____ Boys & Girls Clubs of Bulloch County
www.bgcbulloch.org
Mission Statement: “To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, caring responsible citizens.” The Boys & Girls Clubs of Bulloch County opened on August 18, 2001 and has had two expansions since 2001 and now includes the Portal Unit, located in Portal, Georgia, and the Elvera Mays Teen Center, which was added behind the Denmark Unit. The Club is open to all youth ages 6 to 18 and offers programs in the following areas: Character and Leadership; Education and Career; Health and Life Skills; the Arts; and Sports, Fitness and Recreation. Average daily attendance at the Club is 750 youth and students from every public school are represented at the Club. Active members have shown academic improvement of at least one letter grade and 98% of active Club members graduate or are promoted to the next grade. Low fees help parents provide for their children and late hours assist working parents. 72% of the boys and girls club members live below the poverty level.
____Bulloch County Chapter of the American Red Cross
www.redcrossbullochcounty.org
The Bulloch County Chapter of the American Red Cross serves Bulloch, Candler, Toombs, and Montgomery counties. The Red Cross is a voluntary, non-profit agency that is mandated by the government to prepare for, prevent, and respond to disaster on a local, national, and international level. All of the Red Cross’ funding comes from United Way (27%) and the rest of our services are funded by private donations. We receive no funding from the government. We provide disaster services such as responding to house fires in our four counties and providing families with new clothing, a place to stay, and food. We also provide life-saving CPR and First Aid training to the community and workplace. Armed Forces Emergency Services assist military families with soldiers overseas in times of distress. We also provide Blood Services to the entire country.
____ Court Appointed Special Advocate Program(CASA) Ogeechee District
No website at this time / e-mail: edcasaogee@frontiernet.net / phone: (912)764-4849
The Court Appointed Special Advocates foe the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit provides trained, screened, and supervised volunteer to advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children involved in court deprivation proceedings in the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit which includes Bulloch, Effingham, Jenkins, and Screven counties.
____ Educational Opportunity Programs – Georgia Southern University
www.georgiasouthern.edu/eop
The mission of Educational Opportunity Programs is to provide educational assistance and access for low-income, first generation and disabled students ages 13-19, who need to continue their education.
____ Hands on Ogeechee
www.handsonogeechee.org
Hands On Ogeechee promotes the power of service - how it weaves together communities, supports vital nonprofit organizations and transforms both those serving and those being served. Hands On Ogeechee encourages people to do good things and also to reflect on the reasons why those good things need to be done. While volunteering empowers people in communities to improve the quality of life for all, it also develops more informed and inspired citizens.
Hands On Ogeechee calls upon residents to help tackle tough issues in our area through volunteer service and engaged citizenship. We need strong civic participation from the citizens of Georgia in order to make our schools work effectively, to keep our environment healthy, to nurture children whose family support has broken down, and to bring Georgia’s citizens together across divisions of region, race, and economic lifestyle through the common platform of service.
____Humane Society of Bulloch County
The Humane Society seeks to curb the number of unwanted cats and dogs in our County by promoting and financing spaying and neutering programs and fostering pets found “unadoptable” by the local animal shelter. We help any Bulloch County citizen with the loss of altering their animal. We have several events each year-to educate and fund raise-Pet Fun Day and the Annual Silent Auction to name but a few. We hold adoption events almost every weekend to look for homes for our foster animals.
____ Keep Bulloch Beautiful
www.keepbullochbeautiful.org
Keep Bulloch Beautiful’s mission is to enhance the beauty of Bulloch County through education, public action and example. We focus our efforts in three main areas: waste reduction, litter prevention and beautification. Our guiding principle is to get the facts, involve the people and change attitudes and behaviors.
Keep Bulloch Beautiful serves all of Bulloch County. During 2006, Keep Bulloch Beautiful has involved over 5000 volunteers in litter cleanup events, recycling programs, beautification efforts, and educational programs. We have organized 49 litter removal and beautification events, conducted 122 educational programs, and recycled over 115,000 pounds* of materials. In addition, every school in Bulloch County has a permanent recycling program for paper, and ten schools now have a recycling program operating in their lunch rooms for milk bottles. More funds will be necessary to purchase the equipment needed to start the milk bottle recycling program at the remaining seven schools.
*This figure only includes materials recycled directly through KBB programs and does not count the material recycled at any of the 16 recycling centers in the county, which KBB promotes.
____ Prevent Child Abuse of Bulloch County
www.pcabc.org
Prevent Child Abuse Bulloch County is a non-profit organization committed to public awareness of and promoting the prevention of child abuse and neglect within the Bulloch County community. We envision a community of healthy children free of child abuse and neglect.
Through community awareness events, educational programs, and direct assistance Prevent Child Abuse Bulloch County informs the community that child abuse and neglect exist and that their involvement is mandatory in order to create a community of healthy children and families.
If you believe that children should be healthy and free of child abuse and neglect, contact us to volunteer, to schedule a workshop on keeping kids safe at your church or place of business, or to register for an upcoming workshop. Remember, children need everyday heroes—they need YOU! Prevent Child Abuse Bulloch County needs YOU too!
_____Statesboro Regional Sexual Assault Center
e-mail: StatesboroRSAC@hotmail.com
The mission of the Statesboro Regional Sexual Assault Center:
a) Provide direct response to victims of sexual assault.
b) Provide community education concerning sexual assault and its prevention.
c) Provide advocacy for sexual assault victims through direct services and liaison relationships including medical, legal, social services, and law enforcement.
d) Provide follow-up support through referral to other community services.
SR-SAC is a 501(c)3, Community based non-profit. All contributions are tax deductable.
