College of Wooster: Alumni & Friends

Hello fellow Wooster friends and family, THANK YOU for signing up to participate in the Cleveland area Scots in Service project 2004! I know I am excited for our day at St. Rocco's and the folks at St. Rocco's are so excited and very impressed with how many of us have signed up!

LOCATION:
3205 Fulton Rd; Cleveland OH 44109. Saint Rocco School is located on Fulton Rd about 1 mile north of the Cleveland Zoo.

DIRECTIONS:
From southwest suburbs/Wooster: Take I-71 North to Exit #245, Fulton Rd. Turn left on Fulton Rd and go north about 1 mile to the church.

From western suburbs: Take I-90 East to Exit #169, W. 41st St. Go left on W. 41st St and right on Bailey Ave. Make a right on Fulton and go about 3/4 mile to church.

From Downtown Cleveland/ Eastern Suburbs: Take I-90 West to Exit #169, W. 41st/W44th St. Go Right on W. 41st St and right on Bailey Ave. Make a right on Fulton and go about 3/4 mile to church.

From south/southeast: Take I-176 North (Jennings Freeway) and exit at Denison/Harvard. Turn left on Denison Ave and right on Fulton Rd. Go 1 mile to church.

SCHEDULE:
9:00-9:30am- registration, small refreshments, introduction to Saint Rocco School

9:30-12:30 - activities, drinks and light refreshments provided

12:30-1:30 - pizza lunch & wrap-up

PROJECTS:
We will help Saint Rocco School with various cleanup and maintenance activities. The activity site includes two schools, church, rectory, convent, and a few small houses near the school. Activities may include painting, minor repairs, window washing, cleanup after the St Rocco Festival, painting a fence, gardening, weeding, and minor landscaping of the grounds. There are plenty of projects for every capability and interest- both indoor and outdoor, for those that want a workout and for those that don't.

KIDS:
Kids and families are of course welcome and encouraged. We will work to find kids some great ways to help out! There will be no child care on-site so adults will be responsible for the younger ones. Obviously since this is a school, it is a somewhat kid-friendly place.

WHAT TO BRING:
Not everyone needs to bring all of these, but if we end up with extras, that is ok- you can always leave things in the car if they're not needed. Garden gloves, small garden tools (rake, small shovel, etc.), trash bags (heavy duty), paper towels, windex, paint brushes (large and small), tools such as hammers and screwdrivers.

WHAT TO WEAR:
Comfortable clothes that you are ok with getting dirty. If you have received this email, then I will have a t-shirt for you. Dress appropriate for the weather.

ABOUT ST. ROCCO'S:
Saint Rocco School is a Faith Community built upon the beliefs of the Catholic Church. We believe that respect for God, others, and self forms a family-like environment. We are committed to quality Catholic education to all elementary students. This mission is based on the Gospel values.

Saint Rocco Parish, Cleveland's first west-side Italian parish, officially organized in 1922, evolving out of celebrations of St. Rocco's Day. Featuring processions, pageants, and sometimes a mass, the celebrations engendered the desire for an Italian church on the west side.

An "independent" chapel (without clergy or recognition of the Roman Catholic church) was built on Trent Avenue. This congregation was eventually received into the Catholic church as Saint Rocco Parish, served by Fr. Alphonse de Maria and Fr. John D. Davidson. In 1926 a combination church and school was built at 3205 Fulton Rd. The school opened in September 1927 in the charge of the Sisters of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity.

A parish house and a convent were built in 1927; the school was enlarged in 1933. Saint Rocco's was the only Italian parish on the west side until 1932, when a mission, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, was established farther west on Detroit Rd. St. Rocco Parish built a new church at the Fulton Road site in 1952, designed in a modern style by Michael G. Boccia. The church and school continued to operate in 2003. The church, led by Fr. Michael Contardi, had a membership exceeding 700 families. School enrollment at St. Rocco's was around 200.

Local SIS Leaders: Denise Drescher Elliott ’97

216/896-0954, denise_m_elliott@yahoo.com