To further advance the Dr. Martin
Luther King's service legacy beyond the Day of Service event, 2014 MLK Day of
Service Advisory Committee awarded funding for three (3) organizations that
participated in the 2014 Day of Service event.
The award amounts vary up to a maximum of $10,000 per awarded
organizations. 13 of the 21 candidates who submitted Signature Award
application with all required information and were scored (see Attachment “A”
Scoring Matrix). Bethel AME Human Services, Greater Pinellas Point Civic
Association, and The Gathering of Women organizations received the highest
scores and selected to receive the award respectively, (Both third party
scorers and staff were used to evaluate applications). After selection was
made, all candidates were notified via email.
Signature
Award Applicants:
|
Gramps
Raising Grands
|
Provide
care resource for grandparents
|
|
Triumph
Learning Center, LLC
|
Community
Garden and nutrition foods
|
|
Breaking
Free By Faith Outreach Ministry, Inc
|
Transitional
housing facility
|
|
Southern
Christian Leadership Conference
|
Mentor
Young African Americans males
|
|
Mt.
Zion College Prep 101
|
Prepare
middle & high students for college
|
|
Green
Florida
|
Growing
nutritional foods
|
|
Sistahs
Surviving Breast Cancer
|
Breast
cancer intervention and information
|
|
Greater
Pinellas Point Civic Associate
|
weeRead
Literacy Program
|
|
Clothes
To Kids, Inc
|
Youth
clothing store for low income families
|
|
Pinellas
Ex-Offender Re-Entry Coalition
|
Provide
economic assistance to ex-offenders
|
|
The
Gathering Of Women, Inc.
|
Man
Camp to mentor African American males
|
|
Bethel
AME Human Service and Education Foundation, Inc.
|
Homeless
care, food pantry, and medical assistance
|
|
CASA
(Community Action Stop Abuse, Inc.)
|
Domestic
violence intervention & shelter
|
.
Selected Signature Award recipients and awarded amounts
Signature Awardees received the
initial 50% award funding April 8, 2014, and after they submitted their Interim
Report, the second 50% award funding was disbursed on May 9, 2014. Each awardee
submitted their final report on June 5, 2014
2014 MLK Signature Projects Outcomes
Collectively, the three
organizations utilized a total of 147 volunteers, posted 1379 volunteer hours,
and impacted and served 2630 citizens of the St. Petersburg community within a
two and half months period.
The chart below reflects the achievement levels of each Signature Project
|
Areas of Concern
|
weeREAD Literacy Program / Greater Pinellas Point Civic
Association
|
Bethel AME Human Services and Education Foundation
|
The Gathering of Women, Inc.
|
Totals
|
|
Number
of volunteers that participated in your Signature Award
|
45
|
54
|
48
|
147
|
|
Total number of volunteer hours for your
Signature Award Project
|
260
|
632
|
487
|
1379
|
|
How
many people were actually impacted and served by your Signature Award
Project?
|
995
|
1475
|
160
|
2630
|
Totals are self-reported
Recipients of the 2014 Signature Award
|
Org.
Name
|
Awarded
Amount.
|
Matching
In-Kind Funds
|
Total
cos of project
|
|
Bethel AME Human Services
|
$8,662
|
$200
|
$8,862
|
|
Greater Pinellas Point Civic Association
|
$5,665
|
$41,979
|
$47,644
|
|
The Gathering of Women
|
$1,025
|
$10,000
|
$11,025
|
|
Total
|
$15,352
|
$52,179
|
$67,531
|
Bethel AME
Human Services Foundation, Inc.
provided nutritional care to the homeless and working poor. By hosting a weekly
Food Pantry Distribution Program and the Sunday Feeding Ministry at Bethel AME
Church, this project provided food to “230 families with an average of 18
pounds of staple food, fresh vegetables, meats, bread and drink per week”. Plus
feed a total of 586 persons at the Sunday Feeding at Bethel AME program between
April 2014 and May 2014. (Bethel AME Human Service final report) Dr. Felton,
President of the Bethel AME Human Services Foundation, Inc., explained that the
Signature Award funds helped to fill an unexpected need created by the recent untimely
“closure of a portion of the feeding program by St. Vincent de Paul Ministries”
to provide nutrition to the local homeless community. The organization has formed relationships
with:
·
Feeding American Tamps Bay, Inc.− a
major food distribution program on the west coast of Florida
·
ASAP Service and Berkeley School of
Nursing − provide hypertension, diabetes, HIV, and hearing screenings to needy
adults, families and veterans
·
Pinellas County Health Department
and the Lions Club − work to provide
physical examinations, immunizations, vision and hearing screenings to
preschool and school age youth
Scheduled activities held and planned:
·
Health screenings,
·
immunization both adults and youth
·
6 - Credit & Home ownership
·
Will conduct homeless feeding and food
distribution for 29 weeks
o
(Sunday Feeding Ministry Program- April through October,
2014- 29 weeks; 2)Tuesday Food Pantry Distribution- April through October,
2014- 30 weeks; 3) Health Physical Exams and Immunizations- June, and August
2014-Two sessions; 4) Hypertension/Diab.
weeRead
Literacy Program / Greater Pinellas Point Civic Association, hosted several events as their Signature Project. On May 22,
2014 the first Family Book Fair & Meet the Author activity was held at
Lakewood Elementary School. Mr. Martin, author of the Award Winning children
book, entitled Shelly Adventures was present to sign books and speak to parents
and kids. The children participated in a sign language workshop conducted by
several teachers and school staff members train in the (American Sign Language,
ASL) practices. Over 800 books were distributed during the event to families
with children. All funds were used to
purchase books to be distributed to children of reading ages.
Scheduled activities held and planned:
·
April
2014 - Gridiron Family Fun Day
·
April
2014 - GPPCA Family BBQ Book Fair-RAINED OUT
·
May
22, 2014, 630P, - Lakewood Elementary
Book Fair & Meet The Author Event
·
Aug
2014 - Presentation Day City Council, City Hall
·
Aug
2014 - National Book Week Aug 17-23, One City-One Book
·
Aug
2014 - Read-A-Thon
·
Sept
2014 - CareFest Book Drive
·
Oct
2014 - McMannis Preschool Book Fair
·
Dec
2014 - Santa Parade Book Gift-Away
The
Gathering of Women / Man Camp Program, The
Man Camp acknowledges that mentoring relationships can be fun and very
rewarding, but we also acknowledge that they can be challenging at times. Man
Camp provided and will continue to provide a high level of expert-led training
including pre-service training and ongoing individual and group training
sessions throughout the duration of the match relationship. Our volunteers and
advisory Board members provide individual consultations, as needed, to offer
training on how to handle very sensitive and delicate situations that sometimes
arise during the course of building and maintaining the mentoring relationship.
The organization formed new or enhanced
their relationships with the following community groups:
·
The Brotherhood of Men
·
The YMCA of St. Petersburg
Harbordale Branch
·
Pinellas Technical Education Center
PTEC, Business Advantage
·
The Childs Park Neighborhood
Association
·
The Poynter Institute’ Write Field
Program
·
Pinellas County Urban League
Scheduled activities held and planned:
·
May 15 - Training for Man Camp
participates and parents/While the real magic of mentoring happens in the
mentor-mentee relationship, involving the parents in the mentoring services is
one of the best things a program can do to ensure its success.
·
May 17 - Barbecue Cookout at Dell
Holmes Park/ The Barbecue cookout is an opportunity to introduce and get
acquainted with mentors, mentees, parents and members.
·
June 7 - Trip to Bethune Cookman
University/A tour of Bethune Cookman University where the students in grades
9-12 will experience the warmth and vitality of a community rich in history,
intellectual stimulation, culture and diversity
·
June 11 - Group activities /during
this activity mentors & mentees are brought to a group activity. Group
activities will include games, basketball, football, chess or one-on-one time
with mentors
·
June 25 - Peer group activities/same
as above
·
July 12 - Game Day Fundraiser/ Enjoy
a fund day playing a variety of table top games, software games, enjoying
pizzas, snacks and beverages.
·
July 24 - Going quarterly Mentor
Training
Success Story:
John
was 19 and just released from jail. He was referred to our man camp by a
community person. John was desperate for positive role models. He needed
someone he could relate to and talk to, more importantly; he needed someone who
would challenge him to begin the long process of rebuilding his life. We didn’t
have to look far for a mentor we had one that matched perfectly. Our mentor
took John under his wing and began assisting him to make the transition by
introducing him to a program to further his education and to challenge him to
move forward on a new path of life. This natural mentoring relationship has
helped to make it possible for John to make forward on a path he chose for himself.
We see evidence that mentoring works as a cycle of mentoring breaks the cycle
of gang violence and other acts of violence.
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