Two Back To School Events for CMHA Residents
August 26 at 2452 East 46th Street 3PM-5PM
August 28 at 2617 Central 3PM-5PM
CLASH will be at both events with lead safety info and surveys
Andre, Darrick and Spencer provided Lead Safe Information to King Kennedy Residents at Family Fun Day, sponsored by Beech Brook. We answered a lot of questions and gathered 12 sign ups and 12 Resident Surveys in the four hour event. Plenty of families with children.
Waiting for a child lead test at Carver
Filling out surveys and answering questions at Riverside
Darrick and Jeffrey Wade, CMHA Chief of Staff
Gloria Blevins BCDI and Kristie Groves CMHA taking a well deserved break at Outhwaite
Molly and Darrick at Garden Valley.
Metrohealth staffers at the Mobile Testing Van at Outhwaite
Darrick and Crystal (BCDI) at Outhwaite
Health Fair at Scranton Castle on April 17, 2025. About 22 residents attended the Health Fair. Three residents completed surveys and 8 signed up for more information. Thanks to CWRU Med School for hosting the event.
March 20, 2025. Addison Square residents had a health fair on Thursday. Great turn out. Five sign-ups and six CMHA Resident surveys! Many guests at our table told us they would share this leadsafe info with their children who have children. A couple senior residents brought the grands to the table.
June 27, 2025. Cedar High Rise residents turned out for a Health Fair despite the heat! A whopping 32 CMHA Resident surveys were completed! Darrick, Molly and Spencer had some indepth discussions with residents and promised to come back again soon.
On June 18, 2025, Ambleside Towers Local Advisory Council hosted CLASH for a lead presentation. About 40 tenants and 10 CMHA staff attended the two hour event...which included lunch. Fifteen of the attendees filled out Resident surveys. Spencer explained that since Ambleside was built in 1978, the year that lead was outlawed in paint, there is a presumption that the building is free of paint hazards. But paint is not the only source of lead. Advocates need to be conscious of lead in pipes, soil (from leaded gasoline) and air pollution. Rev. Wade recounted stories of lead impacts on the children in Lakeview and the connection between childhood lead poisoning and adolescent interactions with law enforcement.