Schwalberg receives Fogel Community Service Award

SEAN MCDONNELL

Menorah Park COO Richard Schwalberg was awarded the Jerry Fogel Community Service Award by the FBI National Citizens Academy Alumni Association.

Schwalberg accepted the award on behalf of the FBI Cleveland Citizens Academy Alumni Association, of which he is the chairman. The award is given each year to one of 60 chapters that provides their community with the most outstanding community service project of the year.

Schwalberg said what he likes about the award is it highlights the city and makes his chapter an example for others to model.

“What I love about it is it shows Cleveland is the best,” Schwalberg said. The community service event the chapter was recognized for was the Light Northern Ohio Blue collaborative project. In mid-May, the chapter along with many other law enforcement organizations, worked to light up places in the city with blue light in support of law enforcement.

Schwalberg and the chapter worked with local hardware stores to have them donate blue lights, which they used to light up the George V. Voinovich bridges in Cleveland. They also donated lights for people to use at their homes.

Sean McDonnel is the Violet Spevack Editorial Intern at the Cleveland Jewish News.