Charles Kelley joined HRRC\u2019s Board of Directors about 2-1\/2 years ago. \u201cI believe the Board should reflect the diversity of the community,\u201d Charles reflects, \u201cand I like to think I can add some of that diversity.\u201d A plumber for the City of Cleveland, Charles raised his family in Cleveland Heights, and his children are products of the Heights school system. He likes living here because Cleveland Heights is a family-oriented community.<\/p>\n
Charles joined the Board out of a deeply-felt sense of obligation to help others. \u201cWhen God gives you gifts,\u201d he says, \u201cyou should give something back.\u201d He saw the economic devastation that was destabilizing the community, and thought he might be able to help. He values most his experiences teaching HRRC\u2019s repair classes. \u201cI enjoy sharing some of the little things I have learned over the years as a plumber,\u201d he explains. \u201cIt\u2019s gratifying to have a direct effect on program participants, helping them to succeed at completing a repair. While my work on the Board involves broader administrative responsibilities, I really prefer direct contact with people.\u201d<\/p>\n
The most important challenge facing HRRC, in Charles\u2019 opinion, is branding. \u201cHRRC shouldn\u2019t be the \u2018best-kept secret in Cleveland Heights.\u2019 It needs to be a household word.\u201d Charles feels that all local businesses could help HRRC by carrying our brand in their establishments. \u201cThey can help us expand awareness, and strengthen the community, as well.\u201d He also believes that a broader base of supporters is crucial to the organization\u2019s future. \u201cWhile HRRC values our larger donors, expanding the base of people giving smaller gifts would help HRRC become better known in the community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Charles Kelley joined HRRC\u2019s Board of Directors about 2-1\/2 years ago. \u201cI believe the Board should reflect the diversity of the community,\u201d Charles reflects, \u201cand I like to think I can add some of that diversity.\u201d A plumber for the City of Cleveland, Charles raised his family in Cleveland Heights, and his children are products […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrrc-ch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrrc-ch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrrc-ch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrrc-ch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrrc-ch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hrrc-ch.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hrrc-ch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrrc-ch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hrrc-ch.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}