Inside the Park Home Run Fundraiser for Furniture Bank

J.R. Lucarelli and Tom Gaghan/Photo credit: Jim McIntyre

The Cleveland Furniture Bank helps give many Clevelanders a fresh start by providing them with the furnishings they need to make a house a home.  Most of the furniture is donated, but the Furniture Bank must raise funds to buy childrens' beds.  Much of that money is raised through the Inside the Park Home Run fundraiser on August 10th.

Runners and walkers will have a chance to be on the same playing field as the Cleveland indians at Progressive Field.  Minute Men Staffing Services is the main sponsor of the Inside the Park Home Run event.  J. R. Lucarelli is Vice President of Minute Men Staffing, and he joins Furiniture Bank Executive Director Tom Gaghan in this interview.

Grapes and Ale, A Great Benefit For A Great Cause

Grapes and Ale is a fundraiser for Our lady of the Wayside. The event is billed as "A benefit celebration of fine wine, blues, brew and BBQ!"  Not surprisingly, it's being held at Progressive Field, where an earlier benefit, Cleveland's Finest Hors d'Oeuvre Contest was held.  The Cleveland Indians are big supporters of Our Lady of the Wayside, where President and CEO Terry Davis says "opportunity lives" for the more than 500 children and adults receiving services and care.    

Alex Hale's "I'mPossible Dream" Campaign Kicks Off With the Help of a Heavy Hitter

Singer-songwriter Alex Hale, a champion for autism awareness launches his "My I'mPossible Dream" campaign next week in the Heavy Hitters room at Progressive Field, where Indians President Mark Shapiro is expected to endorse the effort. Alex is hoping to raise the funds to help record a CD.  The proceeds would benefit Autism Speaks.