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Marty Uhle, President and CEO of Community West Foundation, Jim Schlect, Peter Schindler, Senior Program Officer, Community West Foundation, Michael Sering, VP of Housing and Shelter at Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry, Melissa Graves, CEO at Journey Center for Safety and Healing, Paul Sherlock and Chris Knestrick, Executive Director at Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless.
Community West Foundation hosted a reception at their Westlake location which brought together grantees, board members and donors to celebrate the Matthew 25 Collection announcement and to showcase newly acquired artwork on display in their office.
As part of their Virtual Community Update held on July 29th, Community West touched on the remarkable impact of art therapy on people dealing with trauma recovery, mental illness, addiction, developmental disabilities and other challenges. Many of their grantee agencies provide art therapy support to their clients as a source of expression and healing.
Community West visited them all recently to select or commission a piece of artwork from each to display in their office in Westlake. The collection has given their office space meaning and joins the mural installed earlier this year by Ryan Jaenke depicting their mission and values. Guests at the reception were the first to see the artwork display.
Click here to view the entire photo gallery.
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- Dr. Neil Smith, President, Fairview Hospital, Dr. Rebecca Stark, President, Avon Hospital, Kristen St. Pierre, CWF Class A Board, Karen Weger, CWF Class A Board and Amy McMaken, CWF Board of Directors
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- Rick Kemm, Executive Director, May Dugan Center, Bill Dillingham, CWF Class A Board, Dr. Sue Marasco, May Dugan Center and Mark Ross, CWF Class A Board
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- Sarah Rintamaki, Connecting for Kids and Harriet Hadley, Merrick House
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- Brian Upton, Building Hope in the City with Pat and George Miller, CWF Board Chairman
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- Cecilia Render, Nordson Corporation Foundation with Fallon Peterson and Tina Kimborugh, Nord Family Foundation
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- Dr. Charlie Farrell, Founder, Carolyn Farrell Foundation, Jerry Devis, Executive Director, Carolyn Farrell Foundation and Luise Easton
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- Janice Snyder, Laundry Love and Joan Englund, Mental Health and Addiction Advocacy Coalition
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- Paul Finley and Santhe Loizos, St. Herman House with Sam Lewis and Beth Graham, Joseph’s Home
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- Jake Streeter, Denison Ave. UCC and Nozomi Ikuta, Pastor at Denison Ave. UCC
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- Andrew Margolius, Hunger Network and Mayor Pamela Bobst, CWF Board of Directors
