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Community Partners

Community Partners connects Club members with meaningful volunteer opportunities in the Northeast Ohio Community. Here are two of our most popular activities:

Not-for-Profit Boards

For members who would like to serve on the board of a Northeast Ohio not-for-profit organization, the Club, through its membership in Business Volunteers Unlimited, can provide free access to BVU's board training and placement programs. Contact Joan Schaefer at jlsjcs@aol.com to learn more.

Group Volunteerism

Community Partners creates ways for Club members to have volunteer experiences together. Past projects have ranged from strategic planning for non-profits to packing bags of groceries at the Cleveland Food Bank. Club members interested in learning more about how to volunteer should e-mail Joan Schaefer at jlsjcs@aol.com.

Jones Award Application

The William M. Jones/HBS Club Excellence in School Management Awards are established to honor and promote schools that demonstrate leadership and management excellence and have a clear, measurable improvement in the quality of education. The awards recognize schools that focus on children and student outcomes.

The Harvard Business School Club of Northeastern Ohio is dedicated to leadership and management excellence in both private and public organizations. The Club honors outstanding leadership and management in northeast Ohio businesses each year through its "Dively Entrepreneurship" and "Business Statesman" Awards. In addition, the Club presents "The Samuel H. Elliot" Award each year to an outstanding area teacher of economic education. The Club also recognizes the importance of the preparatory education system to the community and public and private organizations. Well managed elementary, middle and high schools will produce contributing and educated people that organizations require to progress, succeed and excel.

Young people deserve a sound education that prepares them to function fully and intelligently within the community. Leadership and management practices within schools heavily influence the quality of this education. These awards acknowledge successful schools and promote continuous improvement in the quality of education.

To learn more about the selection process and to place your nominations, download the Jones Award Application below. Applications are due by June 30th, 2007.

Jones Award Application

jonesawardapp.pdf (112K PDF)

The Jones Award Application is saved in PDF format which requires Adobe Reader. If you do not already have Adobe Reader installed on your system, it can be downloaded for free from Adobe Systems, Inc.

Previous Events

Several members of the HBS Club assembled to provide interviewing tips and mock interviews to seniors at Jane Addams School. Club members present were Bart Blackburn, Mary Holmes, Jim Yasinow and Elizabeth Croll. The volunteers met with fifteen seniors in Mrs. Mueller's Culinary Arts class to share interview skills with students interested in pursuing careers in the culinary and hospitality industries. Mock interviews will resume in the spring. Please contact Joan Schaefer at jlsjcs@aol.com for more information or to express your interest in participating in this worthwhile event.


   Left to right: Elizabeth Croll, Chris du Laney, Jim Yasinow,
Bart Blackburn and Mary Holmes sharpen their
culinary skills while providing mock interviews
for students at Jane Addams school.

The second session of mock interviews was held at MLK School. Three 11th grade English classes had interviews in small groups led by HBS Club members, Dan Carney, Ralph Schey, Mary Holmes, Jim Yasinow, and director of human resources from Whole Health Management, Althea Johnson.


Left to right: Ralph Schey, Mary Holmes, [MLK Teacher],
Althea Johnson, Dan Carney and Jim Yasinow

The students were just beginning a unit on career plannning, and it is the desire of the class and teacher that HBS alums can return in the spring to review resumes and conduct another set of mock interviews.

Club member Jim Yasinow said, "I haven't been active in the Club for a while, but now that I am retired, I have more time to get involved and this is a great project. I really enjoyed meeting these kids, and look forward to coming back to MLK in the spring."


Dan Carney conducting mock interviews.

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