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ANNUAL REPORT

2008

Onslow Community Ministries 600 Court Street

Jacksonville, NC 28540 910-455-5733

Fax: 910-455-5795 www.onslowcm.org info@onslowcm.org

Soup Kitchen/Shelter: 910-347-3227

Clinic: 910-577-2295 Volunteer Center: 910-938-4357 Christmas Cheer: 910-347-4646

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Dear Onslow Community Ministries Supporter,

We would like to thank everyone who helped us through the challenging times in 2008 at Onslow Community Ministries.

In 2008, our programs experienced an increase in services. More people than ever utilized our services whether it was the Soup Kitchen which served over 95,000 meals, the homeless shelter that experienced an increase in bed nights, which means that residents had to stay longer to obtain employment and save for deposits for rent and utilities, the Caring Community Clinic that had over 3,000 visits from patients and over $600,000 was dispensed in medicine or Christmas Cheer that distributed to over 5,000 needy people in our community toys and food.

As we always have for 19 years, we will continue to fulfill our mission but continued support will be needed from this giving caring community. As the need for our programs grows we have seen a drastic downturn in donations.

We are continuing to seek other sources of funding such as the Oktoberfest in October. Even with the rain we managed to have a successful event. We have already set a date for 2009, October 24 at the Riverwalk Park.

With your support of Onslow Community Ministries and their programs, we will continue to play a vital role in our community. Warmest Regards,

Sandra Wyrick

Executive Director

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WISH LIST …

Soup Kitchen

• Peanut Butter and Jelly

• A new Soup Kitchen Truck

• Prepaid Gas Cards

• 3 compartment Styrofoam plates

• Plastic utensils

• 8 oz. Styrofoam cups

• Paper Napkins

• Paper Towels

• Pleated sandwich bags

• Dishwashing liquid soap

• Laundry detergent

• 39 gallon trash bags

• Toilet paper

• Salt and Pepper

• Spices

• Canned Goods (especially kidney beans, lima beans,

navy beans, pinto beans, tomato sauce and mixed vegetables)

Homeless Shelter

• Phone Cards

• Cough/Cold Medicine

• Dressers

• Nail Clippers

• Shaving Cream

• Toothbrushes

• Deodorant

• Foot powder

• Shaving Cream

• Sweatshirts/sweat pants

• Rain ponchos

• Wash cloths

• Disposable razors

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, toys for teenagers such as hand held electronic games)

• 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.

MISSION STATEMENT We are dedicated to bringing together the talent, people and resources in Onslow County’s faith communities in a collaborative effort to serve God by serving others. We seek to extend the values of our faith by feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, healing the sick and providing for other unmet human needs.

VISION STATEMENT

Our vision of the future of the Ministries is to be the personification of benevolence in our community.

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Financial Update

Onslow Community Ministries Income

50+ Businesses for a total of $ 57,678.00 Special Thanks to Onslow Memorial Hospital

35 Churches for a total of $ 53,291.00

386 Individuals for a total of $ 66,728.00

23 Organizations for a total of $ 16,526.00

Sub Total $231,547.00

Thank you to the Following Grant Providers

City of Jacksonville NC Association of Free Clinic

Combined Federal Campaign Onslow County

Emergency Food & Shelter United Way of Onslow County

Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Wachovia Foundation

Kate B Reynolds Charitable Trust

Grant Income: $201,013.00

Christmas Cheer

Special Thanks to: Onslow Bay Open King Mackerel Tournament & Richlands Piggly Wiggly

22 Businesses for a total of $14,165.00

7 Churches for a total of $ 4,895.00 184 Individuals for a total of $22,088.00

23 Organizations for a total of $24,648.00

Sub Total $65,796.00

Thank you to the Following Grant Providers

City of Jacksonville Onslow County

Grant Income: $5,000

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2008 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

Board Members: Gerald Brandon, Onslow Memorial Hospital

Theresa Caserta, TM Marketing

Jane Choate, Onslow County Schools

Christy O’Daniel, Volunteer

Deacon Arlon Pickett, Union Missionary Baptist Church

Preston Taylor, Piggly Wiggly

Staff

Administration: Sandra Wyrick, Executive Director Susan Taylor, Comptroller

Caring Community Clinic: Anthony Anderson, Clinic Director Dr. Swetang Patel, Medical Director Tiffany Adams, Case Manager Meghan Rowe, Pharmacy Tech

Soup Kitchen: Remy Stitt, Soup Kitchen Director

Jeff Bober, Soup KitAssistant

Homeless Shelter: Cara Moore, Shelter Director Donnell Hines, Shelter Assistant Kathy Deitchman, Shelter Staff Linda Fountain, Shelter Staff Natasha Koonce, Shelter Staff Theresa Snedecker, Shelter Staff

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Soup Kitchen

IN 2008 …

• 92,237 meals served

• Received 280,409 pounds of food.

• 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 20,862 miles

• 1,012 hot delicious meals were served at Thanksgiving and

Christmas

• 5,341 volunteers worked 17,140 hours

Daryl Graham in Maple Hill

Mr. Daryl 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.

Over 5,000 volunteers per year keep the Soup Kitchen open.

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June 14 Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast to benefit

the homeless Shelter

August 8 United Way Golf Tournament benefits

the Homeless Shelter

August 2008 Director, Sandra Wyrick was

appointed to the NC State Commission of Volunteerism and

Service

September 25

Atlantic Marine Corps Communities Community Day

60+ employees, replaced ceiling tiles, fixed water heaters, repaired air conditioner ducts,

replaced insulation and donated 2 washers, 2 dryers and 4 refrigerators.

November 28, 29 & 30 Spotlight Entertainers put on their annual Christmas Concert o benefit Onslow

Community Ministries October 28 Oktoberfest

September 2008 Onslow Bay King Mackerel Tournament raises $9,000 for Christmas Cheer

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2008 In Review

January 1 Onslow County Community Caring Foundation Golf Tournament to benefit the Caring Community Clinic

February 16 Hope for the Hungry

New River Baptist Association constructed a can sculpture of over 2,000 cans for the soup kitchen

April 29 Caring Community Clinic Open House The Clinic officially opened at it’s new location at 1 Dewitt Street

February 19 Annual Meeting

Over 80 community members attended this event at the First

Presbyterian Church

May 10 Letter Carriers Food Drive

collected 9,310 pounds of food for the Soup Kitchen

May 21 The staff of Embarq prepared meals at the Soup Kitchen as part of the United Way’s

Day of Caring

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Thank You Soup Kitchen VolunteersThank You Soup Kitchen VolunteersThank You Soup Kitchen VolunteersThank You Soup Kitchen Volunteers

Jo Acker Paul Acker Rose Boehm Joan Bond Esther Bush Annette Cherry Julia Clark Louise Collins George Easton Maria Fletcher

Rosa Grant Marie Gray Joanne Hughes Avon Jackson Michele Jones John Kerr Bernie La Clair Joan Lindstrom Jim Macco Chin McCracken

Bob Medlin Norma Medlin Keith Miller Flo Omasta Ruth Rachovitz Marie Rustic Lillian Senatro Elnora Sharpless Marian Shiver James Smith

Pat Smith Phyllis Stalter Charles Trible John Vavro Norma Voss Judy Wyatt Pat Wyatt Steve Young

Danny Boehm David Bush Ruth Clifton Palmer Anthony Cristo Raymond Eckenrode Lon Elliotte

Pat Elliotte Rhyne Garris Million Hardison Willie Johnson Leslie Kerr Pat Knopka

Bill Kuebler Matt Martin Christy O’Daniel Ted Parmer Jim Turner

James Burgess Robert Canning Glen 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 2008 …

• 3,059 patients visits

• 6,303 free prescriptions distributed for a value of $627,312.86

• 597 volunteers, worked 1,203 hours

• Turned away an average of 50 patients per week

• Moved the clinic to 1 Dewitt Street in April

• Received a grant for a free dental clinic to open in March 2009

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 Chick Fil-A Ci Ci’s Pizza

Coney Island Hooters Humming Bird Jersey Mikes

Logan’s Mai-Tai Marina Café Outback

Pizza Hut Smithfield’s Sub Station II

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Oktoberfest

Saturday, October 28 10 am—6 pm

Riverwalk Crossing Park Downtown Jacksonville

Onslow Community Ministries has discovered it’s signature fundraiser event. Our first ever Oktoberfest met with great community support and was great fun for all. We plan to continue this new Jacksonville tradition. This inaugural event raised over $15,000 for the Ministries. The event was also honored with community awards for their website and

marketing materials.

Thank you to our Oktoberfest sponsors:

National Volkswagen, Jacksonville Daily News, Onslow County Tourism, Wachovia, New River Rotary, Piggly Wiggly’s of Onslow County, Jacksonville Noon Rotary,

Schilsky Chiropractic, Croatan Medical and Modern Exterminating

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Saturday, October 24, 2009 For more information go to www.onslowoktoberfest.org

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Christmas Cheer

IN 2008 …

• 4,850 individuals, 1,377 families assisted

• 12,000+ toys were distributed

• 285 families with some active duty connection helped

• 702 volunteers worked a total of 3,249 volunteer hours

Be sure to check out the Ministries website at:

onslowcm.org

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.

Thank you Christmas Cheer Coordinator, Linda Fountain for your tireless effort and dedication to Christmas

Cheer.

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Thank You Clinic VolunteersThank You Clinic VolunteersThank You Clinic VolunteersThank You Clinic Volunteers

PROVIDERS

PHARMACISTS

NURSES

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 Swetang Patel, MD (Director) W.R. Turlington, MD

Brian Beasley, RPH Kendra Billingsley, RPH Stephanie Burleson, RPH (Director) Dave Butler, 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 Jill Ann Quinton, RPH Lori Schenberger, RPH Louis Shields, RPH Scott Smith, 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 Patricia “Trish” Kramer, RN Linda Larson, RN Suzzane Ritter, RN Rickey Ruffin, RN Cathy Sunden, RN Judy Vickers, RN

CLERICAL

Anthony Anderson Tracey Debow Lorraine Dingle Donald Dunlap Dayna Dunn

Velma Favor Crystal Harrington Judy Jones Bridget Shanahan

Stephanie Burleson, RPH Pharmacy Director

Swetang Patel, MD Medical Director

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Homeless Shelter

IN 2008 …

• 232 residents, 2,184 bed nights (12% increase)

• The shelter takes $106,437 per year to operate.

• Shelter residents included: 110 women, 90 men, 41 families, 25 veterans and 48 children

• Primary reasons for staying at the shelter were eviction and unemployment.

Benevolent Services

IN 2008 …

• 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, identify-ing educational opportuni-ties, finding clothing, re-sume writing and financial planning.

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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Volunteer Center

IN 2008 …

• Volunteers were coordinated for the following community events: Letter Carriers Food Drive, Celebrity Golf Tournament,

Oktoberfest 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 2008

(Every April during national volunteer week, Jacksonville-Onslow Volunteer Center

distributes volunteer awards in several categories)

Adult: Linda Larson, Caring Community Clinic

Youth: Cody Freeman, Onslow County Parks and Recreation

Group: Tom and Goodie Wolf, USO

Lifetime Achievement Award: Melissa St. Clair

NC State Awards for Outstanding Volunteer Service

Peggy Del Colliano – Onslow Women’s Center

Cody Freeman – Onslow County Parks and Recreation

Continuum Hospice Volunteers

Dot Spencer—Guardian ad Litem Program

Tom and Goodie Wolf also won the NC Medallion for Outstanding Volunteer Service

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/1800Vol/JVOC