UWGK 2015 Campaign Tabloid

COULD IT BE IT’S A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, & RAISE A FAMILY

BETTER MEET JACK. He loves Greater Kingsport.

He thinks it’s a great place to LIVE, WORK, & RAISE a family.

COULD IT BE BETTER?

United Way of Greater Kingsport • 2015

EDUCATION. . .BETTER LITERACY SKILLS

United Way of Greater Kingsport created United WE READ to provide reading support to our community’s 5,500 K-3rd grade students.

United Way of Greater Kingsport assisted in placing Little Libraries in our community. Little Libraries provide free books for children to read and keep at home.

United WE READ provided 1,250 literacy kits to help students (such as participants at Small Miracles) read on grade level.

United Way of Greater Kingsport supports more than 650 K-3rd grade students who participate in local after-school programs, such as those at Girls Inc.

UNITED WAY KNOWS. . .

Early grade literacy is critical to graduating from high school both college and career ready.

TODAY. . .

Only half of 3rd grade students in our community are reading on grade level.

COULD IT BE BETTER?

United Way of Greater Kingsport is helping build a literacy-rich community that offers a pathway to a brighter tomorrow.

JACK BELIEVES IT CAN. 2

United Way of Greater Kingsport • 2015

INCOME. . .BETTER OPPORTUNITIES

Life BRIDGE supports individuals pursuing the education and skills needed for in-demand careers.

Since 2002, Hope House has supported 1,200 new moms and babies with what they need to grow, succeed, and become self-sufficient.

Since 1981, Family Promise has provided housing, food, and mentoring to over 325 families in crisis as they have worked to regain their economic independence.

United Way of Greater Kingsport’s Life BRIDGE program helps individuals set achievable short-term and long-term employment goals.

UNITED WAY KNOWS. . .

Pursuing in-demand careers is vital to economic independence.

TODAY. . .

Manufacturing, technology, and healthcare are local industries offering in-demand careers.

COULD IT BE BETTER?

United Way of Greater Kingsport is helping build a community where the cycle of poverty ends and productive livelihoods begin.

SO, HE LIVES UNITED. 3

United Way of Greater Kingsport • 2015

HEALTH. . .BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE

United Way of Greater Kingsport, local volunteers, and RAM created Appalachian Miles for Smiles (a mobile dental unit), which is expected to serve 1,500 individuals annually.

Since 1991, CASA has advocated on behalf of 9,000 abused and neglected children in Sullivan and Hawkins Counties.

Since 1995, Friends In Need has recorded 95,226 patient encounters, providing effective medical and dental care to the working uninsured.

Since 1983, SAFE House has offered emergency shelter and support to more than 12,700 victims of domestic violence and their dependent children.

UNITED WAY KNOWS. . .

Better health is important to economic progress because healthy populations live longer and are more productive.

TODAY. . .

Approximately 18,000 adults under 65 in Sullivan County lack health insurance. It is estimated thousands more lack dental coverage.

COULD IT BE BETTER?

United Way of Greater Kingsport is helping build a community where everyone receives effective healthcare that improves quality of life.

JACK MAKES A PLEDGE. 4

United Way of Greater Kingsport • 2015

WHAT’S IN IT FOR JACK? HIS CHILD IS READING BETTER...

Because United WE READ is helping students read better in local elementary schools.

HIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS SAFER...

INCOME HEALTH

Because more residents earn a productive living.

HIS COMMUNITY IS HEALTHIER...

Because more people have access to health services.

GREATER KINGSPORT IS BETTER. . .

Because great things happen when you

LIVE UNITED. HE GIVES IT FORWARD. HE GETS IT BACK. WILL YOU? ABetterLifeForAll.org

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OF GREATER KINGSPORT

2016 Member Agency Programs Proposed Allocations HELPING CHILDREN AND YOUTH SUCCEED

PROMOTING SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Tri-Cities – One-to-One Mentoring Program ($75,000) provides at-risk children with friendship, guidance, and fun by uniting them with a caring adult mentor--their Big Brother or Big Sister.

Family Promise of Greater Kingsport (formerly Interfaith Hospitality Network) – Family Self-Sufficiency Program ($20,000) enhances the lives of homeless in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia by providing families with children temporary shelter and assistance so they may become self-sufficient.

Boy Scouts of America, Sequoyah Council – Youth Development Program ($20,050) teaches participants life-long skills and values so they can become responsible, caring, productive adults as a result of the Scouting comprehensive methodology.

Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kingsport – Formula for Impact - Teens Program ($42,450) provides a safe environment helping teens realize their fullest potential by providing quality programs which enhance health, social, and educational development.

Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kingsport – Formula for Impact – Eastman Center Program ($140,000) helps children realize their fullest potential by providing childcare programs which enhance their health, social, and educational development.

Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kingsport – Formula for Impact – Housing Sites Program ($46,025) focuses on building successful adults at Cloud and Riverview satellite sites.

Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians, Inc. – Girl Scout Leadership Experience Program ($21,750) provides a leadership model specifically designed to help girls develop 21st century leadership skills they need to be successful.

Girls Inc. of Kingsport – Facility Based Program ($180,000) provides afterschool and summer care for girls ages 4–19, enhancing their educational, emotional, occupational, and physical development.

Girls Inc. of Kingsport – Outreach Program ($14,000) provides off-site and after-hours access to programs and services that address critical issues faced by at-risk girls ages 5 – 19 and their families.

Holston Children & Youth Services (Frontier Health) – School Based Prevention Program ($39,100) provides clinical services for at-risk students with academic, social, and/or behavioral problems; helps schools maintain safe, disciplined learning environments; and provides consultation for teachers and collaboration with counselors.

Kingsport Child Development Center – Childcare and Pre-School Program ($131,232) provides quality childcare and pre-school services implementing developmentally-appropriate programs meeting the social, emotional, and educational needs of all children served at affordable rates for parents/guardians.

Small Miracles Therapeutic Equestrian Center, Inc. – Equine-Assisted Activities & Therapies Program ($20,000) enhances the physical, emotional, social, and cognitive growth of individuals with special needs through both mounted and unmounted equine-assisted activities and therapies.

Small Miracles Therapeutic Equestrian Center, Inc. – Equine-Assisted Positive Youth Development Program ($12,000) enhances the lives of children and youth at-risk of not succeeding by developing character and life skills through a strength-based program utilizing unmounted, experiential equineassisted activities and therapies.

United WE READ is a collaborative partnership model aimed at advancing the common good by raising visibility, deepening connections, and engaging supporters to build a literacy-rich community.

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Frontier Industries (Frontier Health) – Vocational Developmental Services Program ($60,000) offers vocational, employment, residential, developmental, and community integration services to individuals who have developmental, emotional, and/or physical disabilities.

Hope House – Fresh Start Program ($24,500) offers support through walk-in services for pregnant women, new parents, and extended family members in our community who are in crisis concerning pregnancy, parenting, and providing basic needs for themselves and their young children.

Hope House – Restart Program ($24,500) reaches out with love and support to moms and babies in our community with what they need to grow, succeed, and become self-sufficient.

John R. Hay House, Inc. – Brown Annex for Males Program ($46,250) provides adult, male offenders who would otherwise be incarcerated, a special needs facility featuring a highly structured residential treatment program.

John R. Hay House, Inc. – Hosanna House for Females Program ($44,500) provides adult, female offenders who would otherwise be incarcerated, a special needs facility featuring a highly structured residential treatment program.

Literacy Council of Kingsport – Tutoring Program ($32,000) helps adults and children improve their literacy skills and assists students in learning to speak and read English through one-on-one tutoring with trained volunteers.

Small Miracles Therapeutic Equestrian Center, Inc. – Horses Empower Heroes Program ($10,000) empowers veterans to gain self-sufficiency, emotional, and social growth through strength-based experiential unmounted equine-assisted activities and therapies.

ENSURING HEALTH, SAFETY AND STABILITY American Red Cross of Northeast Tennessee – Emergency Response Program ($116,000) provides assistance with emergency needs for disaster victims and provides emergency communication and support services for military members, their families, and veterans.

Life BRIDGE brings together education, training, and services to assist individuals who are focused on building responsibility, creating independence, exercising discipline, and growing personally and professionally with the ultimate goal of securing in-demand careers.

American Red Cross of Northeast Tennessee – Community Resilience Program ($74,000) delivers prevention, preparedness, and education services to individuals and the community with a goal of lessening the impact of emergencies.

Kingsport Lifesaving Crew – Emergency Medical, Rescue and Extrication Program ($75,000) provides emergency first responder and vehicle extrication services to accident and trauma victims in the Greater Kingsport area.

American Red Cross of Northeast Tennessee – Social Service Program ($53,000) meets targeted needs concerning rent/mortgage assistance to reduce homelessness, emergency dental care assistance, and life threatening prescription assistance.

Legal Aid of East Tennessee – Kingsport Domestic Violence Program ($16,500) provides family safety and stability for victims of domestic violence through court orders granting a divorce or order of protection.

Bloomingdale Volunteer Fire Department – Medical First Responder Program ($25,000) provides emergency medical services as licensed First Responders per guidelines set forth by the State of Tennessee & Sullivan County EMS. CASA for Kids, Inc. – Core Program ($47,200) supports and promotes professionally-trained community volunteers to advocate for abused and neglected children’s best interest within the Juvenile Court and ensure safe and stable placements.

Children’s Advocacy Center of Sullivan County – Counseling Program ($35,925) provides trauma-focused treatment to the child victims of sexual abuse and severe physical abuse in a child-friendly environment that focuses on the well-being of the child.

Children’s Advocacy Center of Sullivan County – Child Abuse Prevention Program ($12,000) works to educate children and adults about the problem of abuse and available resources and provides information on preventative measures that can be taken.

Children’s Advocacy Center of Sullivan County – Victim Services Program ($11,395) provides counseling and assistance to the non-offending parents or caregivers of victims.

CONTACT CONCERN of Northeast Tennessee – Information & Referral Program ($46,800) administers a telephone helpline staffed by trained volunteers who provide information and referral, a listening ear to distressed callers, crisis intervention, and daily reassurance calls.

Friends In Need Health Center, Inc. – Dental Services Program ($64,375) provides affordable dental care to the working uninsured of the Greater Kingsport area.

Friends In Need Health Center, Inc. – Medical Services Program ($30,000) provides affordable medical care to the working uninsured of the Greater Kingsport area.

Holston Counseling (Frontier Health) – Substance Abuse Counseling Program ($63,860) provides services to individuals who are experiencing interpersonal, family, employment, or legal difficulties due to substance abuse or dependence.

Holston Counseling (Frontier Health) – Crisis Assessment Program ($19,000) Mobile Crisis Response Team provides 24-hour crisis intervention counseling and referral services for persons experiencing a psychiatric crisis.

Link House (Frontier Health) – Core Program ($44,535) provides food, shelter, crisis intervention, diagnostic and evaluation services as well as counseling to adolescents who are neglected, abused, runaway, unruly, or delinquent.

Mountain Region Speech & Hearing Center – Speech-Language Scholarship Program ($75,000) provides diagnosis and treatment of speech, language, feeding, and hearing disorders to provide the highest quality care for treatment of speech, language, and hearing disorders regardless of the client’s ability to pay.

SAFE House (Frontier Health) – Domestic Violence Shelter Program ($53,323) provides a temporary shelter for victims of domestic violence and their dependent children. The shelter is open 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. Other services include information and referral for victims via the 24-hour crisis line, transportation, advocacy, follow-up services, and community education.

Salvation Army – Social Services Program ($91,633) provides basic human needs--clothing, food, rent, mortgage, utilities, and medicine-without discrimination.

Salvation Army – Emergency Shelter Program ($37,900) provides lodging, meals, personal hygiene items, clothing, counseling, job placement, financial planning, and survival skills as well as long-term care to assist individuals/ families in becoming self-sufficient.

SUPPORTING AGING WITH CHOICES First Tennessee Human Resource Agency – Personal Support Services Program ($24,294) promotes self-sufficiency and prevents institutional placement by providing cost-effective in-home care for individuals in threat of harm due to abuse or neglect.

Meals on Wheels of Kingsport – Core Program ($128,000) provides hot, nutritious meals and human contact to isolated, incapacitated senior citizens and, if appropriate, other home-bound, disabled persons to facilitate safe, independent living.

Mountain Region Speech and Hearing Center – Hearing Aid Assistance Program ($10,402) provides hearing aids to qualifying seniors who need financial assistance.

Shepherd Center of Kingsport – Assistance for Older Adults Program ($23,402) provides services, such as transportation, medical equipment loan, and minor home repairs, which enable older adults to remain living independently and safely in their homes.

Appalachian Miles for Smiles is a collaborative community effort to provide both emergency and preventative adult dental care to the uninsured at no cost.

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SeniorConnectKpt.org is a comprehensive web portal that links seniors, their families and caregivers, providers, and other interested community members to 50-plus categories of resource and provider information.

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Over six years ago, our United Way of Greater Kingsport Board of Directors set a new direction for our organization. This direction entails continuing to improve lives by addressing health and human services needs effectively through our 29 member agencies and corresponding 44 programs. It also involves creating long-term, lasting change in community conditions by addressing the root causes of pressing social problems. In essence, all of our efforts center on realizing our vision: A Better Life For All. We understand realizing our vision will only be possible if we continue to ask ourselves, “Could it be better?” With the support of incredible volunteers who support our efforts through their generous donations, volunteerism, and advocacy, we are making it better. Making it better means that everyone in our community has an opportunity for a quality education, financial stability, and good health. Our entire community benefits from productive individuals and stable families.

Greater Kingsport is a great place to live, work, and raise a family.

We encourage you to help us make it better by donating to this year’s campaign. Your participation, no matter how large or small, will help us drive and inspire community change. Be like Jack— Give it forward. Get it back.

Live United!

Danelle Glasscock Executive Director

2015 REGIONAL UNITED WAYS AND COMMUNITY CHESTS OF TRI-CITIES TENNESSEE/VIRGINIA The United Way of Greater Kingsport gives donors the opportunity to designate their contributions to 18 partner United Ways or Community Chests through the annual campaign.

Baileyton Community Chest Blountville Community Chest Fall Branch Community Chest Gray Community Chest Greater Indian Springs Community Chest Greater West Carter’s Valley Community Chest Mount Carmel Community Chest Piney Flats Community Chest, Inc. Sullivan South Area Community Chest Sulphur Springs Community Chest, Inc. United Way of Bristol TN-VA Inc. United Way of Elizabethton/Carter County United Way of Greene County United Way of Hawkins County, Inc. United Way of Mountain City/Johnson County United Way of Southwest VA, Inc. United Way of Unicoi County United Way of Washington County TN

Barbara Tilson, Treasurer Russell Baker, Treasurer Richard Bacon, President Tony Barnes, President Tina Godsey, President Stacy Barton, Secretary David Jennings, President Carrie Schwartz, Treasurer Mike Tipton, President Bruce Bacon, President Lisa Cofer, Exec Director Cherri Tinney, Exec Director Wendy Peay, Exec Director Syble Testerman, Exec Director Judy McGuire, Treasurer Travis Staton, Exec Director Robert Stromberg, Bookkeeper Lester Lattany, President

423-234-6911 423-323-2465 423-967-7233 423-913-2695 423-360-8726 423-357-5662 423-534-8628 423-282-6414 423-360-5399 423-753-2409 423-968-4912 423-543-6975 423-639-9361 423-272-7379 423-727-6737 276-628-2160 423-742-5795 423-282-5682

$9,446 $61,156 $38,598 $93,029 $89,984 $23,973 $25,414 $16,902 $204,103 $32,343 $34,585 $24,098 $15,252 $122,573 $5,057 $164,172 $14,945 $188,419

Total Designations to Regional United Ways and Community Chests $1,164,049

An administrative fee of 9.55 percent, compliant with United Way Worldwide standards, is charged to offset the cost of processing designated dollars.

2015 CAMPAIGN DETAIL (FUNDS RAISED IN 2014, BASED ON $1.00) Investment: Community Initiatives, $0.04 Investment: Other Area United Ways & Community Chests, $0.28

In-Kind Donations, $0.06 Investment: Member Agencies, $0.52

As the 2015 Campaign Chairperson for the United Way of Greater Kingsport, I lead a team of dedicated volunteers and staff members toward achieving our goal of raising $4 million.

The dollars we raise stay here in our community to improve the lives of our families, friends, and neighbors.

Uncollectible Pledges, $0.03

HOW YOUR DOLLAR IS INVESTED: INVESTMENT BY FOCUS AREA (FOR EVERY DOLLAR ALLOCATED) Ensuring Health, Safety & Stability, $0.46

I am honored to work alongside the many community champions dedicated to assisting individuals and families as they strive to live happy, productive lives. These champions work daily to drive and inspire community change in the areas of education, income, and health.

Supporting Aging with Choices, $0.08 Promoting SelfSufficiency, $0.12 Helping Children & Youth Succeed, $0.34

Our campaign theme (A Better Life For All. A Better Life For You.) underscores the value of giving it forward and getting it back. We encourage you to ask yourself: “Could it be better?” Jack believes it can, and I hope you do too.

When you give to United Way, our children perform better in school, our neighborhoods are safer, and our communities are healthier.

No matter how large or small your contribution, you will help us make it better!

Live United!

Craig S. Denison 2015 Campaign Chair

Fundraising & Management, $0.07

United Way of Greater Kingsport 301 Louis Street, Suite 201 • Kingsport, TN 37660 Phone: (423) 378-3409 •Fax: (423) 578-4059 To pledge online or to get more information, visit uwaykpt.org • Join us on social media!