Senior Outreach Services (SOS) in Cleveland’s Fairfax neighborhood is a client of my firm, The Project Group – and they have asked me to help them out in this edition of “The Z-Notes.”
SOS is in a national challenge-grant competition for online fundraising. As it turns out, it is the ONLY Cleveland nonprofit competing; the ONLY nonprofit focused on senior health and independence; AND, is currently in the top 10 of the 130 participating nonprofits!
SOS has asked that I help spread the word about its campaign. Some of you may be willing to contribute $10 or $20 just to see a Cleveland team win — so click here if you’re so inclined.
By way of background, in 2007 thru 2009, The Project Group was the Project Manager for SOS’s new (and very complex) $5.5 million headquarters facility.
In early 2009, SOS moved into the 21,750 SF facility — including 9,500 SF of renovated space in the historic Langston Hughes Library at East 79th Street and Quincy Avenue; and, an attached 12,250 SF of new space.
On the construction side, The Project Group reviewed proposed spatial needs and associated architectural plans and specifications; analyzed operating costs in the proposed location and modeled the financial consequences; reviewed the project budget for its lease consequences to SOS; and, provided ongoing reviews of construction work at the new site.
On the financial side, Betsy Figgie of Your CFO Resource developed a 7-year financial roadmap to quantify annual occupancy expense in the proposed facility and to examine options for revenue diversification and philanthropic support.
SOS is a Cleveland-based organization whose mission is to help older adults and their families improve their health, independence, and quality of life thru community outreach and support.
SOS’s services include comprehensive health, social and functional level assessments, respite care for caregivers, companionship for isolated elders, telephone reassurance calls, homemaker and personal care services to community residents — and providing over 90,000 meals annually to local seniors.
They do great work — and I’d appreciate the kind gesture if you could help them out.SOS!
