Muskegon, MI United Way Agencies
| American Cancer Society | Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired | Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Lakeshore | |
| Contact: | Kim Girardin | Beverly Geyer or Mary Ann Hartman | Nancy Brozek |
| Purpose/Mission: | Nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer through research, education, advocacy, and service. |
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We provide relationships that are community and site-based. We have a number of adults and high school students.We partner with schools, public service, business and service groups for our site based relationships. |
| Accommodate tours? | Yes. Most of what we do is in community, off-site locations. | Yes. | Yes. People enjoy our tours, or so they have said. |
| Permit videotaping?(H.S. Only) | Yes. Best time to videotape is at a "Relay for Life" event (held in May). | Yes. Only with signed releases from clients if they are to be filmed. | Yes. We have young people here all of the time. We love it. |
| Make presentations at school sites? | Yes | Yes | Yes. We do it all the time. We love it. |
| Service learning opportunities? | Elementary, Middle and High School | Middle and High School | |
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We are hiring a volunteer services coordinator after 1/1/01 who will be able to respond to this question. | Site-based for middle school (Big…for a Day)Site-based and community -based for high school. |
| Foster Grandparent Program/Catholic Human Development Outreach | Child Abuse Council of Muskegon County | Every Woman's Place / Webster House Youth Services | |
| Contact: | Valerie Dozeman | Susan Zuidema | Sue Johnson |
| Purpose/Mission: | To provide meaningful, stipended, volunteer opportunities for low-income seniors to serve special needs children. | To prevent and treat child abuse and neglect through education, child advocacy and community collaboration. | To advocate for and provide services to women, children, youth and families in crisis that lead to their safety, self-sufficiency, productivity, and ability to participate fully in our society. |
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| Accommodate tours? | Yes | Yes. We would encourage visits to our agency as often as possible. | No. Confidentiality prevents us from allowing potential peers to tour the facility. |
| Permit videotaping?(H.S. Only) | No videotaping because of confidentiality. | Yes. No child victims or family members to be taped for confidentiality reasons. | Yes, if clients were out of the building at the time. |
| Make presentations at school sites? | Yes | Yes. Please! | Yes |
| Service learning opportunities? | Elementary, Middle and High School | Elementary, Middle and High School | Elementary, Middle and High School |
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| Muskegon County Habitat for Humanity | Girl Scouts of Michigan Pine and Dunes Council | Goodwill Industries of West Michigan, Inc. | |
| Contact: | Barbara Zielinski | Jodi Nichols - P.R. | Richard Carlson |
| Purpose/Mission: | Works in partnership with all people, from all walks of life, to develop communities with people in need by building and renovating houses, so that there are decent houses in decent communities in which God's people can grow into all that God intended. | Gives girls of all cultures from Muskegon, Oceana, Lake and Newaygo counties an opportunity to develop to their full potential, to realize their uniqueness, to make friends and to become a vital part of the community. | The mission is to provide work opportunities and skill development for people with barriers to employment. Goodwill provides them with opportunities to control their own lives while becoming positive, functional, interdependent members of the community. |
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Career assessment, career exploration, career planning, competitive placement, job coaching/supported employment, work adjustment/readiness training, industrial services work activity, sheltered employment, transitional employment, temporary employment, computer training, social and life skills training, vocational training, etc. |
| Accommodate tours? | Yes, smaller groups of no more than 12 to actually work on site at any one time. | Yes. Call Jodi Nichols to set up tours. | Yes, smaller groups of 10-12 preferred. |
| Permit videotaping?(H.S. Only) | Yes. Clear through PR person (Jodi Nichols) | No due to confidentiality. You may borrow our tape. | |
| Make presentations at school sites? | Yes | Yes | |
| Service learning opportunities? | Yes, all age groups. | ||
| Type of service learning opportunities: | Not certain what types we could offer. We would work with you on this. |
| Lakeshore Lung Society | The Salvation Army | Senior Resources | |
| Contact: | Stella Burns | Lt. Von Vandiver | Dee Scott |
| Purpose/Mission: | Committed to helping our community maintain respiratory health through education and individual support. | Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination. | Works to enhance the quality of life for residents of Muskegon County who are 55 years and older. The agency is an advocate and support organization dedicated to the principles of dignity and independence for older citizens. |
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| Accommodate tours? | No. Not enough space for 25-30 students. | Yes. | Yes, but it is just offices. |
| Permit videotaping?(H.S. Only) | Yes | Yes. Can't tape clients receiving assistance. | Yes, but it is just offices. |
| Make presentations at school sites? | Yes | Yes | Yes, Power Point presentation. |
| Service learning opportunities? | Elementary, Middle and High School | Elementary, Middle and High School | Individual high school students |
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| Volunteer Muskegon | Westshore Dispute Resolution Center | Muskegon Family YMCA | |
| Contact: | Martha Bottomley | David Cotter | Philip Connor |
| Purpose/Mission: | Provides leadership, services and programs that support, promote and recognize volunteerism, thereby enriching the lives in our community. | Provides all citizens of Muskegon, Mason, Manistee, and Oceana counties with mediation, conciliation, or other forms of voluntary dispute resolution, and to develop community involvement, awareness and support. |
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| Accommodate tours? | Yes, but we are just an office. | No, typical office setting with conference rooms. | Yes |
| Permit videotaping?(H.S. Only) | Yes | Yes, be careful of confidentiality concerns. | Yes |
| Make presentations at school sites? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Service learning opportunities? | Elementary, Middle and High School | Elementary, Middle and High School | Elementary, Middle and High School (Individuals) |
| Type of service learning opportunities: | We have school year programs and intensive programming for youths 12-18. We have summer camp for children 8-11. | We can discuss Alternative Dispute Resolutions. Conflict/Anger Management Trainings are contractual services. |
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| Arc/Muskegon | American Red Cross | Big Brothers/Big Sisters | |
| Contact: | Margaret O'Toole | Tim Lipan | Nancy Brozek |
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Matching adult role models/mentors with children from single parent families |
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| Boy Scouts of America | Catholic Social Services | Child & Family Services | |
| Contact: | Michael Sulgrove | Robert Mills | Don Pranger |
| Purpose/Mission: | Character development | ||
| Programs in community: | Citizenship training and personal fitness programs for boys age 7-21 & girls age 15-21 |
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Family counseling: marriage, divorce, substance abuse |
| Hospice of Muskegon-Oceana | Legal Aid of Western MI | Muskegon Hearing & Speech | |
| Contact: | Mary Anne Gorman | Dan Bonner | Roger Smith |
| Purpose/Mission: | Civil Legal Aid for the indigent | ||
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Priorities include matters of physical safety, housing and income maintenance |
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| Urban League | Visiting Nurse Services | West Michigan Therapy | |
| Contact: | Nancy McCarthy | Louis Churchwell | |
| Purpose/Mission: | Transitional living center | ||
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