Mission
Our mission is to serve Christ by being a voice for and a help to people with urgent physical, economic, social, or spiritual needs so that they might become \u2018whole\u2019 persons in body, soul and spirit. We seek to enable individuals in need to move toward relative independence; to serve as a referral source to other agencies and avoid duplication of services; to train and facilitate the helpful involvement of volunteers in community needs; to enhance community understanding and awareness of the needs of those in poverty; and to refer persons to local churches for continuing Christian ministry and support and to serve as a resource to such supportive congregations.
Ruling year
1989
Executive Director
Karen Johnson
Director of Outreach
Joyce Pope
Main address
PO Box 188
Sylva, NC 28779 USA
EIN
56-1659229
NTEE code
Emergency Assistance (Food, Clothing, Cash) (P60)
Public, Society Benefit - Multipurpose and Other N.E.C. (W99)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
United Christian Ministries works to reduce and eliminate food insecurity and housing insecurity.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Food Pantry
We offer a food pantry to residents of Jackson County who face food insecurity. We provide food, personal items, and household items.
Financial Assistance
We provide financial assistance to help prevent eviction / homelessness, and disconnection of utilities.
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.
Total dollars distributed for utilities assistance
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Economically disadvantaged people, Unemployed people
Related Program
Financial Assistance
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of food donation partners
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Food Pantry
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of low-income households who have received utilities assistance
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Economically disadvantaged people
Related Program
Financial Assistance
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of partner churches
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Other - describing something else
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of people on the organization's email list
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Total number of volunteer hours contributed to the organization
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of clients served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Calculation of number of clients served changed in 2020, decreasing the total.
Number of families served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
A change in metric calculation caused the number of families served to decrease in 2021.
Number of volunteers
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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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?
Our mission is to assist Jackson County residents in crisis, helping them to move toward relative independence.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Our goal is to eliminate hunger in our county. Our food pantry offers fresh fruits and vegetables, meats, grains, and other healthy foods. We are increasing our collaboration with local farmers to create a sustainable pipeline of fresh, nutritious food for our clients. We are also increasing our mobile pantry events to bring food to areas of need.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have added staff and pantry capacity in order to meet our goals. We received grants to build an addition to our pantry, adding 400 square feet, and to purchase a van to use for food transportation and mobile pantries.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
After our pantry expansion we were able to increase our food donations from WalMart, and added Starbucks as a new donor. The van has allowed us to reach out to the local LatinX farmworker population and parents of school age children. We hired a third permanent staff member to assist our Directors and to help manage our database.
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Operations
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United Christian Ministries of Jackson County Inc.
Board of directorsas of 02/07/2023
Mr. Frank Royce
Deborah Blazer
Retired
Mary Brown
First United Methodist Church of Sylva
Scott Carter
Webster Baptist Church
Kathey Clemmons
Retired
Randy Crawford
Retired
Jacquelyn DeLeeuw
Retired
Margaret Duppstadt
Jackson County DSS
Jeffrey Goss
Ridenhour & Goss, PA
Frances Hess
Retired
Tim Jones
Jones NAPA Auto Parts
Joe Rigdon
Westbridge Vocational
Fannie Roper
Retired
Cynthia Royce
Retired
Emily Taylor
Retired
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