Support the Family Center

Beech Brook Family Center

For over 28 years, the Beech Brook Family Center has played a crucial role in supporting families in Cleveland’s Central neighborhood. Through partnerships with local hospitals, libraries, childcare facilities, and neighborhood collaboratives, Beech Brook’s Family Center provides a myriad of parenting and family support services to help prevent abuse and neglect and ensure family stabilization. Over 2,000 parents and caregivers, across 40 zip codes in Northeast Ohio, visit the Family Center each year. 

Their input made clear that a resource like the Family Needs Store could fill an immediate gap. In just 9 months of operation, the store served 128 families, including more than 150 children—providing essential items such as diapers, formula, toiletries, cleaning supplies, and seasonal clothing at no cost.

The need is rising sharply. Following the Family Center’s community Family Fun Day this summer usage jumped by nearly 30%. Calls now come in from all over the city from parents and caregivers desperate for help. Household goods and hygiene products are leaving shelves at record speed, and for the first time, Beech Brook has had to limit how much families can take.

Beech Brook has mounted a fundraising campaign through the end of 2025 to support Family Center programming and 1-year of inventory for the Family Needs Store. This initiative marks the beginning of a greater vision for the Family Center. Beech Brook staff and Board leadership are thoughtfully looking at opportunities to enhance and expand the Family Center services and footprint. 

Your Support Makes an Immediate Impact.

Make a donation today that supports a family tomorrow.