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UNITED WAY of WESTERN NEBRASKA
CAMPAIGN 2007 MEMBER AGENCIES
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Agency Selection Process:
United Way Member Agencies are selected through a budget and allocations process by a group of 120 community volunteers. These volunteers spend many hours visiting the agencies and observing how they serve the community. They also examine the agency's budgets and operating practices. Once they've gathered their information, all of the volunteers meet and determine which agencies will be funded. The allocations for these agencies come from the Campaign funds that were raised in the previous year. The volunteers have a passion for this budget and allocations process and ensuring that the agencies receive the funding that they need to better serve the community. If you are interested in serving in the budget and allocations process or for more information on becoming a United Way of Western Nebraska Agency, please contact the United Way office at 635-2522.
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| AMERICAN RED CROSS, NORTH PLATTE VALLEY
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| The American Red Cross provides the following services in your community:
Conducts health and safety classes, community CPR/FA and trains instructors for the same,
CPR/FA for the workplace, provides training for the automated external defibrillator, CPR/AED
for the Professional Rescuer, baby-sitting classes for children age 11 and older, Family Caregiving,
water safety training, lifeguard training and instructor training, disaster preparedness prevention
and relief, gives immediate help to people of single-family disasters, referral services to people that
do not qualify for HHS, emergency contacts for service men and women and families. |
Address: 3701 Avenue B, Suite #S100, Scottsbluff, NE 69361
Contact: Lisa Garhart
Phone: (308) 635-2114
Emergency #: (308) 672-6477 or (308) 672-2119
Armed Service #: 1-888-737-4306
Email: NPVC3701@embarqmail.com.
Website: www.npvredcross.org
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| BUCKBOARD THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY |
Buckboard Therapeutic Riding Academy offers
therapeutic equine-assisted activities and pleasure horseback
riding to disabled adults and children. The horseback riding
helps people of all disabilities, including autism, cerebral
palsy, mental retardation, down syndrome and emotional disturbance,
in improving and developing balance, coordination, self-esteem,
self-awareness, muscle tone and strength, and attention span.
It combines instruction in tradition horsemanship skills with
concepts of physical therapy to improve the strength, balance
and self-esteem of physically and mentally disabled children
and adults.
The horse’s walk provides sensory input through movement,
which is variable, rhythmic and repetitive. The resultant
movement responses in the patient are similar to human movement
patterns of the pelvis while walking. The variability of the
horse’s gait enables the therapist to grade the degree
of sensory input to the patient, and then use this movement
in combination with other treatment strategies to achieve
desired results. Patients respond enthusiastically to this
enjoyable experience in a natural setting.
Buckboard Therapeutic Riding Academy aids between 100 to 150 riders yearly, with the help of 65 volunteers.
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Contact: Kathy Gatch
Phone: (308) 783-2319
Email: buckboard@scottsbluff.net |
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| CAPstone |
CAPstone provides a safe facility in Scottsbluff
where abused children can be taken and interviewed in a child-friendly
environment.
It is the first facility of its kind in the region. In order
to make children feel more comfortable during interviews,
two separate rooms have been decorated to suit different age
ranges. Besides the videotaped interviews, CAPstone also offers
advocacy and referral services, community education and outreach,
and will soon be offering on-site medical exams for child victims
of abuse. The interviews are videotaped as evidence in court
cases. The interviews are also monitored in a separate room.
CAPstone also consists of an examination room where the children
will be examined for injuries by professional staff. |
Contact: Lorrie Wold
Phone: 308-632-7274
Email: capstonescbf@earthlink.net
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| CARPENTER CENTER |
| Provides the only community tumbling program in addition to tackle football and various other activities to over 480 youth. |
Address: 116 Terry Blvd., Gering
Contact: Erika Cochran
Phone: (308) 635-8422 |
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| CASA OF SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY |
| CASA of Scotts Bluff County was established in 1995 by Judge G. Glenn Camerer,
Shelly Fales and an active group of community representatives. We are part of the 20 CASA
programs in Nebraska, and in the 900 CASA programs in the U.S.; all non-profit organizations
that use community volunteers to speak for abused and neglected children in court. Last year,
approximately 47,000 women and men CASA volunteers spoke for an estimated 183,000 abused and
neglected children in court. A CASA or Court Appointed Special Advocate is a trained citizen
who is appointed by a judge to help represent the best interests of a child in court. Children
helped by CASA volunteers include those for whom home placement is being determined in juvenile
court. A CASA volunteer is known to be a judge's gift to a child. |
Contact: Thom Townsend
Phone/fax: (308) 672-2992
Email: casaofscbcounty@yahoo.com
Website: www.casanet.org |
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DOVES |
The DOVES Program is a non-profit organization that provides free and confidential services to victims of domestic, dating and sexual violence in Scotts Bluff, Cheyenne, Morrill, Kimball and Banner Counties. These services include:
- 24 Hour Hotline
- Crisis Support and Advocacy
- Safe Shelter
- Criminal Justice Advocacy
- Assistance with Protection Order & Harassment Order Applications
- Attorney Referrals
- Court Accompaniment
- Emergency Transportation
- Emergency Medical Advocacy
- Emergency Financial Assistance
- Food Pantry
- 911 Cell Phones
- Support Groups
- Resource Information
DOVES also provides prevention and education services to assist community members in helping to end violence. These services include:
- Presentations
- Trainings
- Literature
- Resource Library
- Booths
- School Curriculums
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Contact: Hilary Wasserburger
Address: 2035 10th Street, PO Box 98, Gering, NE 69341
Phone: (308) 436-2787
Fax: (308) 436-2817
24-hour hotline: (308) 436-4357 or (800) 876-6238
Email: doves@dovesprogram.com
Website: www.dovesprogram.com
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| GERING MULTI-PURPOSE SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER |
| Gering Multi-Purpose Senior Citizen Center provides
general welfare for persons 55 and older throughout the Scotts
Bluff County area. The center serves approximately 80 individuals
a day with meals, recreational activities including a dance
every Wednesday evening. Also many other services such as
arts and crafts, blood pressure checks, sugar testing, income
tax assistance, nutritional and safety programs. |
Address: 2005 Depot Street, Gering
Contact: Margarete Neumann
Phone: (308) 436-3233 |
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| GERING ORGANIZED BASEBALL |
| Gering Organized Baseball is a non-profit organization
with over 100 volunteers teaching baseball skills to 400+
boys and girls from the ages of 5 to 15 years of age. The
goal is for baseball players and fans to have a summer filled
with baseball excitement. |
Contact: Mark Gies
Phone: (308) 632-4622
Fax: 436-5638
Email: sgies@act.com.net
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| GUADALUPE CENTER |
| The Guadalupe Center is located on the junction
of 9th Street and 12th Avenue and has been serving the people
of Scottsbluff for 30 years. Its mission is to provide a facility
for the recreational, cultural, social, educational and nutritional
needs of the people primarily living in Southeast Scottsbluff.
Besides the many youth programs, basketball, folklorico dance
classes, boxing, English as a Second Language is available.
The gym and the kitchen may be rented for a variety of occasions
such as wedding receptions, family reunions, dances, etc. |
Address: 1200 East 9th Street, Scottsbluff
Contact: Father Jim Golka
Phone: (308) 632-3941
Email: olguadalupe@bbc.net
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| GUIDING STAR GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL |
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Guiding Star Girl Scout Council serves over 600 members in the United Way of Western Nebraska area with programs in troops, interest groups, summer activities, trips and training events. Our mission is "To help girls develop to their fullest potential and become competent resourceful women"
United Way funding will enhance our "Uniquely Me" days in Scottsbluff. This program has been developed as a result of the New Normal? What Girls Say about Healthy Living study done by the Girl Scout Research Institute. Help us make this program available to ALL girls and their female role models. Check our web site for full details.
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Contact: Rosemary Fecht
Address: P.O. box 724, Ogallala, NE 69153
Phone: (308) 284-3214
Email: rmfecht@megavision.com |
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| LONGS PEAK COUNCIL, BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA |
The Boy Scouts of America is an educational
program for boys and young adults to build character, to train
in the responsibilities of participating citizenship and to
develop personal fitness.
Working through community-based organizations, Scouting provides
age specific programs: Tiger Cubs, a school-year program for
the first-grade boys and their adult partners that stresses
simplicity, shared leadership, learning about the community
and family understanding. Cub Scouting, a family and home-centered
program for boys in the second through fifth grade. Cub Scouting’s
emphasis is on quality program a the local level where the
most boys and families are involved. Boy Scouting is a program
for boys 11 through 18, designed to achieve the aims of Scouting
though a vigorous outdoor program and peer group leadership
with the counsel of an adult Scoutmaster. Venturing is designed
for young men and women ages 14 through 20 to gain insights
into a variety of programs that offer leadership training,
fitness, outdoor service and career hands-on experience. Venturing
promotes the conditions necessary for the growth and development
of adolescent youth. |
Address: 10 South Beltline West, Scottsbluff
Contact: Ken Hazlitt
Phone: (308) 632-4179
Fax: 308- 632-4170
Email: khazlitt@juno.com
Website: www.longspeakbsa.org/greatplains |
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| MISSING LINK |
The Missing Link, a program of Panhandle Community
Service, is a unique intergenerational mentoring program that
trains and takes groups of children into the senior citizen
facilities in Scotts Bluff County. Children are trained to
know what it feels like to be disabled. They are trained by
putting them in wheelchairs, walkers, or tape them up. While
disabled, they do various activities without help, such as
volleyball, darts, name tags and making snacks. They tape
is taken off and the children put on a series of glasses representing
various eye disorders. The youth come away with a better understanding
of senior citizens. Then the
children visit senior centers and enjoy activities with the
residents. |
Contact: Rene Trevino
Phone: (308) 635-3479
Email: rtrevino@pcswn.com |
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| PANHANDLE INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES |
| Panhandle Independent Living Services promotes the independence of persons with disabilities
and helps to facilitate the integration and full participation of persons with disabilities in all
aspects of community life. This "consumer-driven" group has a Board of Directors consisting of at least
51 percent persons with a disability and targets children and adults with physical or mental disabilities,
their families and their advocates. Services are offered in four core areas: information and referral,
individual systems advocacy, peer support and independent living skills training. PILS Assistive Technology
Demonstration Center has examples of assistive devices for sensory, congnitive, or physical disabilities,
and catalogs to find sources for specific devices. |
Address: PO Box 254, 510 Broadway, Suite 2, Scottsbluff, NE 69363
Contact: Carolyn Foged
Phone: (308) 635-7901
Email: pils@allophone.com
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| PROJECT SUCCESS |
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This program provides a safe, nurturing and developmentally stimulating
environment for the children of teen and young adult parents while parents pursue their educational goals.
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Contact: Peggy Manley
Phone: (308) 635-3089
Email: pmanley@pcswn.com |
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| SAFE KIDS SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY |
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Safe Kids Scotts Bluff County is an organized chapter of the National Safe Kids Organization which promotes safety awareness for children in all areas. The local chapter is sponsored by the following agencies in the community: Panhandle Community Services; Gering Fire Dept; Gering Kiwanis Club; Kovarik, Ellison, Mathis & Weimer,PC.; Neal Smith State Farm Insurance; Scotts Bluff County Sheriff\'s Dept; Wal-Mart; Western NE Moving & Storage. The chapter sponsors activities throughout the year in the community to promote safety awareness. A primary focus is child passenger safety. The chapter sponsors a car seat program at PCS the 3rd Friday of every month, call (308) 635-3089 for an appointment. Car seat check-up events are also held throughout the summer. The past 2 years, the chapter has secured grant funding for a Fall Prevention Program of a Baby Walker Exchange.
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Address: C/O PSC, 3350 10th Street, Gering
Contact: Michelle Weimer
Email: mdweimer@prairieweb.com |
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| SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY VOLUNTEER CENTER |
| The Scotts Bluff County Volunteer Center is at work in the community helping to make sure that
special needs are met by providing a noon meal to persons that are home bound and in need of this service
through Meals-on-Wheels, grocery shopping and delivery for seniors at Coop's Plaza Foods through the Shopping
for Seniors Program, delivery of commodities to home bound seniors with the Home Delivered Commodities Program.
The Volunteer Center also recruits and refers volunteers for various programs, agencies and projects.
The Volunteer Center works today to improve tomorrow. |
Contact: Jill Allen, Executive Director
Phone: (308) 632-3736
Email: scbvolcenter@yahoo.com
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| SCOTTSBLUFF JAYCEE SENIOR CENTER |
| Provides nutritional meals, activities and health care information for over 100 seniors daily. |
Address: 1502 21st Avenue, Scottsbluff
Contact: Harry Dowell
Phone: (308) 635-0263
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| SPEAK OUT |
| Speak out is an organization created and directed
by parents of children with emotional, behavioral and mental
health disorders. They offer opportunities for parental run
support groups, speakers on pertinent topics, advocacy, and
linkages to other agencies and organizations that will support
families and primary caregivers while dealing with the unique
challenges of raising children with mental health issues. |
Contact: Elizabeth Dugger
Phone: 632-1456
Email: speakout_ne@hotmail.com
Website: www.parentsspeakout.com |
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SUMMER PROGRAM FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
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The Summer Program for Handicapped Children, also known as Camp Scott, provides a social, recreational and academic program for developmentally disabled children and adolescents, ages 7-21. The program is the only one of its kind in the Panhandle and enables approximately 35-40 youngsters to have a fun and stimulating summer experience. The Camp consists of one 5-week session running Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. beginning the last week of
June. Camp is held at the Valley View Activity Center, Scottsbluff. Activities include arts/crafts, living skills, music, water activities, therapeutic horseback riding, large/small motor activities, field trips, volunteer guest presentations, a family picnic, and a 4-H picnic and horse show.
Transportation and lunch are provided. The cost of the 5-week session is $95.00. Scholarships are available. A Board of Directors oversees the Camp and hires a highly qualified staff recruited from our local communities. Camp Scott has benefited from being a United Way agency for many years.
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Contact: Reenie Berry
Phone: (308) 436-7304
Email: nolanberry@charter.net
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| TEAMMATES |
| TeamMates of Nebraska-Scotts Bluff County is
a mentoring program modeled after the original program began
by Tom & Nancy Osborne in 1991. Many of today’s
youth need someone who can talk with them, help them set goals
and someone to reinforce basic skills, attitudes and other
lessons of life. TeamMates is a school-based mentoring program
that pairs adult volunteers one-on-one with middle school
age children. Adult TeamMates serve as positive role models
for students needing extra adult attention. They meet with
their student TeamMates at least one hour a week during school
hours and share in a variety of other activities. |
Contact: Penny Pahlke
Phone: (308) 632-8930
Email: pjpahlke@hotmail.com
Website: www.teammates.org
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UNITED WAY of WESTERN NEBRASKA
CAMPAIGN 2008 MEMBER AGENCIES
American Red Cross
Buckboard Therapeutic Riding Academy
CAPstone
Carpenter Center
CASA of Scotts Bluff County
DOVES
Gering Organized Baseball
Gering Multi-Purpose Senior Citizen Center
Guadalupe Center
Guiding Star Girl Scout Council
Longs Peak Council, Boy Scouts of America
Panhandle Independent Living Services
Project Success
Safe Kids Scotts Bluff County
Scotts Bluff County Volunteer Center
Scottsbluff Senior Center
Speak Out
Summer Program For Handicapped Children
Team Mates
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AGENCY SELECTION PROCESS
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United Way Member Agencies are selected through a budget and allocations process by a group of 120 community volunteers.
These volunteers spend many hours visiting the agencies and observing how they serve the community.
They also examine the agency's budgets and operating practices. Once they've gathered their information, all of
the volunteers meet and determine which agencies will be funded. The allocations for these agencies come from the
Campaign funds that were raised in the previous year. The volunteers have a passion for this budget and
allocations process and ensuring that the agencies receive the funding that they need to better serve the community.
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