United Way Brings New Meaning to “Greater Clevelander” [CLIENT]

As far as most of us are concerned the term “Greater Clevelander” refers to someone who lives or has lived within the Cleveland/Akron metro area. However, there are some people who like to define it a bit differently.

To our friends at United Way, it’s a philosophy, a mindset, a belief about being greater people to make the Cleveland area a better place.

The United Way will be kicking off their 2010 campaign by hosting their annual Pancake Flip in Public Square on September 2. Stop by anytime from 7-10 am for a delicious breakfast grilled up by some of C-town’s biggest celebs, local leaders, and other volunteers.

Five bucks will get you a delicious platter of pancakes and sausage and a nice glass of OJ to wash it all down. In addition to that, the first 2500 breakfasts served will receive a $5 gift card to Baker’s Square and a free ticket to the upcoming Taste of Cleveland. For those of you who are truly great Clevelanders who want to send breakfast to your friends, UPS will be making free deliveries to downtown businesses.

Word on the street is that UW is expecting to flip over 9,000 pancakes and serve 3,000 breakfasts. Just the cause is enough to get us there, but throw in that many pancakes and we are there faster than greased lightning.

As we all know, we’ve been going through a bit of a rough patch (thanks again, ‘Bron). But what we need to realize is that the solutions to the problems this city faces aren’t going to come from somewhere or someone else. We need to find it within ourselves to truly be Greater Clevelanders.

So why don’t we start to truly live up to our name?