Coalition Information
“Holding On To A Drug-free Life”
Rockcastle County UNITE’s annual recruitment dinner, designed to develop and initiate leadership within our county, will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, at the Rockcastle County Middle School, 945 West Main Street, Mount Vernon.
This event is FREE, but please RSVP by Monday, April 8, to Nancy Hale at 606-425-6779 or nihale1956@gmail.com.
We will reach families, students, and community leaders and provide them with education and support on how they can make choices to be drug-free.
Page School Center’s UNITE Club from Bell County will be joining Rockcastle’s five UNITE Clubs in a community choir. A message in song will also be presented by Chad’s Hope from Manchester. Congressman Hal Rogers will address the meeting, Karen Kelly and Carlos Cameron will bring greetings and updates on the work of Operation UNITE, and Renee Napier will bring an inspirational message of forgiveness and redemption that grew out of a terrible tragedy in her family. She will speak of a man driving under the influence who crashed into her daughter and friend killing both of them. During the court case, the family forgave him and he now joins her in telling his story and challenging others to stay drug-free.
Pray4theRock Meetings
Join Rockcastle County residents for 7 prayer meetings in 7 different locations over 7 weeks.
In addition, there will be a UNITE rally at noon on April 11 and a community celebration of the National Day of Prayer at noon on May 2, both at the Courthouse.
At these meetings participants will be praying for Spiritual Awakening and for the substance abuse problem in our communities. The schedule will provide opportunities for churches that have worship services on Thursday evenings to participate on the Tuesday night schedule. Please encourage all churches to participate in as many of the prayer meetings as possible.
Click on the flyer to download and for more information on dates and locations.
Congressman Attends Chamber Meeting
Rockcastle County UNITE Club representatives attended the Chamber of Commerce meeting in Renfro valley October 16, 2012. Congressman Hal Rogers addressed the audience and acknowledged his appreciation for the work of the Rockcastle County UNITE Coalition, as well as the very active UNITE Clubs. Pictured from left, front row, are Ashlyn Brock, Zachary Taylor and Caleb Burns; middle row, John Caleb Blair, Congressman Rogers, Abby Bray and Trevor Todd; back row, Heather Clontz, Hannah Eaton, Ashton Arvin and Jacob Taylor.
Mt. Vernon Elementary UNITE Club
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Rockcastle County News
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