2010 Funded Agencies
Through the generosity of both individuals and corporate donors the United Way of El Dorado raises funds each Fall for the upcoming year. Each spring, the Executive Board carefully considers community needs through its Allocation Hearings. Agencies requesting funds must submit proposals documenting needs and services, as well as providing details of proposed projects toward which funds will be applied. Funds are then distributed to partnering agencies that serve and build our community.
2010 Funded Agencies
Through the generosity of both individuals and corporate donors the United Way of El Dorado raises funds each Fall for the upcoming year. Each spring, the Executive Board carefully considers community needs through its Allocation Hearings. Agencies requesting funds must submit proposals documenting needs and services, as well as providing details of proposed projects toward which funds will be applied. Funds are then distributed to partnering agencies that serve and build our community.
2010 Funded Agencies
| American Red Cross Bluestem Chapter Lynette Greene, Chapter Director P.O. Box 33 El Dorado, KS 67042 (316) 321-2308 |
Office: 226 S. Main El Dorado, KS 67042 Email: blustmrc@rcross.kscoxmail.com Website: http://www.redcross.org/ |
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| Mission Statement The American Red Cross helps keep people safe every day, as well as in an emergency, thanks to caring people who support our work in the community. Please support your local Red Cross! |
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| The Arc of Butler County President: Jacque Clifton, Advocate Care Services, Inc. P.O. Box 91 Rose Hill, KS 67133-0091 (316) 461-3201 FAX: (316) 776-9662 Email: advocatecare@cox.net |
Gloria Canady, Eligibility/BASIS Coordinator for Flinthills-CDDO P.O. Box 977 226 S. Main El Dorado, KS 67042 (316) 321-7744 FAX: (316) 621-4185 Email: gloria@flinthills.kscoxmail.com Website: The Arc of Sedgwick County Website: The Arc of the United States |
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| Mission Statement The Arc is The Association of Retarded Citizens, which addresses the rights, treatment, and service programs for children and adults with mental retardation, as well as their families. The Arc of Butler County fosters the development of programs, and when necessary, operates direct service programs for these persons. |
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| Bethlehem House, Inc. Susan Gardiner, Facility Coordinator P.O. Box 1322 El Dorado, KS 67042 (316) 322-7233 |
Email: bethlehemhouse@cox.net Website: NA |
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| Mission Statement The mission of Bethlehem House, Inc. is to provide 24-hour shelter and support with an individualized, comprehensive program to young pregnant women in need. This will include adhering to a standard of excellence and promoting abstinence in their lives. --- Top of page ---- |
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| Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Butler County Valecia Vogts-Scribner, Executive Director 112 E Central Ave El Dorado, KS 67042 (316) 321-7763 1-800-866-2936 Fax: (316) 321-7763 |
Email: vscribner@ksbbbs.org Website: BBBS of Butler County Kansas BBBS BBBS of America |
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| Mission Statement Big Brothers Big Sisters of Butler County exists to match children, primarily from single parent families, to caring adult volunteers. |
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| Boy Scouts of America Logo High Plains District, Quivira Council 1555 E. 2nd Street P.O. Box 48166 Wichita, KS 67201 (316) 264-3386 Fax: (316) 264-6054 |
Email: NA Website: Quivira Council Site Boy Scouts of America, National Council |
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| Mission Statement Serving the youth of Wichita and in 30 counties of South-Central and Southeast Kansas. |
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| Bright Beginnings | ||
| Buter Homeless Coalition | ||
| Butler County Library Outreach Bradford Memorial Library 611 South Washington El Dorado, KS 67042 (316) 321-3363 Fax: (316) 321-5546 |
Email: outreach@eldoks.com Website: Bradford Memorial Library |
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| Mission Statement The Butler County Library Outreach Program provides library services to meet the informational, recreational, and educational needs of senior citizens, homebound residents, and the physically, visually, and mentally challenged of all ages in El Dorado and Butler County. |
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| El Dorado Crime Stoppers P.O. Box 365 El Dorado, KS 67042 (316) 321-1080 |
Email: NA Web Links: El Dorado Crime Stoppers part of The City of El Dorado Web Site Kansas Crime Stoppers Association Crime Stoppers USA Crime Stoppers International |
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| Mission Statement Crime Stoppers is a tripartite approach to solving crime and keeping community safe through public involvement. It relies on cooperation among the police, the media, and the general community to provide a flow of information about crime and criminals. --- Top of page ---- |
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| Episcopal Social Services--Teen Intervention Program | ||
| Family Life Center Safe House Darla Carter, Director P.O. Box 735 El Dorado, KS 67042 (316) 321-7104 1-800-870-6967 (outside El Dorado) Fax: (316) 321-1018 |
Email: safe.house@flc.kscoxmail.com Hotline Numbers Our Toll Free: 1-800-870-6967 Kansas State-Wide: 1-800-400-8864 1-800-END-ABUSE National DV Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 |
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| Mission Statement The overall goal of Safe House is to provide comprehensive services to the victims of domestic violence, child abuse, and sexual assault/abuse, with special attention to each client's individual needs, without regard to the individual's race, color, affectional preference, religion, or beliefs. |
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| Girl Scouts of the Golden Plains Council Prairie Winds Service Unit 316 Lexington Road Wichita, KS 67218 (316) 684-6531 |
Email: gsgp@gsgoldenplains.org Website: http://www.gsgoldenplains.org/ |
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| Partnership Statement The United Way provides assistance to our leaders who serve every girl everywhere in the Prairie Winds Service Unit. |
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| Habitate for Humanity | ||
| Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice 226 S. Main El Dorado, KS 67042 1-800-767-4965 |
Email: hospice@hynesmemorial.org Website: |
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| History FlowerHarry Hynes Memorial Hospice, formerly Hospice Incorporated, was founded as a not-for-proft agency in 1983 by a group of community volunteers concerned with the special needs of people with life-threatening illnesses and their families. Harry Hynes, MD, one of the founders, helped begin the tradition of providing outstanding care. Mission Statement The mission of Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice is to enable people to live with dignity and hope while coping with loss and terminal illness. |
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| Meals-On-Wheels Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital 720 West Central El Dorado, KS 67042 To Volunteer: (316) 321-3300 |
To Receive Meals: (316) 322-4573 Website: Meals on Wheels Association of America |
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| Mission Statement Meals-On-Wheels helps to reduce the cost of meals that volunteers deliver to the elderly and/or ill. |
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| Mid-Kansas Community Action Program, Inc. 730 Cliff Drive Augusta, KS 67010 (316) 775-3000 Fax: (316) 775-2611 |
Service Area: Barton, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Greenwood, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Marion, Pawnee, Reno, Rice, and Sumner Counties Website: KACAP http://www.kacap.org/ MID-CAP page MID-CAP: http://www.kacap.org/midcap.html |
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| United Cerebral Palsy of Kansas Dave Jones, Executive Director: 5111 E. 21st Street P.O. Box 8217 Wichita, KS 67208 (316) 652-1538 Fax: (316) 688-5687 |
Email: davej@cprf.org Website: United Cerebral Palsy National |
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| Mission Statement The mission of United Cerebral Palsy of Kansas is to advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with cerebral palsy and other disabilities. --- Top of page ---- |
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| RCIL | ||
| RSVP Program | ||
| Salvation Army of El Dorado Rick & Melody Hamelund, Executive Director 141 North Gordy El Dorado, KS 67042 Thrift Store: 400 North Main (316) 321-4070 Fax: (316) 321-0475 |
Website: Salvation Army Kansas and Western Missouri Salvation Army USA Central Territory Salvation Army International |
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| Mission Statement Showing the love of God by meeting the seasonal, everyday, and emergency needs of children, adults, and senior citizens in Butler County through a wide variety of ministries. |
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| The Sunlight Children's Advocacy & Rights Foundation (SCARF) is a new program providing services to neglected, abused, and child witnesses to violent crime. |
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| Special Families of Butler County Katherine Donovan, Chairperson (620) 752-3208 |
Email: specialfamilies@eldoradoschools.org Special Families of Butler County is a grassroots Parent to Parent Program. We offer support and information to families of children with disabilities. |
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| History In the fall of 1984 a group of parents and professionals realizing the need for a program in Butler County came together and founded Special Families of Butler County. We are a program of the United Methodist Church of Augusta, Kansas, and a part of the Parent to Parent Network of Kansas. Funding for our programs comes from Augusta and El Dorado United Way and local grants. Mission Statement Special Families is a Parent to Parent support program assisting families of children with special needs in Butler County. If your child has special needs, so do you. |
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| Tri-County CASA Butler-Elk-Greenwood Janett Jacobs, LMSW, Executive Director 214 West Central El Dorado, Kansas 67042 (316) 320-0238 Toll Free: 1-866-274-7761 Fax: (316) 322-7797 |
Email: tricountycasa@gmail.com Website: National CASA CASANet.org |
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| Mission Statement The mission of the Tri-County CASA, Inc. is to provide trained volunteers, appointed by the court, who advocate for the best interest of the child and assist in obtaining a permanent, safe, and homelike placement. |
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| Wheatland Fishing has no Boundaries | ||
| Wichita Children's Home 810 N. Holyoke Wichita, KS 67208 (316) 684-6581 |
Email: helpinghands@wch.org Website: Wichita Children's Home Web Site |
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| History The Wichita Children's Home provides unique services for children of Butler County. (There is no comparable shelter in this county.) The home joined the list of agencies receiving funding from United Way of El Dorado in 2003. Mission Statement The mission of the Wichita Children's Home is to assure the safety and well being of children and to create healthy families by providing assessment and intervention services; a temporary home for children at risk of abuse, neglect or homelessness; and education, prevention and advocacy initiatives. --- Top of page ---- |
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