the next few weeks in local classrooms. Our families donated 382 children’s books, 63 gloves, 33 winter hats, 26 glove/hat combos,…

Our Cubs visited the Danbury Senior Living Center to make some Halloween crafts. We had our own Halloween Costume parade for the residents and presented crafts we made as a "reverse" Trick or Treat. Some residents then joined our Cubs for some apple cider and cookies to end a lovely afternoon! View the photo album.

We spent the afternoon grooming horses, leading miniature horses through an obstacle course, making Thank You cards, cleaning pastures and making friends.  Our cubs and families made 60 Thank You cards that In Step with Horses can use to thank their supporters. We cleared the large pasture of hanging branches. Our cubs were able to get up close and personal with horses, miniatures horses, a goat and chickens. In Step with Horses is driven by a single goal – to help…

Theme: Kindness & Caring for The Environment The Emergency Assistance Center (TEAC) + Cleveland Seed Bank (CSB) & Mobile Meals of Summit County (MM) Cubs helped sticker bags for food distribution AND counting/sorting seed.  We filled over 500 seed packets for CSB, bundled over 200 flyers/bags and collected 100 food/hygiene items for TEAC, and decorated more than 40 place mats for MM. Our amazing cubs and their parents worked hard to get a lot done in a short time! See…

Caring Cubs will join ideastream and other community partners for this fun-filled day that focuses on what it means to be a neighbor. Families with young children are invited to this free, public event that encourages literacy and neighborliness. Caring Cubs will host drop-in volunteer activities that include: - Making bookmarks and literacy gift bags for hospitalized children - Making bookmarks and literacy gift bags for children obtaining their first library cards - Decorate gratitude banners for Cleveland’s first responders.…