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WAY of WESTERN NEBRASKA
CAMPAIGN 2010-2011 MEMBER AGENCIES
SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY
GREATER NEBRASKA PANHANDLE CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN
RED CROSS
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.
Contact: Jann Rouzee, Executive Director
Address: 3701 Avenue B, Suite #S100, Scottsbluff, NE 69361
Phone: (308) 635-2114
Emergency #: (308) 672-6477 or (308) 672-2119
Armed Service #: 1-888-737-4306
Email:
jannrouzee@gnpredcross.org
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 110 riders
yearly, with the help of nearly 50 volunteers.
Contact: Kathy Gatch
Phone: (308) 783-2319
Email: buckboard@scottsbluff.net
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CAPstone
CAPstone provides a child friendly and family oriented interviewing facility for victimized children. Children who have been abused are interviewed at CAPstone, where their interview is recorded, so they do not have to repeat their story and be re-traumatized. We have a child interview room and a teen interview room. CAPstone also offers advocacy and referral services for the child and non-offending family members, makes arrangements for medical exams as needed, and arranges for mental health evaluations and counseling services. Our goals are to reduce the trauma suffered by a child during an investigation; to increase successful prosecution of the child abusers; and to assume a proactive approach to child abuse prevention through education, training and networking.
Contact: Joy McKay
Phone: 308-632-7274
Email:capstonescbf@embarqmail.com
Website: www.capstonenebraska.com
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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.
Contact: Erika Cochran
Address: 116 Terry Blvd., Gering
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: Cheryl Svoboda
Phone/fax: (308) 672-2922
Email: casaofscbcounty@yahoo.com
Website: www.casanet.org
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DOVES
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The DOVES
Program is a non-profit organization that provides free and confidential
services to persons experiencing domestic, dating and/or 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
Client Wish List:
*new towels
*new bedding
*new pillows
*new children's toys
*new dishes and cookware
*new, small kitchen appliances (coffee maker, toaster, etc.)
*space heaters
*Trak phones and Trak phone minutes
*gift certificates:
-Wal-Mart, Target, K-Mart
-Payless Shoes
-local beauty salons or spas
-movie theatre or rentals
-local restaurants
DOVES wish list:
*women's deodorant
*new hairbrushes
*new womens', girls' and boys' underwear
*new socks
*new pillows
*alarm clocks
*diapers- sizes 3,4, and 5
*baby wipes
*hand sanitizers
*Lysol spray
*toilet paper
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-HELP (4357) or (866) 95-DOVES
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.
Contact: Margarete Neumann
Address: 2005 Depot Street, Gering, NE 69341
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: Shane Wilson
Phone: (308) 632-8488
Fax: (308) 632-8744
Email: swatssp@allophone.com
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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.
Contact: Father Phil Flott
Address: 1200 East 9th Street, Scottsbluff, NE 69361
Phone: (308) 632-2845
Email: olguadalupe@bbc.net
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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.
Contact: Ken Hazlitt
Address: 10 South Beltline West, Scottsbluff, NE 69361
Phone: (308) 632-4179
Fax: 308- 632-4170
Email: khazlitt@juno.com
Website: www.longspeakbsa.org/tritrails
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PANHANDLE
INDEPENDENT LIVING SERVICES
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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.
Contact: Carolyn Foged
Address: PO Box 2454, 510 Broadway,
Suite 2, Scottsbluff, NE 69363
Phone: (308) 635-7901
Email: pils@allophone.com
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WESTERN NEBRASKA CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER (CAPWN) 
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.
Contact: Sarah Ochoa
Phone: (308) 635-3089
Email: sochoa@capwn.org
Website: www.capwn.org
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WESTERN COMMUNITY HEALTH RESOURCES- RESPITE PROGRAM
Respite provides caregivers of those with long-term or lifelong  disabilities an opportunity to have some time away from their caregiving duties. A respite break can be as short as a few hours or as long as a couple of days or weeks. The Panhandle Partnership Respite Program is one of six Nebraska Respite Network sites. The Respite Network offers information and referral services for families and potential or current respite providers. You can access your local coordinator by calling 866-RESPITE (737-7483)
Contact: Sherri Blome, Western Area Coordinator
Address: 821 Morehead Street, Chadron, NE 69337
Phone: (866) RESPITE (866-737-7483)
Fax: (308) 432-5092
Email: specialprojects@wchr.net
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ASSET BUILDING CHOICES PROGRAM
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Contact: Misty Livingston-West
Phone: (308) 633-3377
Fax: (308) 633-3239
Email: mwest@ccapw.org
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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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BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
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SUMMER PROGRAM FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
(CAMP SCOTT)
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.
Contact: Reenie Berry
Phone: (308) 436-7304
Email: nolanandreenie@embarqmail.com
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