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) | 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 |
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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 | family |
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Care Net Owensboro Lisa Hyland, 270-685-5077 | medical |
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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 | emergency |
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Dream Riders of Kentucky Kelly Flick, Exec. Dir.; 270-883-1418 | disability |
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Estes Elementary School Jeff Johnson; 270-686-1030 | school | Elementary school that teaches K-4th 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 |
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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 | 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 |
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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 | 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 |
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Matthew 25 AIDS Services, Inc. Jonathan Darnes, 270-826-0200 | health |
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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 | homeless |
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Owensboro Christian Church Common Goods Store Toni Purcell, 270-302-4051 | religious |
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Owensboro Community & Technical College – Skilltrain Lindsey Kafer; 270-686-3781 | educatio |
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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 | medical |
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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 | youth |
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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 | 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
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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 | nature
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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. |
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