9:30 AM
Grab a cup of joe and become part of the Heights Observer writing team!
Help FutureHeights build community in Cleveland Heights and University Heights. Be a citizen journalist. Tell the story the other papers don't tell.

Attend this informational meeting about writing and sending your article about Cleveland Heights or University Heights to be published in the Heights Observer.

We also seek photogs, editors, newsies, and great ideas.

Coffee, conversation, information, and good times.

Phoenix Coffee House, Coventry Road location (corner Coventry and Euclid Heights Boulevard). We need you--come on down!

Location:
Phoenix Coffee House-Coventry Village

10:00 AM
Cleanup with Severance Neighborhood Org. -All volunteers welcome!
Last fall neighbors in the Severance area began working with the president of the Cleveland Heights Citizens Advisory Committee, Jim Cull, to clean-up and beautify the area's streetscape.

The Severance Neighborhood Organization (SNO) was formed to improve the street aesthetics in the neighborhood that includes the newly formed Inglewood Historic District and is served by Noble and Oxford Elementary School and Noble Neighborhood Library.

The streetscape SNO is targeting for improvement is the stretch of Mayfield Road that runs from Warrenville Center to Vandemar Road on the north side, and from Warrensville Center to South Noble Road on the south side.

The group held its first clean-up in the fall and will be continuing their efforts with a clean-up and planting to be held on Saturday, May 10th. All volunteers should meet at the corner of Mayfield and South Noble Roads at 10 a.m.

Merchants in the area will provide the water needed to start and maintain plantings. Plantings will be donated by the neighborhood. Boy Scout Troop #403, Cub Scout Pack 3, and Girl Scout Troop #1282, all from the Oxford neighborhood, have generously offered their energies and time to work on the clean-up. And, the City's Community Relations Department is providing assistance.

A lot of help will be needed throughout the spring and summer to create and maintain the plantings. Volunteers are needed to water the plants throughout the summer months. Severance Neighborhood Organization needs people to volunteer to water the plants for only one or two days this summer. (That is one or two days in the summer—NOT the same days every week).

Additionally, SNO needs the energy and creativity of the people in the area to develop long-range plans for improving the street aesthetics of this neighborhood (for example, purchasing and maintaining hanging flower baskets and public art).

Anyone interested in developing this organization and/or working on the streetscape this summer, please email SNOneighbors@yahoo.com or contact Fran Mentch, 381-5356, or Teresa Ciz-Madia, tgciz@aol.com. And, please contact us if you would like to be added to our emailing list.

Location:
Meet at corner of South Noble and Mayfield Roads

11:00 AM
Northeastern Ohio Chocolate Festival
The Northeastern Ohio Chocolate Festival activities take place Saturday and Sunday May 10 and 11, 2008 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. both days. The Northeastern Ohio Chocolate Festival is held at the Cleveland Heights Community Center Pavilion, 1 Monticello Blvd., Cleveland Heights, Ohio. The festival includes chocolate-making clinics; the first National Fudge Brownie eating competition; demonstrations; the Northeastern Ohio Chocolate festival boardwalk with carnival games and activities for the entire family; special activities for moms and all the ladies attending the festival; a special raffle to benefit the Northeastern Ohio Chocolate Festival Grant Fund; visits from Willie the Candy Man, Jungle Terry, the Great Brad, the Bubble Lady, local celebrities and other entertainment. There will be a variety of vendors, contests, prizes and so much more.

Pre-sale tickets are $10.00 for adults, $8.00 for children (3-12), and children 2 and under are free. For more information and to purchase tickets on-line, please visit www.neochocolatefestival.com.

Location:
Cleveland Heights Community Center Pavilion, 1 Monticello Blvd.
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3:00 PM
Mother's Day Meetup Calls for Global Action on Climate
Here’s a family friendly way to put a face to the future that’s impacted by global warming. Mommy Meetups are being organized across the country this Mother’s Day weekend. Moms and kids of all ages will gather for group photos and to record short messages calling for climate action. The messages and photos will be featured as an audio collage so that Congress, the press and the
public can see and hear from families
across the country.

Not a mom? Not a problem. Do it in honor of your own mom or to honor Mother Earth!

Please contact Lynne Breitenstein- Aliberti at 216-721-0405 or sign up on the website. Help protect the future for our children!


Location:
Ruffing Montessori School
2280 Fairmount Blvd.
Cleveland Heights
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7:00 PM
Applications for the Heights Summer Music Camp

Students ages 10 to 15 with a minimum of two years of experience in their school instrumental music program are invited to participate in the one week long instrumental music camp from June 16 to 21 to be held at Wiley Middle School.

Applicants must be residents of the CH-UH school district.

Applications can be found on the Reaching Heights website and are due on May 15, 2008.
Location:
Wiley Middle School
2181 Miramar Boulevard
University Heights, Ohio 44118
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