2016 United Way of Greater Kingsport Newspaper Insert

Because you

we LIVE UNITED

for a better tomorrow!

uwaykpt.org YOUR PLEDGE IS DRIVING RESULTS

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Change can‌

make our children college and career ready.

United Way of Greater Kingsport improves the lives of over 700 children and youth every day.

3,737 youth are in afterschool programs, like Girls Inc. and Boys and Girls Club, helping them to make positive choices.

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United WE READ provides literacy kits for K-3rd grade students in all 16 Kingsport City and Sullivan County schools.

552 students served by United Way agencies had maintained or improved grades.

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be the beginning of a productive livelihood.

United Way of Greater Kingsport helps 100 people a day seeking jobs, skills, or shelter.

Over 175 people received help to get jobs or improve their income through programs and initiatives like Life BRIDGE.

Over 638 women and children were provided shelter and supplies through agencies like Family Promise and Hope House.

1,049 people were helped to improve basic life skills and employability through agencies like Frontier Industries and Literacy Council.

driven one act at a time.

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bring health, safety, and stability to our most vulnerable neighbors.

United Way of Greater Kingsport helps 300 people a day obtain good health, safety, and stability.

4,974 people received access to basic needs, such as food and shelter, with agencies such as Meals on Wheels.

Over 300 seniors are able to stay safely in their homes due to agencies such as Shepherd Center and First TN Human Resource Agency.

Over 60 people with dental needs were seen at the Appalachian Miles for Smiles Mobile Dental Unit kickoff.

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Change is...

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Your pledge is driving results. Learn more about how YOU drive and inspire community change at www.uwaykpt.org

UNITED WAY improves lives every day.

How many?

100 seeking jobs, skills, or shelter

700

Over children and youth

EDUCATION

1400 lives improved

INCOME

every day

300

find health, safety, and stability

300

seniors staying in their homes

SENIORS

HEALTH

an opportunity given.

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United Way of Greater Kingsport • 2016

2017 Member Agency Programs Proposed Allocations HELPING CHILDREN AND YOUTH SUCCEED

PROMOTING SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Tri-Cities – Community-Based & Site-Based Mentoring Program ($73,000) provides at-risk children with friendship, guidance, and fun by uniting them with a caring adult mentor--their Big Brother or Big Sister.

Frontier Industries (Frontier Health) – Vocational/Development Services Program ($54,440) offers vocational, employment, residential, developmental, and community integration services to individuals who have developmental, emotional, and/or physical disabilities.

Boy Scouts of America, Sequoyah Council – Youth Development Program ($18,304) teaches participants life-long skills and values so they can become responsible, caring, productive adults are a result of the Scouting comprehensive methodology.

Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kingsport – Building Successful Adults Program ($38,800) 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 – Licensed Childcare Program ($127,944) helps children realize their fullest potential by providing childcare programs which enhance their health, social, and educational development.

Boys & Girls Club of Greater Kingsport – Satellite Program ($42,060) focuses on building successful adults at satellite sites locations in Greater Kingsport.

Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians, Inc. – Leadership Experience Program ($18,304) provides a leadership model specifically designed to help girls develop 21st century leadership skills they need to be successful.

Girls Inc. of Kingsport – Core Program ($185,000) provides facility based and outreach programs after school, after hours, off site and during the summer for girls ages 4 – 19 that enhance their educational, occupational and physical development.

Holston Children & Youth Services (Frontier Health) – School Based Prevention Program ($35,023) 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 – Sliding Fee Scale/Income-Based Childcare Program ($122,342) provides quality childcare/preschool 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 ($18,749) 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 ($14,039) 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.

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Hope Haven Ministries – Work Program ($30,000) provides emergency shelter and assistance to individuals so they may obtain gainful employment, build self-sufficiency and break the cycle of homelessness.

Hope House – Fresh Start Program ($23,525) 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 ($23,525) reaches out with love and support to moms and babies in our community with what they need to grow, succeed, and become self-sufficient.

Family Promise of Greater Kingsport (formerly Interfaith Hospitality Network) – Family Self-Sufficiency Program ($19,000) 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.

John R. Hay House, Inc. – Brown Annex for Males Program ($41,600) provides adult, male offenders who would otherwise be incarcerated, a special needs facility featuring a highly structured residential treatment program.

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John R. Hay House, Inc. – Hosanna House for Females Program ($40,100) 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 ($31,000) 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 ($9,500) empowers veterans to gain selfsufficiency, emotional, and social growth through strength-based experiential unmounted equine-assisted activities and therapies.

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ENSURING HEALTH, SAFETY AND STABILITY American Red Cross of Northeast Tennessee – Disaster Response Program ($91,930) serves people affected by disaster and continually strengthens its own capacity and the capacity of communities for disaster, response and recovery.

Holston Counseling (Frontier Health) – Crisis Assessment Program ($16,720) Mobile Crisis Response Team provides 24-hour crisis intervention counseling and referral services for persons experiencing a psychiatric crisis.

American Red Cross of Northeast Tennessee – Community Resilience Program ($65,847) 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 ($50,000) provides emergency first responder and vehicle extrication services to accident and trauma victims in the Greater Kingsport area.

American Red Cross of Northeast Tennessee – Services to Armed Forces ($11,483) provides critical assistance and resources to service members, veterans, and their families.

Legal Aid of East Tennessee –Domestic Violence Legal Assistance Program ($16,500) provides family safety and stability for victims of domestic violence through court orders.

Bloomingdale Volunteer Fire Department – Medical First Responder Program ($20,000) provides emergency medical services as licensed First Responders per guidelines set forth by the State of Tennessee & Sullivan County EMS.

Link House (Frontier Health) – Core Program ($43,000) provides food, shelter, crisis intervention, diagnostic and evaluation services as well as counseling to adolescents who are neglected, abused, runaway, unruly, or delinquent.

CASA for Kids, Inc. – Core Program ($46,001) 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.

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.

Children’s Advocacy Center of Sullivan County – Counseling Program ($34,800) 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 – Prevention Program ($11,600) works to educate children and adults about the problem of abuse and available resources and provides information on preventative measures that can be taken.

SAFE House (Frontier Health) – Domestic Violence Shelter Program ($55,000) 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.

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Children’s Advocacy Center of Sullivan County – Victim Services Program ($11,000) provides counseling and assistance to the non-offending parents or caregivers of victims.

Salvation Army – Social Services Program ($87,051) provides basic human needs--clothing, food, rent, mortgage, utilities, and medicine--without discrimination.

Salvation Army – Emergency Shelter Program ($43,400) 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

2-1-1 CONTACT CONCERN of Northeast Tennessee – Information & Referral Program ($44,460) 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 – Dental Services Program ($60,483) provides affordable dental care to the working uninsured of the Greater Kingsport area.

Friends in Need Health Center – 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 ($56,197) provides services to individuals who are experiencing interpersonal, family, employment, or legal difficulties due to substance abuse or dependence.

Hope Haven Ministries

First Tennessee Human Resource Agency – Personal Support Services Program ($21,429) 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 ($123,694) 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 ($7,000) provides hearing aids to qualifying seniors who need financial assistance.

Shepherd Center of Kingsport – Assistance to Older Adults Program ($21,915) 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.

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2016 REGIONAL UNITED WAYS AND COMMUNITY CHESTS OF TRI-CITIES TENNESSEE/VIRGINIA

Drive and Inspire Community Change. These words resonate strongly with me as I look across the greater Kingsport community, reflecting on one year and planning for the next. During this past year, great initiatives that represent years of culminated effort have taken root. Our United WE READ effort has been in all 16 elementary schools in the Greater Kingsport community with free books and calendars that encourage kids to read 20 minutes a day. Our mobile dental unit, Appalachian Miles for Smiles, is literally driving around the community, servicing critical unmet adult dental needs. Our now 30 member agencies - we added Hope Haven this year - continue to do an amazing job of meeting our community’s needs in the areas of Education, Income and Health. On any given day, over 1400 lives are being improved where our children are performing better in school, neighborhoods are safer, and our communities are healthier.

How does this positive change happen? It happens with you! Donors choose to INVEST in our vision of Drive and Inspire Community Change to create a better tomorrow. Dollars that are raised local, stay local. Please join the thousands of friends, co-workers and neighbors who choose to give each year. We invite you to be a part of the change!

Live United!

Danelle Glasscock Executive Director

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. Any donor needing additional information on these funding decisions should contact the organization listed below.

ORGANIZATION NAME CONTACT PHONE Baileyton Community Chest Barbara Tilson, Treasurer 423-234-6911 Blountville Community Chest Russell Baker, Treasurer 423-323-7018 Fall Branch Community Chest Richard Bacon, President 423-956-7233 Gray Community Chest Tony Barnes, President 423-913-2695 Greater Indian Springs Community Chest Tina Godsey, President 423-360-8726 Greater West Carter’s Valley Community Chest Stacy Barton, Secretary 423-357-5662 Mount Carmel Community Chest David Jennings, President 423-357-5468 Piney Flats Community Chest, Inc. Carrie Schwartz, Treasurer 423-282-6414 Sullivan South Area Community Chest Jim Leach, President 423-239-9536 Sulphur Springs Community Chest, Inc. Bruce Bacon, President 423-753-2409 United Way of Bristol TN-VA Inc. Lisa Cofer, Executive Director 423-968-4912 United Way of Elizabethton/Carter County Josh McKinney, C.I. Coordinator 423-543-6975 United Way of Greene County Wendy Peay, Executive Director 423-639-9361 United Way of Hawkins County, Inc. Syble M. Testerman, Executive Director 423-272-7379 United Way of Mountain City/Johnson County Judy McGuire, Treasurer 423-727-6737 United Way of Southwest VA, Inc. Travis W. Staton, Executive Director 276-628-2160 United Way of Unicoi County Robert Stromberg, Bookkeeper 423-742-2595 United Way of Washington County TN Lester D. Lattany, President 423-282-5682 Total Designations to Regional United Ways and Community Chests

$ DESIGNATED IN 2015 $10,341 $52,398 $41,368 $91,685 $90,227 $25,818 $31,607 $17,565 $197,724 $26,894 $43,431 $26,573 $15,068 $120,042 $4,983 $164,441 $15,532 $177,980 $1,153,677

An administrative fee of 8.80 percent, compliant with United Way Worldwide standards, is charged to offset the cost of processing designated dollars.

2016 CAMPAIGN DETAIL (FUNDS RAISED IN 2015, BASED ON $1.00) Investment: Community Initiatives $0.05

As the Chair of the 2016 United Way of Greater Kingsport Campaign, I am excited to be a part of an incredible team made up of hardworking volunteers and staff members.

The team this year is passionate about achieving and exceeding our goal of raising $3.75 million - dollars that will stay right here in Kingsport, improving lives.

Our campaign theme this year is “Driving and Inspiring Community Change.” How do you drive and inspire community change? When you give to support the United Way of Greater Kingsport, your dollars are touching the lives of an average of 1400 neighbors every day. These are the lives of children and youth making positive choices. They are people seeking jobs, skills, and shelter. They are families needing access to good health, safety, and stability. They are seniors who are able to stay in their homes.

A community of connected individuals, united and working together for the benefit of all, is at the heart of what United Way represents. I want to invite you to be a part of impacting lasting change in the areas of Education, Income, and Health throughout our greater Kingsport community. Please support a better life for all in our community by making a pledge to United Way of Greater Kingsport.

Live United!

Joel H. Mears 2016 Campaign Chair

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!

Investment: Other Area United Ways and Community Chests $0.26

In-Kind Donations $0.09 Investment: Member Agencies $0.51

Fundraising and Management $0.05 Uncollectible Pledges $0.04

HOW YOUR DOLLAR IS INVESTED: INVESTMENT BY FOCUS AREA (FOR EVERY DOLLAR ALLOCATED) Ensuring Health Safety & Stability $0.45

Supporting Aging with Choices, $0.09

Promoting SelfSufficiency, $0.12 Helping Children & Youth Succeed $0.34