Service Corps

UNITE employed 44 full-time AmeriCorps members for the 2012-13 school year as part of its UNITE Service Corps (USC) initiative. These members served 44 schools in 11 school districts.

A year-end celebration was conducted May 23, 2013, at the Mountain Arts Center in Prestonsburg. View photos. Read story.

Service Corps members teach the “Too Good for Drugs” and “Healthy Futures/Take 10” wellness curriculums, coordinate anti-drug UNITE Clubs at each location, recruit volunteers for school prevention activities, and provide thousands of hours of volunteer service.

In May 2012, the UNITE Service Corps initiative was honored for the second time in two years with the “Governor’s Citation” for its excellent leadership and service by the Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service (KCCVS) in the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Read story about the Governor’s Citation.
 

2012-13 Service Corps Members

 

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NEW: Operation UNITE’s Service Corps has been notified it will receive money for the sixth year (2013-14 school year) to meet the classroom needs of schools in the Fifth Congressional District.

UNITE employed 28 full-time Service Corps members during the 2011-12 school year. They recorded the following statistics:

• 1,751 students completed the 10-lesson Too Good For Drugs curriculum. This program’s focus is on resistance skills, role-playing, and decision-making skills to avoid using alcohol, tobacco or other drugs. Post-test scores in drug education information increased 40 percent.
• 1,351 students were tutored in mathematics (a 137 percent increase) with test scores increasing 36 percent over the course of the year.
• 1,751 students participated in the “Healthy Future/Take 10″ wellness programs, with test scores increasing 35 percent.
• 2,507 students were mentored by older students in drug education, prevention and resistance strategies.
• 12,514 hours of volunteer service were provided by Service Corps members to schools and communities they serve (a 263 percent increase).
• 1,412 community volunteers were recruited to assist with activities (a 187 percent increase).
• 99 educational presentations were made to community organizations.
• 32 anti-drug UNITE Clubs were sponsored by Service Corps members. There were approximately 2,200 student members of these clubs.

During the 2008-09 school year UNITE employed 10 AmeriCorps members at schools in 6 counties through a grant awarded by the Corporation for National and Community Service. An additional 5 members were added in the 2009-10 school year with funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. There were 24 full-time and 9 part-time members serving 11 counties during the 2010-11 school year.

Each participating school contributes $5,500 toward the salary of the AmeriCorps member.

For information about the UNITE Service Corps contact:
• Eugene Newsome at enewsome@centertech.com or 606-794-0625.
• Nancy Hale at nhale@centertech.com or 606-425-6779.