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2010

RoadFest10 Scavenger Hunt for Charity Benefits WSEM
Gospel Brunch at House of Blues Benefits WSEM Food Centers
WSEM Hosts 16th Annual Golf Outing
El Barrio Receives $76,000 NCLR Grant to Prepare Latinos for Customer Service Careers
Senator and Mrs. Voinovich Receive Lamplighter Humanitarian Award
WSEM Hosts Tenth Annual Kentucky Derby Party
Taste Latino Warms Cleveland's March Weather
WSEM Charity Cornhole Classic Returns to Mulberry's

2009
WSEM and Cleveland Foodbank Kick Off Food Stamp Challenge
WSEM Hosts Reels for Meals Benefit
El Barrio Hosts First Annual Taste Latino Benefit

Laura Pedersen and Brad Roller Receive Lamplighter Humanitarian Award
Derby Dash and Derby Party Fight Hunger
WSEM Cornhole Classic Benefits El Barrio/WSEM Workforce Development

2008

WSEM Challenges Northeast Ohio Companies to Raise Hunger Awareness This Thanksgiving
WSEM Hosts Chef Jeff Henderson at Inspire Luncheon
WSEM to Strike Out Hunger at Progressive Field
WSEM Hosts Annual Golf Outing at Westwood Country Club
Sandy Sullivan Receives Lamplighter Humanitarian Award

Feature Article
The Economic Value of Early Childhood Education
Many studies have shown that early childhood education provides positive benefits to children, which include increase in early language, literacy and math skills that extend well into midlife. The benefits of early childhood education do not end there; they positively affect society as a whole.

In a Columbia University study, pre-kindergarten programs return almost half of their original cost in later school-related savings. For example, an initial investment in a high-quality program resulted in savings from $2,951 to $9,547 per child within 10 years of entering kindergarten.

The savings resulted from a decrease in the number of children requiring special education and students being held back a grade.

A Chicago Child-Parent Program study further analyzed the cost savings beyond school by including costs, such as crime, welfare and taxes. The study found that high-quality early childhood education programs provided savings of more than $7 for each $1 invested. This translates to a savings of $2.6 billion for those children the program already served.