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How would 21 teens better Cleveland with $25,000? United Way gave them a chance to find out.

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Freshwater Cleveland
May 16, 2019

During a recent afternoon ceremony at the Halle Building, the mood was celebratory and inspiring as five local organizations—Boys & Girls Club of Greater ClevelandHanna Perkins Center for Child DevelopmentFootpath FoundationCleveland Rape Crisis Center, and the YWCA of Greater Cleveland—received $5,000 grants in support of youth-geared initiatives.

Even cooler? The benefactors are ambitious, civic-minded high school juniors and seniors who spent nine months serving on United Way of Greater Cleveland‘s John K. Mott Youth Fund Distribution Committee (YFDC).

Held on May 8, the event doubled as a graduation ceremony …

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