Christmas Caroling Ministry Tour, Inc
Bringing Christmas cheer into the community!
Mission
Christmas Caroling Ministry Tour, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is here to bring Christmas cheer into the community! We offer high school students a fun and meaningful place to earn their required volunteer community service hours all year long. We also partner with other organizations to help high school students earn financial scholarships for college.
Ruling year
2019
President / CEO
ToniAnn Williams
Main address
3000 Whitney Ave # 201
Hamden, CT 06518-2353 USA
EIN
84-3461803
NTEE code
Singing Choral (A6B)
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.
Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Over 21,000 high school students in New Haven County, CT need community service hours for graduation and certain scholarship funding/assistance. During the Christmas season many people are hurting, ill, bedridden, depressed, or overwhelmed from taking care of/ loss of a loved one. These individuals need to know that they are not forgotten. Police officer and firefighters often witness many tragic events and trauma throughout the year and even more so during Christmas.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Christmas Caroling
High school students earn community service hours required for high school graduation and financial scholarship opportunities from other organizations for college. Students and adults participate in weekly rehearsals to learn 27 traditional Christmas carols and hymns. The carolers (of all ages) then go on a 30-point door to door singing tour the weekend before Christmas. We carol to public servants, nursing homes, schools, churches, hospitals and private individual homes that are referred to us by the student volunteers. Due to the pandemic, we have been able to temporarily transition this opportunity to virtual /online rehearsals and recordings that are posted on our YouTube channel. We hope to start in-person caroling rehearsals again in September 2023.
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 high school students who volunteered at CCMT
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adolescents, Adults, Students, Artists and performers, Emergency responders
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
The students change each school year; the metrics reflect August-July. The Year 2022 includes volunteers from August 2022-July 2023; as in previous years, this number will increase before July 2023.
Total number of volunteer hours earned through CCMT
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Adolescents, Students, Emergency responders, Military personnel
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
The students change each school year; the metrics reflect August-July. The Year 2022 includes volunteers from August 2022-July 2023; as in previous years, this number will increase before July 2023.
Number Christmas Cards written and received from CCMT
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adolescents, Emergency responders, Students, Teachers, Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Recipients include Police Officers, Firefighters, Public Servants, Donors, Volunteers, Educators, Vendors, and referred Individuals.
Number of participating schools/nonprofits that refer student volunteers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children, Students
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We are approved in 21 schools but these are the numbers participating thus far. The students change each school year; the metrics reflect August-July.
Number of Prayer Partners
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Adolescents, Families, Academics, Emergency responders
Type of Metric
Other - describing something else
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Prayer Partners pray daily for the student volunteers, school personnel (i.e. guidance counselors, bus drivers, other faculty), police officers, firefighters, board members, and adult volunteers.
Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
We offer a fun and meaningful place for high school students to earn their required community service hours. We provide the students various opportunities to discover talents, gift, abilities and skills they did not know they had. The students have the ability to earn a large amount of community service hours throughout the course of the year (40+ hours). We aim to bring Christmas cheer to police officers, firefighters, other public servants, and individuals referred to us by students and others associated with CCMT.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
The main volunteer opportunities for the students consist of the Christmas Card Writing Campaign, Student Advisory Committee, Caroling both in-person (pandemic pending) and virtual recording for YouTube (vocal and instrumental), Christmas song research, website reviews, social media participation, and administrative/office work, fundraiser planning (i.e. walk/bike/sport a-thons), Craft/ornament making, and reading Christmas stories for YouTube. The police officers, firefighters, other public servants, and referred individuals are greatly uplifted from the students through Caroling and the Christmas Card Writing Campaign. The handwritten cards are personalized by the students to each recipient. Many students love to be creative with the artwork.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Christmas Caroling Ministry Tour, Inc
Board of directorsas of 01/19/2023
ToniAnn Williams
Justin V Williams
Erika Spaulding
John Bish
Sarah Rieger
Kelley Latino
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? 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 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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