Annual Report 2007 - Onslow Community · PDF fileANNUAL REPORT 2007 Onslow Community Ministries ... City of Jacksonville NC Association of Free Clinic ... • Liquid Dish Soap
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• 3,171 children received presents through this program
• 20,000+ toys were distributed
• 215 active duty families were assisted
• 774 volunteers worked a total of 4,219 volunteer hours
A CHRISTMAS CHEER STORY
Chanya is the mother of six children ages 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 9 and recently her husband was injured on the job. Expenses have been mounting and if it wasn’t for the Christmas Cheer program, her family would
not be celebrating Christmas. Thanks to this program, each child will get 4 or 5 toys and they will have plenty of food to enjoy a wonderful Christmas meal. The Christmas Cheer program changed
their lives for the better.
WISH LIST … Soup Kitchen
• Peanut Butter and Jelly
• Prepaid Gas Cards
• 3 compartment Styrofoam plates
• Plastic utensils
• 8 oz. Styrofoam cups
• Paper Napkins
• Paper Towels
• Pleated sandwich bags
• Liquid Dish Soap
• Laundry Detergent
• 39 gallon trash bags
• Toilet paper
• Salt and Pepper
• Spices
• Canned Goods (especially kidney, lima, navy and pinto beans, tomato sauce and mixed vegetables)
Homeless Shelter
• Small Area Rugs
• Women and Men Undergarments
• Phone Cards
• Nail Clippers
• Toothbrushes
• Deodorant
• Foot powder
• Sweatshirts/sweat pants
• Rain ponchos
• Wash cloths
• Laundry Detergent Clinic
• Aspirin / Tylenol
• Over the counter cold remedies
• Ear drops and droppers
• Anti-fungal cream
• Soap
Christmas Cheer
• A permanent location
• Toys (especially African American baby dolls and trucks)
• Database writer (must have extensive knowledge in visual basic and be able to handle multiple tables)
Administration
• Laptop
• Paper and General Office Supplies
• 10 x 10 Tent for community events.
• LCD projector for community presentations
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2007 Board of Directors
President/ Chairman: Don Herring Coastal Carolina Community College
Vice Chairman: Diana DeVusser Diana’s Dance Academy
Treasurer: Pam Thomas Onslow County Schools
Secretary: JoAnne Smith Volunteer
Board Members:
Theresa Caserta, TM Marketing
Jane Choate, Onslow County Schools
Christy O’Daniel, Volunteer
Deacon Arlon Pickett, Union Missionary Baptist Church
Preston Taylor, Piggly Wiggly
Bill Upton, Retired Navy
Staff
Administration: Sandra Wyrick, Executive Director Susan Taylor, Comptroller Allyson James, Fund Developer
Caring Community Clinic: Anthony Anderson, Clinic Director Dr. Swetang Patel, Medical Director Tiffany Adams, Case Manager Meghan Rowe, Pharmacy Tech
Soup Kitchen: Remy Stitt, Director Jeff Bober, Assistant Lloyd Brown, Assistant
Homeless Shelter: Christina Bailey, Director Donnell Hines, Shelter Assistant Theresa Snedecker, Shelter Staff Amy Patrick, Shelter Staff Laura Hartmann, Shelter Staff
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Soup Kitchen
IN 2007 …
• 100,233 meals served in 2007 (2% increase)
• New Soup Kitchen truck was donated
• A nationwide peanut butter recall caused us to discard tons of peanut butter, but the gracious community of Onslow County pulled together and kept our sandwiches going.
• We had to decrease the number of routes driven due to the increasing cost of gasoline
• 500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are made daily (requiring 32 pounds of peanut butter and 40 pounds of jelly)
• Soup Kitchen trucks drove 29,000 miles (costing approximately $6,700 for gasoline)
• 1,000 meals were served at Thanksgiving and Christmas
• 17,263 volunteer hours were clocked at the Soup Kitchen, an $89,000 value
Darryl Graham in Maple Hill
Mr. Darryl Graham lives in Maple Hill and helps to take care of his diabetic mother. Every day, Daryl rides his bicycle one mile each way to meet the Soup Kitchen truck which visits his area. He is extremely grateful and appreciative of the food supplied to his family because of the Soup Kitchen. Daryl stated that this food has helped his mother to eat better and to assist in keeping her diabetes under control.
Thank You for our new Soup Kitchen Truck:
On Friday, June 22nd, thanks to the generosity of Mike Alford and
Marine Chevrolet and the Rotary Clubs of Jacksonville, Sneads Ferry
and Richlands, the Soup Kitchen was handed the keys to a brand new
truck. We would like to thank all involved with making this happen, especially John Rouse of Wachovia for coordinating the fundraising effort.
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Volunteer Center
IN 2007 …
• Volunteers were coordinated for the following community events: Letter Carriers Food Drive, Celebrity Golf Tournament, Make a Difference Day and Christmas Cheer.
• Acted as a volunteer resource for 25 local non-profit agencies.
• Organized and conducted the Golden Rule Awards for volunteerism in Onslow County
• Submitted volunteers for state recognition
Golden Rule Winners of 2007
(Every April during national volunteer week,
Jacksonville-Onslow Volunteer Center distributes
volunteer awards in several categories)
Adult: Laurie Baldridge of Guardian ad Litem
Youth: Dylan Cushman of White Oak High School
Group: Guardian ad Litem
NC State Awards for Outstanding Volunteer Service
James Burgess – Nominated by Onslow Community Ministries Soup Kitchen
Guardian ad Litem Program Volunteers – Nominated by Iris Derrick
Gordon and Barbara Crossman – Nominated by the Salvation Army
Dawn Rochelle – Nominated by the United Way of Onslow County
Tabitha Ernst – Nominated by Guardian ad Litem
VOLUNTEER WEBSITE
If you are an individual interested in volunteering in the Onslow County Community OR a business seeking volunteers, make sure you visit our new volunteer website. This website sponsored by the Points of Light Foundation provides volunteers and
businesses in Onslow County, the ability to find each other.
www.1-800-volunteer.org
Lifetime Achievement Award: Ray and Sarah Humphries
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Homeless Shelter
IN 2007 …
• 256 residents, 2,184 bed nights (31% increase)
• The shelter takes $90,000 per year to operate.
• In 2007, the shelter program recorded a $34,000 loss
• Primary reasons for staying at the shelter were eviction and
unemployment.
Benevolent Services
IN 2007 …
• 80 individuals received assistance with rent and utility bills
For the expense of $40, one person gets:
• A night of shelter
• 3 complete meals
• A warm shower
• Assistance with job search, apartment search, identifying educational oppor-tunities, finding clothing, resume writing and financial planning.
• Free Internet Access
• Laundry Available
If there was no Shelter … • Crime rates would increase
• Disease and illness would increase – impacting healthcare costs
• More people would be sleeping under bridges and in abandoned homes and vehicles
• the road to self sufficiency would be much more difficult
• the percentage of substance abusers would increase
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Thank You Soup Kitchen VolunteersThank You Soup Kitchen VolunteersThank You Soup Kitchen VolunteersThank You Soup Kitchen Volunteers
Jo Acken Carolyn Armstrong Bob Baldwin James Burgess Annette Cherry Ruth Clifton Louise Collins Pat Elliott Anne He Foskey Rosa Grant
Marie Gray Joanne Hughes Pat Konopka Betty Macco Jim Macco Bob Medlin Norma Medlin Rosemary Neagle Christy O’Daniel Flo Omasta
Ruth Rachovitz Marie Rustic Edna Saulnien Lillian Senatro Marian Shiver Charles Trible John Vavro Norma Voss Toni Wozniak Steve Young
Danny Boehm Billy Ray Brawley David Bush Palmer Anthony Cristo Raymond Eckenrode LG Foskey Ed Galbraith
Rhyne Garris Million Hardison Willie Johnson Bernie LaClair Mac McGee Leon Neagle Ted Parmen
Richard Ray Henry Rose William Sidberry Jim Turner Robert Wunder Binnie Young
James Burgess Bob Canning
Glenn Hall
COOKS
DRIVERS
FOOD PREPARERS/SERVERS
VOLUNTEER GROUPS/CHURCHES
Antioch Presbyterian Brookwood Baptist Church Calvary Lutheran Catholic Daughters Ladies Auxilary Centerview Baptist Enon Chapel Baptist Church Evening View First Baptist Church First Presbyterian First United Methodist Sneads Ferry Good News Ministries H & R Block Jacksonville Bible Church Jacksonville Christian Jacksonville Pentecostal Holiness Infant of Prague Lutheran Church of Our Savior
Maple Hill Presbyterian MCAS Protestant Chapel New Beginnings Christian Center New River Baptist New River Catholic Chapel Northwoods United Methodist Pine Valley United Methodist Richlands United Methodist SAT High School Students Sempre Fi Masonry Lodge Sneads Ferry Presbyterian St. Anne’s Episcopal St. Julia AME Zion Trinity United Methodist Union Missionary Baptist Vineyard Gospel Ministries
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Caring Community Clinic
IN 2007 …
• 1,609 patients in 2007 (70% increase)
• 5,124 free prescriptions, a $600,000 value
• 1,037 Volunteer hours, a $31,175 value
• Implemented an appointment scheduling system, which eliminated
the need for patients to line up 3 hours before the providers arrived
• Turned away an average of 40 patients per week
Caren Appreciates the Clinic
When Caren moved to North Carolina, she discovered that she was not going to have medical insurance. In Georgia, Caren qualified for a special program which provided her medical coverage, this program does not exist in North Carolina. Caren is diabetic and has high blood pressure. She requires regular check-ups and expensive medicine.
If it wasn’t for the Caring Community Clinic, Caren would have to go without this much needed medicine. The Caring Community Clinic has changed Caren’s life.
Thank you to the following restaurants who donated meals to feed our staff and volunteers:
Arby’s Bakers Beans Chick Fil-A
Ci Ci’s Pizza Coney Island Hooters Humming Bird Jersey Mikes
Logan’s Mai-Tai Marina Café Outback Pizza Hut
Ragazzi’s Smithfield’s Sub Station II
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Thank You Clinic VolunteersThank You Clinic VolunteersThank You Clinic VolunteersThank You Clinic Volunteers
PROVIDERS
PHARMACISTS
NURSES
Swetang Patel, MD (Medical Director) Mufidya Abraham, PA Franklin Dill, MD Ruth Guyer, MD John Hawley, PA
Phornphan Homiak, PA Connie Kitchen, FNP Robert Krause, MD Quang Le, MD Faye New, FNP
Louis Shields, RPH (Pharmacy Director) Brian Beasley, RPH Kendra Billingsley, RPH Dave Butler, RPH Jill Ann Denny, RPH Dan Doban, RPH Paula Harris, RPH Amy King, RPH
Lori Marheine, RPH Lori Mayer, RPH Anna Mitchell, RPH Kent Painter, RPH Judy Paliotti, RPH Scott Smith, RPH Joe Zambito, RPH
Fay Barnett, RN Stephanie Burleson, RN Cheryl Ann Coale, LPN Linda “Gail” Dunn, RN Dorothy Ford, RN Judy Comstock Frye, RN Kathleen Giffin, LPN Lori Griffin, RN