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Announcements
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A New Cell Phone for Christmas?
Donate the Old One to United Family Services!
UNION COUNTY - United Family Services announces the kickoff of the cell phone fundraising program for 2012. Proceeds from the cell phone collection efforts will be used for counseling and advocacy services for children, adults and families served through United Family Services including The Tree House Children’s Advocacy Center. Phones may also be used for individuals and families impacted by violence to access 911 for emergencies.
“Donating a used, unwanted cell phone allows all community members to contribute to an important cause and protect our environment,” stated Pam Caskey, Region Director of United Family Services. “There are hundreds or even thousands of used cell phones sitting idly in our community but have the potential to make a tremendous difference in the life of a child, adult and families impacted by sexual assault and child abuse.”
The Tree House Children’s Advocacy Center provides a neutral, child-friendly location for neutral forensic interviews, medical evaluations, crisis intervention, advocacy, court education and accompaniment as well as trauma focused counseling services. Unfortunately, with the current economic crisis and persistent unemployment, many people are under insured. There are very few community resources for mental health counseling services in Union County. United Family Services’ counseling program utilizes an evidence based Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy proven to be effective for treating many kinds of trauma. Effective counseling services help victims of violence and their families to recover from their trauma and get back to their daily lives – at school, home, and work.
United Family Services is a partner with the Shelter Alliance for the collection and responsible recycling of used cellular phones. Before you donate a phone, please remove your SIM card and clear out ANY personal information contained in your phone. Unwanted cell phones and batteries can be dropped in a United Family Services Cell Phone Collection Box currently at the following locations. Please call each site for business hours.
United Family Services 604 Lancaster Avenue, Monroe 704-226-1352
The Home News 123 East Union Street, Marshville 704-624-5068
Stallings Police Department 315 Stallings Road,
Stallings 704-821-0300
Waxhaw Police Department 703 E WS Main St., Waxhaw 704-843-0353
Weddington Town Hall 1924 Weddington Rd,
Weddington 704-846-2709
Please feel free to contact Pam Caskey, Region Director at 704-226-1352 or pcaskey@ufsclt.org if you have any questions or would like more information about United Family Services. Thank you so much for your consideration and support for children and their families impacted by sexual violence and child abuse in our community.
Pamela B. Caskey
South Region Director
United Family Services, Inc.
604 Lancaster Avenue
Monroe, NC 28112
Office: 704-226-1352
Direct: 704-290-0150
Fax: 704-282-9362
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ARE YOU MISSING A COPY OF A PAST UBA ANNUAL?
We have extra copies of the Union Baptist Association annuals for the following years:
1933-1951
1952-1975
1977-1991
1993-2008
If you would be interested in one of these, please contact the UBA at 704-283-8383.
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A new program, Smart Start Nurturing Parenting, is now available through Union Smart Start which is a partnership for children, and is designed to help strengthen parenting practices in order to prevent the escalation of early stages of child maltreatment. One-on-one sessions and group information sessions are offered, as well as the provision of ongoing contact with referral sources.
To refer someone you believe would benefit, please contact Nicole Blevins, Program Coordinator, Carolina Developmental Therapy Services at 704-973-0844. Referral forms are also available at the UBA Office. Referrals are accepted from Pastoral Staff in order to enable families to receive this help.
Nurturing Parenting is a proven program for parents and their children that is internationally recognized.
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Shield a Badge with Prayer
As the name implies, emergency responders work in very stressful and sometimes dangerous situations, often risking their lives to protect us and provide peace and order in our community. Not only can their job be physically perilous; more often it is emotionally, morally and spiritually draining. Locally, firefighters have lost their lives responding to fires in our area in recent years and the shootings of two Charlotte police officers still play on local newscasts. Law enforcement as a whole has the highest rates of divorce, alcoholism, domestic violence and suicide of any profession. Nationally, there were 161 officers killed in the line of duty in the United States in 2010, and 28 officers have given the ultimate sacrifice already this year. There is no question that field carries risks that can extend well beyond quitting time.
For people of faith, an opportunity to express gratitude and the willingness to help comes through the Shield a Badge with Prayer program, which asks people to commit to pray for an officer, firefighter or emergency medical services responder by name every day for a year. Prayer has been shown to improve medical outcomes and affect situations in positive ways in multiple scientific studies and millions of incidents of anecdotal evidence. Individuals and congregations who believe in the power of prayer are encouraged to participate by praying regularly for God’s protection, strength and wisdom to be granted to those who serve our community and their families, who share the burden of risk and strain.
Each prayer warrior will receive the name and birthday (if provided), of the officer, firefighter, or emergency medical services responder for whom he or she will pray, as well as appropriate contact information, such as the mailing address of the agency they work for. Support can be shown not only through prayer, but by sending birthday cards, cards of encouragement and Christmas cards to the officer.
We ask for a one year commitment of prayer. After a year, the prayer warrior may receive a different emergency responder’s name or may continue to pray for the same one.
If you would like to be a prayer warrior, please send your name, address, e-mail address and the church you attend if applicable to
shieldwithprayer@yahoo.com or by postal mail to Sgt. Pauline Lucore c/o Union County Sheriff’s Office 3344 Presson Rd. Monroe, NC 28112 or call 704-292-2780. Any emergency responder who would like to be added to the prayer list may use that same contact information, or paulinelucore@co.union.nc.us |
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