Deemed as the most "Esteemed Gathering of the Year", the Golden Achievement Awards dinner was held May 1st at the Country Club.  Many thanks to the attendees who paid tribute to this year's honorees and bid on wonderful silent auction items, all for the benefit of the Golden Age Centers Senior Hunger Fund.   The Senior Hunger Fund provides funding for an annual average of 280,000 group and home delivered meals to thousands of low income seniors in Cleveland.



Allan Bellin and Family - Honoree - Education



Dr. Michael Roizen, Barbara Bellin Janovitz and Lori Joseph Schmitt - Dinner Co-Chairs, Dr. William Ruschhaupt -  Honoree - Medicine



Martha Towns - Honoree - The Arts
Allan Bellin - Honoree - Education



(L-R) - Dr. Michael Roizen, Past Honoree, Lee Seidman - Honoree - Community,
Charles Ratner - Honoree - Business, Barbara Bellin Janovitz - Dinner Co-Chair,
Allan Bellin - Honoree - Education



Phyllis and Dr. Avrum Froimson - Past Honoree
(photo courtesy of Cleveland Jewish News)



Jane Seidman (Middle) - Honoree - Community
(photo courtesy of Cleveland Jewish News)



Joe Tait - Honoree - Sports Legends
(photo courtesy of Cleveland Jewish News)



Joe Tait and young fans
(photo courtesy of Cleveland Jewish News)



Paul W. Alandt - Honoree - Gerontology

A public celebration was held to recognize the donation of a new, fuel efficient Ford Transit Connect vehicle by the Meals on Wheels Association of America.  This home delivered meal van will greatly enhance the Golden Age Centers ability to cost effectively deliver an average of 750 nutritious meals daily to homebound, often low income seniors, in Cleveland.

A partnership with the Cleveland Foodbank, through the newly implemented Commodity Supplemental Food Program, will provide an average of 500 boxes of shelf stable nutritious food monthly to homebound and low income seniors in our community.   We are proud to be a partner in this pilot program in Cuyahoga County.



Bob Herbolsheimer, Vice President, Meals on Wheels Assoc. of America
Angela Velasquez, CEO, Golden Age Centers of Greater Cleveland



Anne Goodman, CEO, Cleveland Foodbank
Angela Velasquez, CEO, Golden Age Centers



Loading boxes of nutritious food for homebound seniors into the new vehicle.



Community advocates for seniors.



Bridget Montana, GAC Board Chair