FLY RIGHT, INC.
Taking a message of Hope into Jails, Prisons and Schools.
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Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Communications to our volunteer base seems to be the largest problem we have at this time. Very few people are using actual computers to see their email but instead are working primarily on smart phones.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Day of Ministry
Fly Right takes in a volunteer group to minister to inmates in several states throughout the year.
School Outreach
We take in speakers with real life tragic stories that survived. They tell the students the pitfalls they encountered and how the students might avoid the same. They also share how they rose above the situations and became successful in life.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of free participants on field trips
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Day of Ministry
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
The number of participants directly impacts the effectiveness of our programs. The lower the ratio of volunteer to prisoner allows us more time per person to minister.
Total number of fields trips
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
School Outreach
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Decreasing
Context Notes
School trips are not as frequent as we would like them to be. Our intent is to try and pair school events with prison and jail outreaches.
Maximum number of participants allowed on field trips
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Women and girls, Men and boys
Related Program
Day of Ministry
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Things have been difficult due to Covid. We are overcoming this with time.
Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our primary goals for these events are:
•To see inmates come to know Jesus Christ
•To reduce recidivism as an effect of changed behavior
•To teach our staff of volunteers how to share their faith
•To achieve the former goals in a secure and fiscally responsible manner
Fly Right School Ministry implementation for the following fiscal year is our next goal.
Fly Right Prison Ministry achieves these goals through constant prayer and diligent planning.
We plan each event carefully, utilizing the best possible speakers to capture the attention of our audience.
Fly Right has been visiting prisons and jails now since July 2010 and we look forward to visiting many more in the years to come.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our approach to programming is based on the experience of seeing lives changed after acceptance of Christ. Past experience has shown that going into living quarters is often the best approach.
We use singers, athletes and, at times, ex-convicts. The use of personal testimony is very powerful. It is also a non-aggressive approach which appeals to a large majority of those incarcerated.
Another appealing approach is the large yard event. This could be anything from a “high-wire" event to a live band performing on stage.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Fly Right, Inc. was impacted heavily by the Covid shutdowns. We are restarting and rebuilding now!
We are limited only by three things:
1. Access to the unit or units for an event
2. Enough volunteers to effectively cover the number of participants
3. The finances to pay for the programming costs.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have accomplished our five-year plan and actually exceeded it. We are presently implementing our ten-year plan. We are restarting and it is happening quickly!
We are beginning to train volunteer leaders in states to help build teams to develop more places to go. We are also continuing to train volunteers to be coordinators or "volunteer site leaders".
Fly Right is actively training new speakers and singers to work in our programs.
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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FLY RIGHT, INC.
Board of directorsas of 09/20/2023
James Harris
Charles DeBardeleben
Charles DeBardeleben
Jerrilyn Johnson
Jack Baker
Lee Allen
Jackie Jackson
Patricia Quinn
Fredia Harris
James Harris
Timothy Craddock
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
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- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.