CAMPAIGNS
Learn to Earn
We all know that education is critical to breaking cycles of poverty and disappointment. Often times, for students in United Ministries’ Adult Education Program, poverty sets the backdrop for the stories of their lives. For one reason or another, they did not finish high school. Some made some bad decisions in their youth; for others, circumstances beyond their control kept them from achievement. They have come to United Ministries for a second chance, and we are glad they came. And because of your support, we will offer them life changing opportunities.
United Ministries has seen the need for adult education grow tremendously over the past few years, and we have met that need with quality program services. The numbers speak for themselves: the number of GED graduates increased exponentially from 17 graduates in 2004 to 340 graduates in 2009. As a result, the program has established a reputation of excellence, becoming a regular referral of the school system, the court system, the hospital system, Greenville Tech, and other humanitarian agencies.
We need your help to meet this increased demand. For $100 you can sponsor one of the 600 students in the program. This sponsorship covers the GED exam fee, the cost of study materials, the cap and the tassel – in sum, giving a student a second chance at completing his or her high school education. United Ministries’ GED graduation ceremony is a moving testimony to the will and determination of our students to overcome the odds and take a step toward their dream of a better life.
Many of our graduates continue on to college or job training. One of the most popular training courses, with a waiting list of 300+ people, is for Certified Nursing Assistants. For a donation of $850, you can provide this life changing opportunity by sponsoring a trainee. Certified Nursing Assistants are in demand, and many of our trainees are able to find jobs and earn livable wages after completing the program.
The cost to operate the Adult Education Program for one business day is approximately $1,500. You can support one of 250 business days this year by making a tax-deductible donation of $1,500 to the Learn the Earn Fund.
Thank you for helping United Ministries provide life changing opportunities through education. You are making an investment not only in the lives of our students, but also in the future of our community.
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EVENTS
WYFF Walk 4 the Homeless
Put your feet to the street and be a part of the solution to poverty at the 21st Annual WYFF Walk 4 the Homeless on Sunday, October 17, 2010.
If you are the designated team leader for your church, school, work or civic group, please mark your calendar for Friday August 20 so you can attend the Walk Group Leaders Meeting. It will be held at 503 Vardry Street in the West End (our Learning Center).
Register today!
Walk Volunteer Positions
Route Monitors (20 needed)
Duties: Route Monitors will be assigned a position along the route and will direct walkers and cheer them on. Route monitors are encouraged to bring their own lawn chair and should be in place along the route before 1:45pm. Route monitors will be asked to submit their vote for the following awards:
1) Group Spirit Award, and 2) Individual Spirit Award.
Water Station Attendees (24 needed)
Duties: Water Station Attendees will fill cups with water and pass them out
to walkers as they pass in a timely manner.
Water Runners (6 needed)
Duties: Water runners will ensure that the water station coolers stay full of water. When a cooler needs more water, the water runner with take the
cooler to the determined location for a refill.
Requirements: Personal vehicle for transporting water
Registration & Donations (14 needed)
Duties: Registration & Donation volunteers help set-up the registration site between 12-1pm, sit at tables from 1pm-2:15pm and accept late registrations and donations. They will have a sign up sheet that allows the person who is registering to record his/her name, group, and amount of money raised. These volunteers will accept the donation and store it somewhere safely.
T-shirts & Fans (8 needed)
Duties: T-shirts & Fans volunteers will help set-up the t-shirt and fan site between 12-1pm, sit at tables from 1pm-2:15pm and give out t-shirts and fans.
Information (2 needed)
Duties: Information volunteers will sit at a table from 1-4pm and answer people’s questions.
Strong Men (3 needed)
Duties: Strong Men will help Father Patrick (resident DJ) move his equipment upstairs at 2:15pm. Strong Men will help break-down registration from 2:30pm-3pm
and will help Father Patrick load-out his equipment from
5pm-5:30pm.
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2010 Walk for the Homeless Sponsors
Pathfinder
Don and Jane Pilzer
Pioneer
Dorothy Hooper Beattie Foundation
Hiker
Hunt Foundation
Scout
In Memory of Carmen Huskamp
Lynne Shackelford & Bruce Brown
Footprints
Ralph & Becky Bouton
Frances & Dave Ellison
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In Harmony, Against Poverty
Our first annual Musical Extravaganza, in partnership with Greenville Area Interfaith Hospitality Network and Triune Mercy Center, was held Sunday, March 21 at Pendleton St. Baptist Church.
The toe-tapping celebration featured Kyle Matthews, Larry McCullough & Chosen Generation (with special guest Rev. Katie Jordan), USC Upstate Gospel Choir, Joyful Sound (North Greenville University) & Bethel Full Gospel Baptist Church Praise Dancers.
Results from the accompanying Quarters for Change campaign and the love offering will be available soon.
