Annual Bike Safety Rodeo

Partnering with Cudell Improvement's Crime Prevention Program and Councilman Jay Westbrook, the bicycle rodeo teaches riding tips to youth and provides free safety helmets.

For more information visit:

Cudell Improvement, Inc.

http://www.cudell.com/

Block Club

Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center proudly hosts the block club for West Tech Area Neighbors on a regular basis.

For more information visit:

Cleveland City Council, Jay Westbrook - Ward 18

http://www.clevelandcitycouncil.org/

Festival of Light

Each year since 1999, Nueva Luz holds a Festival of Light community celebration in the adjacent parking lot. The festival is the organization's way of giving back to the community and features fun activities for children and youth, free food and lively music. Health awareness and disease prevention information and testing are also available to participants. It's fun, it's free, and it happens every June!

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For more information visit:

Cuyahoga County Board of Health

http://www.ccbh.net/

Dave's Markets - Ohio City

http://www.davesmarkets.com/

SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

http://prevention.samhsa.gov/

Lorain County AIDS Walk/Run

In 2008, the Proyecto Luz program of Nueva Luz Urban Resource Center began a fundraising partnership with the Lorain County AIDS Task Force. The two organizations combine efforts to host the annual Lorain County AIDS Walk & Run For the Cure each September. All proceeds stay in Lorain County to support families impacted by HIV/AIDS.

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Online registration available at

http://www.ncnracing.com/

For more information visit:

Lorain County AIDS Task Force

http://www.lcaidstaskforce.org/

Lorain County Community College

http://www.lorainccc.edu/

SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

http://prevention.samhsa.gov/

MyCom

In 2008, Nueva Luz joined with Denison Avenue United Church of Christ, Councilman Jay Westbrook and other community partners to apply for the Cleveland Foundation's Youth Development Initiative (YDI). The proposal was chosen as one of six pilot programs for a collaborative youth assessment process, now called MyCom. The process will assist the Ward 18/Cudell neighborhood in assessing, supporting and connecting activities that further youth development.

For more information visit:

The Cleveland Foundation

http://www.clevelandfoundation.org/

Family & Children First Council

http://fcfc.cuyahogacounty.us/

Playground Build

In August 2008, a state of the art playground was constructed at the corner of West 89th Street and Willard. Nueva Luz, in partnership with Cudell Improvement, Inc., Councilman Jay Westbrook and KaBOOM! Inc., recruited many business and organization supporters and hosted volunteer day in which hundreds of community helpers worked together to build a drug-free playspace for the neighborhood to enjoy. The playground is open to the public and is a welcome resource to the neighborhood.

In September 2008, the playground was dedicated to Pastor Andy Anderson as a tribute to his loving concern for the children in the community and renamed "Pastor Andy's Playground." Pastor Anderson co-founded Proyecto Luz with Max Rodas in 1999 and, until his retirement in 2008, remained very active in community engagement activities.

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View the Video of Playground Build Day - August 8, 2008

Read Ward 18 Outlook article - Fall 2008

For more information visit:

KaBOOM!

http://kaboom.org/

Cudell Improvement, Inc.

http://www.cudell.com/

Cleveland City Council, Jay Westbrook - Ward 18

http://www.clevelandcitycouncil.org/

Trunk-or-Treat

Nueva Luz hosts an annual Trunk-or-Treat event in the adjacent parking lot as a safe alternative for children in the West Tech community to celebrate Halloween. Candy is donated by individuals, area businesses and community organizations. These "treats" are then passed out by volunteers from the trunks of cars parked in the parking lot. .

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