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The Applewood Centers historical timeline:

1832   Sarah Van Tyne starts the first free school in Cleveland and the first charity. It is a predecessor to Children’s Aid Society.

1865   The Children’s Aid Society receives its charter. It enrolls 600 children and has a daily attendance of 75.

1876   The Cleveland Humane Society, a predecessor to Children’s Services, is established to serve both children and animals.

1887   The Jones Home for Children is established. It is intended to care for orphaned and friendless children.

1924    The Demonstration Child Guidance Clinic, predecessor to the Cleveland Guidance Center, is established.

1945    Children’s Services is established.

1966    The Jones Home and Children’s Services merge. Cleveland Guidance Center changes its name to the Child Guidance Center.

1982    The School on Magnolia, founded in 1970 as The Friends School, merges with the Child Guidance Center.

1984    The School on Magnolia is renamed the Eleanor Gerson School, in honor of Eleanor Gerson, a major benefactor.

1997    Children’s Services merges with The Guidance Centers, formerly Child Guidance Centers, to become Applewood Centers.

2001   Children's Aid Society affiliates with Applewood Centers.

2004    Children’s Aid Society merges with Applewood Centers.

 

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