Partners

The Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning has partnered with many Owensboro and Daviess County organizations who offer much needed services to our community.

Organization Name and Contact	Service Category	Organization Mission/Volunteer Opportunities
American Cancer Society Anna Way 270-683-0778	health	Provides cancer awareness, treatment, support services, while promoting a healthy lifestyle. Assisting with periodic fundraising events throughout the year. Assist with mailings. Make follow-up phone calls.
American Legion Terry Mathis; 270-683-1633	veterans	Focuses on mentoring youth, sponsoring community organizations.
American Veterans (AM Vets) Sam Byrd	veterans	Works to improve the quality of life for veterans and their families, along with the communities they live in through, leadership, advocacy and services.
ARC of Owensboro Sally Phillips, ED; 270-685-2976	disabled	Provides vocational daily living oriented training for adults with disabilities, increasing their social and independence. Along wither ability to participate in the community.
Benchmark Family Services Camille L. Rankin, 270-926-4635	family
Boulware Mission, Inc. Leigha Taylor; 270-683-8267	homeless	Strives to transform lives and help displaced individuals become self-sufficient through education, treatment and case management services. Create a short video for marketing and website use. Create and promote an overall social media/marketing/promotional program for the mission.
Building Stronger Families Linda Wahl	family
Care Net Owensboro Lisa Hyland, 270-685-5077	medical
Cliff Hagan Boys and Girls Club Ryan Bibb; 270-685-4903	youth	Works to inspire, and empower people by offering meaningful opportunities that will change their life and the life of a youth. They also work to help young people reach their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens. Marketing for fundraisers, tutoring and homework encouragement, leader assistance, gym buddies.
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Rosemary Condor; 270-683-2138	legal	State and local program that works to help at risk youth get safe homes so that they can opportunities to help them flourish in the world. Start a campus CASA group; marketing and publicity.
Crossroads Ministries Rachael Whitaker; 270-852-6557	homeless	Works to alleviate the symptoms of poverty, while providing space where growth and development is fostered through community service. Food distribution, marketing, publicity, fundraisers for food donations
Daniel Pitino Shelter Charlotte Statts, 270-688-9000	homeless	Creates emergency and transitional housing for the growing number of homeless persons in Owensboro-Daviess County region.
Daviess County Extension OF U.K./4 H program; Stacey Potts or Lindsey Boone; 270-685-8480	community	Creates opportunities and a supportive environments for young children and adults to become capable, competent, and caring citizens. Serve as 4H Speech contest judges, 1-3 nights in November. Serve as afterschool 4H or project club leaders–typically one afternoon per month during the school year, plus planning time.
Daviess County Search and Rescue Lance Morris	emergency
Dream Riders of Kentucky Kelly Flick, Exec. Dir.; 270-883-1418	disability
Estes Elementary School Jeff Johnson; 270-686-1030	school	Elementary school that teaches K-4^th grade in the Daviess County Public School system. Mentoring, math and reading tutors, games, lunch buddies.
Joe Ford Nature Center Deborah Branch, 270-687-8700	environmental
Foundation for Daviess County Public Schools Vickie Quisenberry; 270-231-5583	education	Provides to enhance, enrich, and supplement learning opportunities for students, staff, and the community.
Friends of Sinners Shelter Joe Welsh; 270-689-9174	addiction	Focuses on the restoration and reconciliation of men and women to Christ through biblical truths, accountability, and life skills. Newsletter assistance, marketing, public relations.
Girls Inc. Tish Correa Osborne, CEO or Courtney Calhoun Campus Manager; 270-684-7833	youth	Inspires all girls to be strong, smart, and bold through direct service and advocacy. Share hobbies and skills with clients in group setting, tutoring, administrative support.
Green River Asset Building Coalition Josh Mangaya	financial	Provides free income tax prep for working low to moderate income families. Certify to serve as a VITA volunteer tax preparer. Certify to serve as a VITA volunteer site assistant manager. Interview clients and prepare success stories.
H.L. Neblett Community Center Carltez Hampton; 270-685-3197	childcare/youth	Empowers the lives of children and adults through many programs and activates. Tutoring or mentoring opportunities days or nights.
Habitat for Humanity Karen Phelps; 270-926-6110	homeless	Make sure everyone everywhere has an affordable place to live–through building homes they are also building communities. Fundraisers, yard work and earth moving, building site clean up and assistance.
Healing Rooms of Owensboro Suzanne Johnson, 270-302-4245	religious
Hospice of Western Kentucky Karen Cavin-Brown; 270-926-7565	health	Provides a space for people with limited time left, so that they can live the last movements of their life comfortably. Greet families, answer phones, clerical work, music performances, readers.
Junior Achievement of Western Kentucky Elaine Martin; 270-684-7292	youth	Inspires young people to succeed in the global economy by teaching them financial literacy, career readiness, and entrepreneurship. Serve students in the classroom presenting JA programs over a 5-6 week period. Partner as a mentor to local middle school students for a JA in a Day in which they teach a 45 minute lesson to five different groups of students throughout the day that focuses on economic success and career choices. Help with JA in a Day on campus.
Kentucky Wesleyan Lions Chapter Nicole Ward, 502-445-7477	disabled
Lighthouse Recovery Services Derrick Arthur	Addiction	A sober living facility for men and they address their growing drug dependency. Help with fundraising, data collection, grant writing, public relations, and court advocacy.
Living Hope Community Clothes Closet Paula Roberts, 270-993-3606	religious
Matthew 25 AIDS Services, Inc. Jonathan Darnes, 270-826-0200	health
Mentor Kids of Kentucky Maria Shyver; 270-926-6893	youth	Give extra love to children from single parent households, providing them with a mentor to help them negative through life. Special event assistance, data entry, weekly tutoring sessions, photography.
New Beginnings Terri Crowe; 270-926-727	sexual assault services	Confidential crisis and long term therapy services to sexual assault survivors of all ages, along with their families and friends. Volunteer crises advocate (provide crises counseling by phone and in the emergency room). Clerical help in the office (copying, collating, organizing print materials).
OASIS Women’s Shelter Shelly Nichols	homeless
Owensboro Christian Church Common Goods Store Toni Purcell, 270-302-4051	religious
Owensboro Community & Technical College – Skilltrain Lindsey Kafer; 270-686-3781	educatio
Owensboro Family YMCA Chad Hart; 270-663-8208	fitness	Works to instill Christian principles into practice through programs and services that build a healthy spirit, mind and body for all. After school tutoring and mentoring, gym monitors, special event assistance, housekeeping, courtesy counter greeting.

Owensboro Health Nicole Armstrong	medical
Owensboro Museum of Fine Art Jason Hayden; 270-685-3181	museum	Local art museum with collections from around the world dating from the 1500s to present. Holds summer art camps for area youth.
Owensboro VA Clinic Phyllis Hearn or Darrell Mankin; 270-684-5034	veterans	Works to improve the health of the Veterans by giving them health care, specialty care, extended care and related social support services in an integrated healthcare delivery system.
Owensboro Young Life Chris Dilbeck	youth
Puzzle Pieces Amanda Owen; 270-926-7813	disability	Provides a safe environment for people that have intellectual disabilities and promotes independence, life skills, community access and social interaction, self-worth, and builds trusting relationships. Interact, socialize, and enjoy the company of the clients; create templates; generate ideas; help instruct arts and crafts activities for the clients at the site.
Retired Senior Volunteer Program Vickie Poteat; 270-683-1589	senior	Helps retired seniors get involved and stay involved in the community.
Riverpark Center Faith Holley-Lutz	performing arts center	Works to improve the quality of life by hosting diverse arts and civic events with a focus on arts education.
Senior Community Center of Owensboro-Daviess County (formerly Munday Center) Melinda Schoenwald; 270-687-4640	senior	Provides meals and activities for the elderly people in the community, along with providing transportation for them. Help with bingo, serving meals, Administrative Assistant/data entry, answer phones, specials events, and being part of a team that organizes a special celebration monthly to coincide with a holiday or special day of the month
Signature Health Care Ron H. Phillips, Regional Spirituality Director; 270-684-7259	health
St. Benedicts Men’s Homeless Shelter Harry Pedigo; 270-541-1003	homeless	Provides a safe non-judgmental, environment where residents can have a sense of a home in a Christian environment. Assist with check-in and meal service.
St. Joseph Peace Mission Bradley DeHart; 270-684-9441	homeless	Provides a safe, nurturing home to at risk youth.
Theatre Workshop of Owensboro Todd Reynolds, 270-683-5003	theatre
United Way of Ohio Valley, Cindy Ferrell, Campaign Director	community support
Visit Owensboro Daviess County, KY Mark Calitri	tourism	The partnership would include 2-3 classroom visits by CVB Marketing Director (before an after data collection) and a 1 day field work opportunity for students to conduct interviews. Class time prior to the study will cover the purpose of the study, how it works, the role of the students, and what data will be collected. Class time after the study will cover the results of the study and how they will be used by the CVB.
The Welcome Project James Litsey, Director, 270-363-3856	refugee services
Wendell Foster’s Campus for Developmental Disabilities Mark Adkins; 270-683-4517	disability	A multi-service agency that services people with disabilities of all ages. Community companion, assist staff at special events, job shadowing, arts and crafts, music, any special performances, maintenance support.
Western Kentucky Botanical Garden Susie Tyler, 270-993-1234	nature
Western Kentucky Raptor Center Kristin Allen	nature
Western Kentucky Red Cross Evelyn Miller; 270-683-2438	disaster relief	Help the community to prepare, respond, and recover from disasters. Assist with routine maintenance and stocking duties, assist with clerical duties.

Center for Engaged Teaching and Learning l cetl@kwc.edu l 270-852-3254