LIGHTHOUSE INC
EIN 34-1831928 · Human Service Organizations (P20)
What they do
THE LIGHTHOUSE HEAVENTRAIN CHURCH-ON-WHEELS BUS COMPLETED ITS 44TH YEAR IN 2025. WE HAD OVER 9,000 VISITS FROM CHILDREN and CAREGIVERS DURING THE 27 SATURDAYS WE WERE OUT FROM FROM MAY THROUGH DECEMBER. THE BUS OPERATES IN CLEVELANDS CENTRAL PUBLIC HOUSING NEIGHBORHOODS. THE EMPHASIS is ON EARLY SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, FAMILY COMMITMENT and RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. A HEALTHY LUNCH is PROVIDED IN ADDITION to INTERACTING WITH THE CHILDREN and THEIR CAREGIVERS. ON THE LAST OUTING of THE YEAR, HOT MEALS and CHRISTMAS PRESENTS ARE GIVEN to ALL WHO COME to THE BUS WHICH is PARKED IN FIVE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS NEAR THE PUBLIC HOUSING NEIGHBORHOODS. OVER 500 CHRISTMAS PRESENTS WERE PURCHASED and HANDED OUT to KIDS and CAREGIVERS.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1996
- Location
- 10505 JUNIPER CT, STRONGSVILLE, OH 44136-2661
- County
- Cuyahoga
- In care of
- HAROLD TYREMAN