Workplace Contest Unites Cuyahoga DD Staff Volunteers, People Served: Fourth annual Days of Service at 17 Organizations

CLEVELAND, Sept. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities (Cuyahoga DD) employees are accustomed to helping people, but for an extended period this year, they will work side-by-side with those they support to assist other mission-driven organizations.

This fourth-annual Days of Service event stems from a 2021 Cuyahoga DD Innovative Idea contest.

"When we reviewed entries from the Innovative Idea contest, we were especially excited by the opportunity for staff and people we serve to volunteer together throughout the community," said Dr. Amber C. Gibbs, Superintendent and CEO of Cuyahoga DD.

The Cuyahoga DD Days of Service will take place at 17 organizations in Cuyahoga County. Cuyahoga DD expects 304 employees and 68 people served to take part. The event will take place over many days to ensure the maximum number of people can participate.

Organizations that will welcome Days of Service volunteers include:

• The City Mission
• Cleveland Botanical Gardens
• Stella Maris
• MedWish International*
• Shalom Tranquility Garden
• Kids' Book Bank*
• Eden Housing
• West Side Catholic Center
• Cleveland Foster Care Project*
• Cleveland Metroparks - Euclid Beach Park*
• Cuyahoga DD - Trunk or Treat
• Greater Cleveland Food Bank
• Cleveland Metroparks - Edgewater Beach*
• Cleveland Metroparks - Huntington Beach*
• Cleveland Pregnancy Center
• Fieldstone Farm
• Cleveland Metroparks – Rocky River Reservation*

* = People served will also help at this site

About Cuyahoga DD
Cuyahoga DD supports and empowers people with developmental disabilities to live, learn, work and play in the community and proudly serves 15,000 county residents from birth through adulthood. Cuyahoga DD is primarily supported by a property-tax levy last approved by voters in 2005. Learn more at www.CuyahogaDD.org.

SOURCE Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities