Neighborhood Alliance Annual Report Annual Report 2015 | Page 3

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS ANNUAL REPORT 2015 SPECIAL EDITION EXTRA! EXTRA! CALLING ALL SUPERHEROES! Grab Your Cape!! Join this Local League of Heroes! Be a Hero- Throughout the ages heroes have come in many shapes and sizes. Short, tall, young and old these often “non-caped” crusaders prove to us that together we can make great change in this world. They’ve worn capes or common attire as they battle against evil forces that threaten the health and happiness of our fellow man. Here in Lorain County we’ve sighted many superheroes that have done great things for our commu- nity. They’ve been a force against poverty that tries to consume our most vulnerable citizens, they’ve delivered smiles from door to door and provided holiday cheer when the time was right. Assembling a league of superheroes to join together in collaboration is no small task. Neighborhood Alliance has been going about it for years slowly cultivating our league of heroes to gather forces and defeat issues challenging the happiness of our community. We would like to take a moment to recognized our fantastic league of heroes and highlight their accomplishments throughout 2015. We hope you enjoy the next few pages as much as we enjoyed watching the good citizens of Lorain County thrive. In the State of Ohio on any given night, more than 12,000 people are homeless. Children make up a staggering 23% of that population, in addition to the senior citizens, and the working poor with nowhere else to go. We all have heroism inside us.