OLD AGE/NURSING HOMES. The origins of community responsibility for the elderly in Cleveland can be traced to the Northwest Territorial law for the relief of the poor, enacted in 1795.
OLLENDORFF, HENRY B. (14 March 1907-10 February 1979) was a German-born and trained lawyer who took up social work in the United States after escaping from Nazi Germany. In Cleveland, he founded and headed the Council of International Programs (CIP), a cross-cultural exchange program that has brought professionals from across the globe to the United States.
ORPHANAGES. Since the mid-nineteenth century, Cleveland orphanages have cared for children, adapting to children’s changing needs and to large-scale economic and political developments.
The ORTHODOX JEWISH CHILDREN'S HOME was chartered in May 1919 and opened in Aug. 1920 as the Orthodox Jewish Orphan Asylum, following 2 years of discussion and fundraising. It was created as an alternative to the Jewish Orphan Home, directed by a Reform rabbi and a predominantly Reform Board of Trustees.
PACE ASSN. (Plan [or Program] for Action by Citizens in Education) was a local citizens' group that worked to help improve the quality of education and to promote better race relations in the schools in the Greater Cleveland area between 1963 and early 1974.
PACT (PEER APPROACH: COUNSELING BY TEENS). See YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSN.
PARK SCHOOL flourished for nearly a quarter-century as one of the area's pioneer progressive schools. It was founded in 1918 by a group of area Vassar alumnae who wanted to provide a type of kindergarten unavailable in Cleveland. Early sponsors included Dr. and Mrs. Alexander McGaffin, Henry Turner Bailey, Mrs. WM. FEATHER, and Mrs.
PARKWORKS See CLEAN-LAND, OHIO
PARMADALE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL. See PARMADALE FAMILY SERVICES.
PARMADALE FAMILY SERVICES, dedicated as PARMADALE CHILDREN'S VILLAGE OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL on 27 Sept.
The PAUL & MAXINE FROHRING FOUNDATION, INC., was established in 1958 in Cleveland by Paul R. and Maxine A. Prince Frohring (d. 1993) of CHAGRIN FALLS VILLAGE. (That same year, Paul's brother, William, founded the WILLIAM O.
PAWS, the PUBLIC ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY, was founded in 1976 as an alternative to animal shelters. The group rescues and doctors animals that have been abused, abandoned, or otherwise mistreated. PAWS places the animals in foster homes until they are adopted and pays for the animals' food and medicine and for the classified ads to find them permanent homes.
PAYNE, OLIVER HAZARD (21 July 1839-27 June 1917), businessman and philanthropist, was born in Cleveland to Mary Perry and HENRY B. PAYNE. He was educated at Phillips Academy and Yale, leaving the latter in 1861 to serve in the CIVIL WAR, earning the brevet of brigadier-general. In Nov.
PEOPLE'S MISSION. See VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA.
PERERA, JOHN B. (10 June 1934 - 17 Jan. 1998) was a lifelong activist for social justice, human rights and the environment. He was born in New York City to Ruth (Brinton) and Charles Allen Perera.
PERKINS, ANNA "NEWSPAPER ANNIE" (ca. 1849-1 Feb.
PERKINS, EDNA BRUSH (25 Mar. 1880-11 Oct. 1930), social reformer and painter, organized and lectured for woman's suffrage (1912-20), chaired the Woman's Suffrage Party of greater Cleve.
PERKINS, JOSEPH (5 July 1819-26 Aug. 1885), businessman, philanthropist, and congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives the last two years of his life, was born in Warren, Ohio, to Simon and Nancy Bishop Perkins. He graduated from Marietta College in 1839, and returned to Warren to work for his father in the railroad business.
PERRY, HILBERT W. (3 May 1922 - 20 Sept. 1997) was a civil rights worker and advocate for needy families and the rights of the elderly.
PHILANTHROPY. Philanthropy in Cleveland sprang from a strong basis in RELIGION.
The PHILLIS WHEATLEY ASSOCIATION was established in 1911 in Cleveland as the Working Girls Home Association by JANE EDNA HARRIS HUNTER. Hunter created the Phillis Wheatley Association to house and help unmarried African American women and girls, newcomers to the North often preyed upon by unscrupulous employers or agencies.
PIERCE, LUCY ANN BOYLE (28 Mar. 1905-30 July 1993) received the Meritorious Public Service Citation from the U. S. Navy in 1965 and a citation from the U. S. Army the same year for her volunteer work with the USO (United Service Organizations) in Cleveland and abroad. Pierce began working with Cleveland's USO in 1941 and became director in 1951; she also helped organize USO branches overseas.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER OHIO, pioneer local provider of FAMILY PLANNING, opened on 21 March 1928 as the independent Maternal Health Assn. (MHA). One of the first 50 such clinics in the U.S.
The POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE (PAL) was founded in 1956 to combat juvenile delinquency by providing Cleveland children from low- to moderate-income families with centers for organized recreational activities.
POLLOCK, SAMUEL (21 June 1909-4 Mar. 1983) labor union activist and pioneer in securing health care and retirement benefits for union members, was born in Cleveland, the son of Isadore and Sonia Gordon Pollock. The family moved to Toledo in 1914 where he attended school, graduating from Woodward High School in 1926. He also took courses at the University of Toledo and Bowling Green State.
