Caring Cubs held two events in July.  The east side event was at the Cleveland Botanical Gardens Urban Learning Garden in Cleveland and the west side event was at St. Thomas Episcopal Community Garden in Berea. The Cleveland Botanical Gardens event was a great opportunity for the children and parents to learn about gardening and get… Continue reading Caring Cubs Get Outside and Give Back!

Caring Cubs held our largest event of 2011 in October!  Nearly 70 children and parents joined us on October 1 at the Cleveland Sight Center.  The children created over 200 fun fish occluders for the organization's Prevention Screening program. An occlude is a cardboard fish about 5 inches long that is held in front of each eye… Continue reading Cleveland Sight Center in October

Caring Cubs families visited the Cleveland Museum of Natural History on Saturday, November 19.  This event was so popular that registration reached capacity almost a month prior to the event!  The families learned about the animals in the wildlife collection, the animals' importance in the wild, animal training, and animal enrichment.  Families collected and donated household items on… Continue reading Caring Cubs Visit the Natural History Museum

The children of Caring Cubs demonstrated their committment to helping others and their generousity this month.  Caring Cubs donated over 350 new and used stuffed animals to the Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) on Saturday, December 10!  DCFS lets children in crisis choose a stuffed animal to keep when they first arrive and also allows parents… Continue reading Caring Cubs Display Their Generousity!

Caring Cubs started 2012 with two great events at The Gathering Place! Caring Cubs volunteered at both the Westlake and Beachwood locations of The Gathering Place on MLK Day.  Our Caring Cub parents and children received a tour, learned about the programs and services offered, read a story, and made bookmarks for their resource library. … Continue reading Caring Cubs starts 2012 on MLK Day at The Gathering Place

It was cold and snowy outside, but inside, our Caring Cubs made Valentine's Day special for the residents of Kemper House!  The "cubs" made homemade Valentine's and personally delivered them to the residents.  Caring Cubs also participated in the residents' regular Moving to the Music physical activity.  The children sang, danced, bounced balloons on a parachute,… Continue reading Valentine’s Cards, Music and Dancing at Kemper House

Caring Cubs gathered at the Canalway Visitor Center in March for a fun and educational event with the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD). Representatives from the NEORSD demonstrated how water from your house and in your yard eventually makes it to streams, rivers, and Lake Erie. Caring Cubs had a great time and learned… Continue reading Where does “it” go when “it” goes down the drain?

Caring Cubs visited Whole Foods Market Cedar Center on Saturday, April 21 to learn about the importance of a healthy and varied diet. Caring Cubs and their parents rotated through the dairy, meat, produce, and bakery sections of the store to learn about healthy food choices and to sample foods of varying textures, colors, and… Continue reading Learning about healthy eating is fun at Whole Foods!

Caring Cubs demonstrated their artistic abilities in May by painting summer camp banners at Cornerstone of Hope.  We also toured their amazing facility and learned about their many programs and services.  To thank Cornerstone of Hope for hosting Caring Cubs, we donated supplies for use at their upcoming children's summer camp programs. Cornerstone of Hope (www.cornerstoneofhope.org) is a center dedicated to… Continue reading Caring Cubs and Cornerstone of Hope

Caring Cubs’ summer event was a great success!  The children learned about police dogs and we helped students of the Shaker Heights School District go back to school with the necessary supplies.  Nearly 400 school supplies were collected, including backpacks, markers, pencils, rulers, scissors, glue, notebooks, pens, and crayons! Several organizations contributed to the success… Continue reading Summer 2012 Community Event