Last month, more than 425 volunteers from GE Lighting and GE Healthcare gave Fairhill Partners a facelift. The GE crew completed more than 40 architectural and landscaping projects at Fairhill Partners, a local nonprofit housing 25 organizations focused on successful aging and lifelong learning in the greater Cleveland area.
“We are thrilled to be chosen for GE’s Cleveland Global Community Service Day, and the projects the volunteers completed will advance our mission significantly,” said Stephanie FallCreek, Fairhill Partners president and CEO. “From a major playground upgrade to renovating two classrooms and improving the Senior Guest House for temporarily homeless seniors, every project helps strengthen our community through lifelong learning, intergenerational relationships and successful aging opportunities.”
The 15th annual GE Lighting Global Community Day event is celebrated with United Way of Greater Cleveland’s Days of Caring — a program for volunteers to offer their time and talent to benefit a United Way partner or funded agency. The project brought more than $240,000 in improvements to the camp in donation of volunteer time and supplies.
Projects included building a new playground for the elementary children; re-flooring the second level of the Carriage Barn at an on-site summer camp and an amphitheater deck to allow outdoor classes; addition of a connecting path from sidewalk to amphitheater for easier access in harsh weather conditions; flooring installation of two fitness classrooms to host senior exercise programs; installation of new Active Play playground and multi-station fitness course for use by the on-site schools, camps and children participating in Fairhill’s kinship programs; planting trees and shrubs to help beautify the Fairhill campus and assist in LEED certification, and painting a short-term stay shelter, kitchens, computer room, main lobby/hallway and other facilities.
“GE Lighting employees are passionate about making a difference in our community,” said Maryrose Sylvester, GE Lighting president and CEO. “We know the completion of these projects can help Fairhill Partners serve more members of the community, and that’s what Global Community Day is all about.”