Category: Reform

The BUCKEYE-WOODLAND COMMUNITY CONGRESS (BWCC) coordinated grass-roots community action among more than 200 religious, educational, business, political, neighborhood, and service groups in the BUCKEYE-WOODLAND area from 1974 until 1987.

The BUILDING CODE OF 1904 (Ordinances 46388-A and 44404-A), adopted by the city of Cleveland on 20 June, was the nation's first modern comprehensive building code. Other cities had had building laws of various kinds; Cleveland's first was passed in 1888.

The BUREAU OF CHILD HYGIENE was set up in 1912 by the Cleveland Health Department to reduce infant mortality. Because many illnesses of young children were caused by milk-borne pathogens, the bureau's main duty was to oversee milk production and distribution.

BUREAU OF JEWISH EDUCATION. See CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF JEWISH EDUCATION.

The BUSINESSMEN'S INTERRACIAL COMMITTEE, or Businessmen's Interracial Committee on Community Affairs, was established in April 1964, shortly after the death of Rev. BRUCE W. KLUNDER, who was killed during a civil-rights protest in Cleveland. The organization was formed to deal with racial problems in the city and improve community relations.

CAMP CHEERFUL. See ACHIEVEMENT CENTER FOR CHILDREN.

CAMP WISE had its beginnings in 1907 when the Council of Educational Alliance and the Council of Jewish Women sent 25 boys and 25 girls for a summer outing on the SAMUEL D. WISE property in Euclid, OH.

CATALYST: FOR CLEVELAND SCHOOLS, 1621 Euclid Avenue, Suite 1530, is an independent newsmagazine covering reform efforts in Clevelands public schools. The magazine was launched in 1999 as a sister publication to CATALYST: Voices of Chicago School Reform, begun in 1990 by a Chicago urban service organization, the Community Renewal Society, with the assistance of four foundations.

CATHOLIC BIG BROTHERS & BIG SISTERS. See BIG BROTHER/BIG SISTER MOVEMENT.

The CATHOLIC CHARITIES CORP., incorporated on 8 Apr. 1919, is the official fundraising agency for charities affiliated with the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. Its Board of Trustees includes lay persons representing 90 parishes. In 1918 Fr. CHARLES HUBERT LEBLOND, who became first diocesan director of Catholic Charities, and Herman J.

The CATHOLIC CHARITIES SERVICES CORP. originated in the Federation of Catholic Community Services, founded in 1972. The corporation coordinates the large network of Roman Catholic social services within the Diocese of Cleveland, with 15,085 volunteers, 1,885 employees, and a combined budget of $73.2 million (1993).

The CENTER FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, created in 1970, has promoted the well-being of Greater Clevelanders through programs which have emphasized strengthening individuals and families. The voluntary, nonprofit agency has offered family and youth counseling, homemaker services for the ill, and CHILD CARE for children of working or ill mothers.

CENTER FOR HUMAN SERVICES See CENTER FOR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN.

CENTER FOR JEWISH EDUCATION. See JEWISH EDUCATION CENTER OF CLEVELAND.

The CHAMBER OF COMMERCE-CITY PLAN COMMITTEE of Cleveland was an influential body, assuming "quasi-public commission" status. In 1899 this special committee began to investigate harmonizing the architectural styles of several proposed public buildings to be located in downtown Cleveland. Within 4 years it spearheaded legislation for and implementation of the Group Plan (see the MALL).

The CHARITY ORGANIZATION SOCIETY, est. 14 Jan. 1881 as the Society for Organizing Charity, sought to coordinate and organize charity along scientific lines to prevent recipients from becoming "sadly pauperized in spirit" as a result of "injudicious and indiscriminate giving." The movement began in London in 1869; the Cleveland society was one of 22 such U.S.