OLMSTED FALLS, Ohio -- Local auto care owner Corey Evaldi is moving full speed ahead in a brake special that is traveling nationwide to help St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital -- and his clients.
Corey owns Olmsted Auto Care on Cook Road in Olmsted Township. His shop -- and about 40 others across the country -- are offering free brake pads or shoes with any brake repair for customers from Feb. 1 through March 31.
That’s not all. The shops are donating 10 percent of all brake repair work to St. Jude, a pediatric cancer research center in Memphis, Tenn. This charity event is called Brakes for Kids.
“I’m hoping we can collectively donate $100,000 to the cause,” Corey said.
Corey Evaldi, owner of Olmsted Auto Care, created Brakes for Kids, which will see customers receive a free brake pad or shoe in their car's brake work, with 10 percent of the proceeds going to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. (Joanne Berger DuMound, special to cleveland.com)
Corey said he has always wanted to do something for the hospital that focuses on ending childhood cancer. He said his father died from cancer at the age of 57.
His dad owned an automotive repair shop in Buffalo, N.Y. Their house was next to the shop. Corey’s brother now owns the business.
“I grew up helping my dad. When he died, it was hard on me,” he said. “Christina and I were married in 2013. In place of wedding gifts or favors we made, we asked family to make donations to St. Jude.”
He and Christina are parents of three children. Corey said they have had their own scares with their children, but nothing terminal.
Corey Evaldi, owner of Olmsted Auto Care, shows a worn brake pad, left, compared to a new one that will be part of the brake repair work. (Joanne Berger DuMound, special to cleveland.com)
“With our last son, Carter, we stayed in Ronald McDonald house. My life has definitely changed a lot in five years. I’m more family oriented and focused,” he said.
“I can’t fathom if one of my kids had a childhood cancer. You can’t imagine it unless you go through it,” he said.
“St. Jude takes care of everything -- transportation, room and board, meals. You pay for nothing. All they want you to do is focus on getting your child healthy. This (promotion) is all about the kids.”
Corey was going to do this special on his own, but he belongs to automotive shop networks. He reached out, discussions began and someone gave him a contact for St. Jude, which gave its blessing.
He said NAPA just may be matching the funds that the 40 shops collectively donate.
People can call and schedule an appointment for a repair or a free brake inspection. How do you know if you need brakes -- before an accident occurs?
“If you hear noise when braking or if the car pulls to one side or another when stopping. If it shakes when you slow down on an exit ramp or you feel a brake pulsation,” he said. “These are signs.”
Eric Hruska compares caliper slide pins during brake work at Olmsted Auto Care in Olmsted Township. (Joanne Berger DuMound, special to cleveland.com)
He has a saying about the changing of brakes: “It’s not the distance you drive, but the distance you stop,” he said.
“You don’t brake much on a daily drive back and forth to Columbus and Cleveland. But doing a lot of city driving, your brakes get a workout. You use your brakes a lot more.”
He said some of the less expensive brake pads are $70, while others are $100 to $120. The customer gets the savings on the brakes or pads. As usual, both sides will be changed during the process.
He said a good technician can complete the brake repair in an hour, but he tells clients the entire job takes half a day.
“We test drive it before the inspection. Then an hour of work, and we verify the work with another test drive,” he said.
“We recommend certain brakes for various vehicles. We try to pick the right ones for that vehicle. You don’t want any noise vibrations. We want the brake to stop the soonest and create low dust. A lot of a quality brake job is in the prep work. That is where the value is.”
Eric Hruska installs a new rotor during brake work on a Ford F-350 truck at Olmsted Township’s Olmsted Auto Care on Cook Road. (Joanne Berger DuMound, special to cleveland.com)
Call Olmsted Auto Care at 440-427-9310 to set up an appointment. Its website is OlmstedAutoCare.com. It also has a Facebook page.
Corey said should the donations be less than anticipated, he hopes that over time he and participating shops can build awareness with others to join this effort, too. He also would like to work with the local project St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway, in which a home is being built in Olmsted Falls.
Thanks, Corey, for bringing this effort to our community and others across the nation.
Volunteer ombudsman: Volunteers are needed to help those who don’t have a sufficient voice in airing their problems and concerns.
Ombudsman Associates, according to a news release, are volunteer advocates who provide a voice for the concerns of long-term care consumers who are living in their own homes, nursing homes or assisted living.
Volunteers are a valued resource of the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman. They are needed in several Northeast Ohio counties, including Cuyahoga and Lorain, and in our town and surrounding ones.
The agency offers extensive, free, online training. You are asked to volunteer only three to five hours a month. You can make a difference in people’s lives who really need assistance.
To learn more about the program or to volunteer, contact Barbara Prociak, volunteer coordinator, at 216-696-2719, extension 125, or bprociak@ltco.org. The organization’s website is ltco.org.
Bulldog grad news: Olmsted Falls High School 2000 graduate Kyle Nuske, Ph.D, is a professor at Nagoya University, one of Japan’s National Seven Universities. He and his wife, Tomoko Oda Nuske, Ph.D, enjoy teaching and living in Japan.
Kyle is a 2004 University of Illinois graduate, with a degree in composition and rhetoric. He earned his master’s degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from Wright State University.
Kyle spent 2 1/2 years in Japan teaching English at AEON, a foreign language school in Toyota, the car company’s headquarters. He returned to the U.S., obtaining his Ph.D. in T.E.S.O.L. at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he met his future wife.
After graduation, he taught English to Native Americans at the University of New Mexico for a year prior to accepting the post at Nagoya University. He teaches classes in English to medical, engineering and graduate students and other Japanese students wishing to refine their command of English.
Kyle and Tomoko Oda Nuske wear traditional Japanese wedding attire for their marriage at a Shinto Shrine in Kobe, Japan. (Photo courtesy of the Kyle Nuske family)
Special thanks to Hallie and David Nuske, who sent me this information. It was fun reminiscing about our Bulldog days, especially band, in our emails. Hallie and David are now living in Nashville. They say “hi” to their Bulldog friends back home.
Irish fare: The Westside Irish-American Club offers dine-in and take-out dinners each Friday. Food is served from 4:30 to 7 p.m. The club follows state sanitation and social distancing guidelines.
The Jennings Road facility has weekly specials. It is Shepherd’s pie with a tossed salad for Friday, Jan. 22, and ham and cabbage with colcannon and turnips for Jan. 29. Other menu items include fish and chips, West Side Market burger, grilled chicken sandwich, fish sandwich, all-beef hot dogs, chicken tenders, soup of the day, sides and dessert.
To view the menu, go to wsia-org. Call 440-235-5868 to place your take-out order.
Lacrosse registration: Indoor and spring lacrosse seasons are now taking registration. The Olmsted Falls Lacrosse Association is offering boys and girls programs for grades kindergarten through 8.
Grades K through 2, the developmental program, is free of charge this year. It is an 8-week program that runs one day a week for 75 minutes. Each player must bring a lacrosse stick.
Grades 3 to 8 are broken into three divisions. The teams travel and play community programs in the Cleveland area. A practice pinnie and six one-hour indoor sessions are included with the registration fee.
Indoor sessions are from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Saturdays at Force Sports in Rocky River. The six sessions begin Jan. 23. They are open to boys and girls in grades 3 to 8. Gear is required. First-year players may receive loaners.
Registration continues into February. It is online at Olmsted Community Center, olmstedcc.com. Select youth and lacrosse on the page. You also may call 440-427-1599 if you have questions.
Santa Stroll: Many came through in the Santa Stroll Raffle that Fat Little Buddies on Cook Road annually supports. The in-person walk with Santa and other festivities did not occur, but the raffle raised almost $3,900 last month.
The raffle raised money for Fighting For Alyssa, dedicated to the awareness, prevention and treatment of substance abuse and addiction in our community. Its founders and supporters thank everyone who donated to this cause.
Olmsted Falls kindergarten registration: Virtual Kindergarten Information Night is at 7 p.m. Jan. 28. The registration portal opens at noon Jan. 29.
Register for the virtual meeting by going to bit.ly/2Lrbz5f to access the official event flyer. Then click the green “Attend” (RSVP) button to register.
Please know the registration is a three-step process. Begin by completing the 2021-2022 Kindergarten Registration form online.
Reminders: The American Red Cross blood drive is from noon to 6 p.m. Jan. 27 at the Donauschwaben German-American Cultural Center on Columbia Road. Make your appointment at RedCrossBlood.org or call 800-RED-CROSS.
The Polaris Career Center virtual open house for Bulldog sophomores is from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Jan. 30. To register, go to bit.ly/3bsxAv4.
St. Mary of the Falls Catholic School virtual tours and visits for enrollment are from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 31 and 4:30 to 7 p.m. Feb. 2. To register, go to bit.ly/2LEhVO8.
Information, please: To include news, tidbits, honors or activities in Olmsted Falls and Olmsted Township, contact Joanne DuMound at jdumound@yahoo.com. She also is on Twitter, @JoanneDuMound. The column’s online version at cleveland.com/olmsted has direct links for many news items.
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