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                                                                  SHOW YOUR LOVE


                                                                  Matching Donation Campaign

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                                                                  February is the month of LOVE and YOUR CENTER will receive a pledge of $17,000 if community members match it.

                                                                  This means any and all donations to the Center will be DOUBLED during this month!

                                                                  2012 is Happening at Your Center: 
                                                                  • The search for the next Executive Director is underway
                                                                  • We asked, and you gave us your feedback about if and where the Center should relocate
                                                                  • We participated in a summit of area LGBT community organizations
                                                                  • We are running vital programs to serve, educate, support and empower the community
                                                                  • We are presenting our Project 180 Diversity Training program to major area businesses
                                                                  • We are planning for the FAB-U-LOUS TaDa! Dinner Series      
                                                                  • AND we have lots of FUN in store for YOU in 2012!
                                                                  We want to thank those who so generously contributed to our end-of-2011 appeal. And for everyone else, we hope you will double the love this month!!

                                                                  _Hearts Afire

                                                                  Bill Edwards & Ron Bailey
                                                                  Bob Sferra & Matt Walsh


                                                                  Moonlight Serenades

                                                                  Joe Cimperman & Nora Romanoff
                                                                  Barry Feldman & Paul Wehn
                                                                  KC Koester & Sharon Hammer
                                                                  Jim Mais & Rick Hoskins
                                                                  Jeff Ramsey



                                                                  _Bear Hugs
                                                                  Eddie & Euclid Alix
                                                                  Nickie Antonio
                                                                  Bryan Bowser & Brian Bayer
                                                                  John Corlett
                                                                  David M. Dusek & James Graham
                                                                  Thom Geist & Christopher Leo
                                                                  Ron Greenwald & Rodrigo Bernabe
                                                                  Serena Harragin & Deba Gray, Gray's Auctioneers
                                                                  Joe Hazen & Tim Howard
                                                                  Diane Millett & Susan Dean
                                                                  Kathy Thomas & Mary Oliver
                                                                  Bill Tregoning
                                                                  Vince & Judy Volker

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                                                                  There are Many Ways to Contribute:

                                                                  General Fund
                                                                  Provides daily support of Center programs, activities and events.
                                                                  Donate online

                                                                  Your sustaining once-monthly gift of any amount you choose helps support the LGBT Community Center throughout the year.  Many Center supporters prefer giving a set amount each month instead of a large gift only once a year.  Please contact Cindy Yu at 216-651-5428 x19 or CYu@LGBTcleveland.org to sign up.

                                                                  Tribute Program
                                                                  Honors a family member or staff person who has made a difference in your life or the LGBT  civil rights movement.

                                                                  Major Gifts Campaign
                                                                  Become a member of the Leadership Circle and ensure the continuation of the Center’s goals for the entire year.

                                                                  Planned Giving
                                                                  Bequests and Will arrangements, in addition to life income gifts.

                                                                  Volunteer
                                                                  More information about volunteer opportunities, please email volunteermanager@LGBTcleveland.org.
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                                                                  Board President, Bob Sferra

                                                                  Help us to
                                                                  continue our work


                                                                  A 17-year-old receives no
                                                                  support from his parents
                                                                  because of their religious
                                                                  beliefs. To him, The Center
                                                                  is a safe place. He is so
                                                                  grateful to be able to talk
                                                                  to the Youth Program staff
                                                                  and says his life has changed
                                                                  tremendously.
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                                                                  _“My 18-year relationship
                                                                  recently ended and I didn’t
                                                                  know where to turn with my
                                                                  grief. I spent half of my life
                                                                  with this person. I reached
                                                                  out to The Center’s Support
                                                                  Program staff.
                                                                  Making that call not only
                                                                  gave me direction, but also
                                                                  connected me with someone
                                                                  who understood.”
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                                                                  _During a Be Sex Smart
                                                                  session, two of our youth
                                                                  expressed that The Center
                                                                  was the only place they felt
                                                                  safe, knowing they could be
                                                                  themselves in an honest,
                                                                  natural way. The rest of the
                                                                  room resoundingly agreed.
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                                                                  For more information about giving,
                                                                  please contact:
                                                                  Cindy Yu
                                                                  216-651-5428 x19 or CYu@LGBTcleveland.org

                                                                  Mailing Address:
                                                                  LGBT Community Center
                                                                  of Greater Cleveland
                                                                  6600 Detroit Road
                                                                  Cleveland, OH 44102

                                                                  LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland - 6600 Detroit Avenue Cleveland, OH 44102 - Tel: 216-651-5428