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Excellence in Leadership
In July 2010, Frances Carter, Ph.D. was selected as the new President and CEO of Union Mission. Frances continues Union Missions longstanding tradition of exceptional leadership, bringing extensive experience in the non-profit sector to her position. Over the years, she served as Associate Director of Academic Programs at Mercer University School of Medicine, Special Projects Director for the Central Georgia Cancer Coalition, Grants Chair for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and Psychometrist for the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Mercer University School of Medicine. Frances continued to lead Union Mission forward as she met with public and private groups in Washington, D.C. to determine the best course of action in the face of a serious economic downturn. Through successful strategic planning and collaborative efforts, Frances provided visible leadership in achieving community-wide homeless services and prevention objectives. She embraced private-sector fundraising, federal and state resource development, and effective governmental and private sector relationships which will carry Union Mission through these turbulent times and help end homelessness. Union Mission strives for excellence in leadership and is proud to have an executive management team with such passion for the work we do. Our steadfast commitment to helping others rebuild their lives enables us to attract the best and brightest to work together to end and prevent homelessness in the Savannah area.
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Skip Eloge Chief Financial Officer Terry Cassidy Aretha Jones Sarah Lingenfelter Letitia Robinson Lisa Jones Vice President for Counseling Services Vice President for Health Services Vice President for Education & Training Vice President for Housing Services Executive Office Manager
Becoming Independent
Union Missions future has never looked brighter. As of January 1, 2011, the J.C. Lewis Health Care Center became an independent corporation, stepping out from beneath the Union Mission umbrella. This change means that we can focus on our core work, which is reducing homelessness in our community. We understand that shelter is a basic human need for everyone. At Union Mission, we offer emergency shelter and permanent housing solutions to those in need. In fact, we provide eight different programs providing a wide range of housing options. Union Mission had another successful year in 2010, fulfilling our goal of reducing homelessness and providing assistance to those in need right here in our own community. In 2010, Union Mission touched the lives of more than 4,000 people through a variety of programs. Every day, we provide housing for more than 650 individuals in need. Please read about our 2010 programs and learn more about our many success stories in the pages of this Annual Report. As many of you know, the key to our success lies in the dedication of our hard-working staff. We have a talented, devoted team of professionals who help those in need in our community throughout the year. From providing shelter to offering counseling, the Union Mission staff goes above and beyond the call of duty every day, making sure that individuals and families get the help they so desperately need. Since 1936, Union Mission has served as a beacon of hope in good times and bad times. We couldnt do the work we do at Union Mission without local, state and federal funding and without the support we receive from people like you. Thank you for your commitment to our cause and for your belief in our mission. Im proud to be part of a community that makes reducing homelessness a priority. Im proud to help create an environment that encourage independence. Im proud to be part of Union Mission. Sincerely, Frances Carter, Ph.D. President and CEO Union Mission, Inc.
Providing Shelter
A roof over your head. At Union Mission, we understand that shelter is a basic human need for everyone in our community. Union Mission provides drug-free housing to those in need through a variety of programs designed to assist people as possible.
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After years of living on the streets most of my adult life, Union Mission gave me stability through permanent housing, counseling and employment opportunities. Im truly grateful to Union Mission for playing a major role in who I am today. Now, I live to give back to others. I couldnt have done it without the amazing staff at Union Mission. --Dana, Kole Center Resident Assistant and Grace House cook
Success Story
James, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, spent many years trying to drink away his problems and eventually became homeless. Union Mission helped him become clean and sober and provided him with permanent, stable housing. I am home now, James enthuses. Im so grateful to Union Mission for helping me get my life back on track and encouraging me to become a productive citizen.
Emergency Shelter
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7,799 Individuals
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Success Story
Tina used marijuana, crack cocaine, powder cocaine and alcohol throughout her teen years and for most of her adult life. Tina began her journey of chemical dependency at the age to 17, explaining that family members and boredom led her to experiment with drugs. Thanks to her involvement with Union Missions counseling program, she has been drug-free for nearly three years. Now I feel free, she enthuses. Tina is grateful to the staff at Union Mission, who taught her how to manage her life without the use of drugs. Union Missions structured program and firm discipline provided a way out of the cycle of addiction and gave her a second chance at life.
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Changing Lives,
Providing Hope.
Job Training
At Union Mission we understand that the first step to self-sufficiency is steady employment. The Employment & Training Center (ETC) provides employment services, life skills training, work training, job placement, and follow-up services to homeless and at-risk for homelessness persons. We combine these services with our substance abuse counseling and drug-free policies to create the optimal environment for talents to grow and thrive in the workforce.
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Success Story
Marvin, a local entrepreneur, experienced homelessness for the first time in his life in 2009, after his attempt to launch a new business failed. Although this former management consultant had a B.S. in Computer Science and excellent job experience, he had difficulty finding employment. Marvin turned to Union Mission for help, staying at the emergency shelter and enrolling in GAWORK$, a Department of Labor program which matches unemployed workers with for-profit, non-profit or government entities to work 24 hours a week for six weeks. One of Marvins employers was so impressed with his job skills and his work ethic that the temporary position became permanent.
Starfish Caf
Starfish Caf provides a unique program focused on training homeless individuals to work in the hospitality industry in Savannah and beyond. Graduates of our program have amassed considerable skills in both preparation and serving of food and are ServeSafe certified.
Success Story
Deverick, the assistant chef at Starfish Caf, knows how it feels to be homeless and hopeless. A convicted felon and former drug addict, Deverick has turned his life around thanks to Union Missions local housing and job training programs. Today, this Starfish Caf graduate inspires others who are down on their luck, teaching them handson cooking skills and helping them make their own dreams come true. I try my hardest every single day, he says. I have a real passion for what Im doing. Every morning, I look forward to going to work.
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Community Involvement
Volunteers at Union Mission reconnect the homeless back into the larger community, helping to rebuild support systems for our clients. Additionally, our volunteers help to educate the community about homelessness by sharing their volunteer experiences with friends and neighbors. In 2010, Union Mission had over 546 volunteers spending time helping others become successful, productive community members.
Our Donors
Millennium ($50,000 - $99,999)
The Victoria B Jenkins Charitable Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Anderson The Estate of Ruby G. Franklin
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Hours of
Courtney Knight Gaines Foundation, Inc. Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Mr. John Jennings Suntrust Bank Wells Fargo
Mr. & Mrs. Skip Eloge Isle of Hope United Methodist Church Savannah Benevolent Association The Savannah Community Foundation, Inc.
Service
Abercorn Dentistry Mr. & Mrs. Ben Barnes Bernard Williams & Company Mr. & Mrs. J. B. Blackburn Bonitz of Georgia, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Roger Bowman Brasseler USA Dental, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Bruce Mr. & Mrs. Robert Callahan Dabbs-Williams Mrs. Sarah Darwin Mrs. Mary Demere Dermody Properties Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Edward Derst Dr. & Mrs. James Dewberry ECW of St. Johns Church Mr. & Mrs. Julius Edel Rev. Micheal Elliott Mr. & Mrs. David Ermer Mr. & Mrs. George Fawcett Mr. & Mrs. Brian Fingerle Ms. Courtney Flexon GE Foundation Georgia Power Ms. Susan Head Mr. & Mrs. George Hills Hunter, MacLean, Exley, & Dunn, PC Mr. Charles Izlar J&R Computer Solutions, Inc. J.C. Lewis Foundation, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Eldon Kennedy Mr. & Mrs. Donald Kole Mrs. Nancy Lewis Maximus Foundation Rev. George Maxwell Mr. & Mrs. Herbert McKenzie Memorial Health Univ. Medical Center Mr. & Mrs. John Neely Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Rainey Mr. Paul Schmidt Schwab Charitable Fund Dr. & Mrs. William Douglas Skelton Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church Skidaway Island United Methodist Church St. Thomas Thrift Store Inc. Mr. & Mrs. John Tatum The Estate of George Oliver Howe The Gardner Family Foundation The John and Emma Derst Foundation The Myrtle Jones King Charitable Foundation The Solomons Fund The Wachovia Foundation Dr. Patricia Turner Wachovia Bank Mr. & Mrs. Martin Waltman Mr. & Mrs. S. Elmo Weeks Weiner, Shearouse, Weitz, & Greenberg Westat
Savannah Silver ($500 - $999) Dr. Lorraine Pare Mr. & Mrs. Scott Boice Prudential Foundation Matching Gifts Mr. Patrick Carver Mr. George Rankin Chatham Steel Corporation Mr. & Mrs. Creed Reagan Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Coe St. Michaels Episcopal Men Mr. J. Tom Coleman Mr. & Mrs. Joe Steffen Mr. & Mrs. Paul Collin Dabbs, Hickman, Hill & Cannon LLP The Emerging Leaders Committee The Landings Company Mr. & Mrs. W. Easterlin Mrs. Dorothy Wade Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ford Ms. Deborah Ann Wilkowski Ms. Brenda Gaines Mr. & Mrs. Earl Yarbrough Hurt, Norton & Associates Mr. Alex Zipperer Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Kole Ms. Lynn Kritter Dr. Kathryn Martin Partner ($100 - $249) Ms. Jean McCormick Mr. Anthony Abbott Mr. & Mrs. Charles McCoy Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Adams Mr. & Mrs. Louis Parent Ms. Mary Adams Paula Deen Enterprises, LLC Mr. Robert Barber Mr. & Mrs. Donald Pitre Mrs. Ida Barber Mr. Eduardo Rivas Ms. Puttie Barnes Savannah Dental Society Mr. & Mrs. Steven Beauvais Savannah Presbytery Unified Acct Ms. Linda Bleicken Southern States Educational Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Murray Bono Mr. & Mrs. William Sprague Mr. Thomas Cannon Ms. Kay Sweat Ms. Terry Cassidy The Savannah Bank Ms. Jane Clemens Mr. & Mrs. Henry Thompson Mr. James Cox United Insurance Company of America Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Czarnecki Mr. & Mrs. Randolph Wilson Ms. E. Anne Dark Bronze ($250 - $499) Armstrong Atlantic State University Ms. Barbara Blanton Ms. Shirley Braddy Mr. & Mrs. Edward Carey Mrs. Verna Collins Mr. & Mrs. Charles Compton Dr. Anthony Cook Dr. & Mrs. Henry Croci Mr. Peter Derfner Mr. & Mrs. John Duggan Mr. William Egan Ms. Elizabeth Eure Mr. Marvin Everette Mrs. Deborah Ferrari Mrs. A.M. Goldkrand Mr. George Gore Mr. Robert Handelman Mr. & Mrs. Myron Kaminsky Dr. & Mrs. Gerald Kramer Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Massey Mr. & Mrs. Thomas McMullin Mr. Allen Michael Mr. & Mrs. George Miller Mortgage Bankers Association of
Mr. & Mrs. Asa Barnes Davis Mr. & Mrs. Mario De La Guardia Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Dillon Mrs. Nan All Dismukes Doll Collectors Guild of Savannah Ms. Amelia Dreese Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Drescher Ms. Mary Jane Duncan ECW of St. Francis of the Islands Mrs. Margaret Elliott Dr. Nancy Eschette Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Everitt Mr. & Mrs. J. Roger Fletcher Ms. Nanci Futrell Mr. Edward Gadl Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gephart Mr. & Mrs. William Gladden Mr. Todd Gore Dr. & Mrs. Jimmie Gross Mr. Arden Hadwin Mr. & Mrs. E. Ross Hanson Dr. & Mrs. Robert Jarman Dr. Jane Jennings Mr. Lee Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Johnson Just Give
Mr. & Mrs. C. Dean Klahr Mr. Carl Kleeman Mr. & Mrs. Marion Lanier Mr. & Mrs. David Litten Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Little Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Maggioni Mr. & Mrs. M.J. McDevitt Mr. James McGraw Mr. Michael McLearn Mr. James Metts Mr. William Metz Ms. Eleen Miles Mrs. Gloria Monsees Mr. & Mrs. Fred Mote North Atlanta Church of Christ, Inc. Mrs. Louise Owens Mr. & Mrs. J. Robert Paddison Mrs. Judith Palmer Partnership for Giving Mr. & Mrs. Michael Patterson Mr. & Mrs. John Patterson Ms. Kathryn Pelletreau Mr. & Mrs. James Perryman, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. A.M. Peterson Mr. Michael Polak Mr. & Mrs. John Reese Mr. Richard Rehm Resurrection of Our Lord Catholic Church Mr. William Robinson Ms. Linda Rogers Fisk Savannah Bridge Co., Inc. Savannah Chapter GA Power Ambassadors Savannah Friends Quaker Meeting Savannah Lodge #183 Mr. & Mrs. John Sewell Rev. Harry Shipps Dr. & Mrs. George Shriver Mr. & Mrs. Richard Smith Mr. & Mrs. William Smith Mr. & Mrs. Channing Smith Mr. & Mrs. William Smith Ms. Maria Sparkman Mr. & Mrs. Dietmar Strohmetz Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Suh Ms. Lisa Sunday Mr. & Mrs. John Tucker Mr. & Mrs. William Ulmer United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta Mr. & Mrs. Wiley Wasden Wesley Monumental Methodist Church West Rehab Services, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Wilbur Wiggins Mr. & Mrs. Fred Williams Mr. & Mrs. John Willoughby Mr. & Mrs. James Wojcik Yates Astro
Ms. Elizabeth Hodges Dr. & Mrs. Frank Hoffman Mr. Toby Hollenberg Mr. & Mrs. Lovick Holloway Mr. & Mrs. Karl Holmen Mr. & Mrs. Michael Huntly Mr. Waltraut Hurd Ms. Joan Johnson Mr. & Mrs. David Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Verner Kelly Ms. Indira Koganti Mr. Milton Kramer Ms. Lesha Lanier Mr. & Mrs. John Lauridsen Mr. & Mrs. William Leavengood Mr. Horace Leysath Mr. Thomas Loizides Ms. Pamela Lossing Mr. & Mrs. Basil Lukin Mrs. Frances Maclean Ms. Miranda Marchant Mr. Edmund Marinucci Ms. Mary Medley Dr. & Mrs. Brent Murphy Ms. Peggy Murphy Mr. & Mrs. Randell Nord Mrs. Sarah North Mr. & Mrs. Richard OConner Mrs. Gilbert Odrezin Mr. Charles Ortmann Mr. Thomas Pritchard Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Ram Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Reagan Mr. & Mrs. William Redd Mr. & Mrs. Wm. David Reeves Mr. Stephen Rilee Mr. & Mrs. W.F. Robertson Ms. Sharon Russell Mr. & Mrs. W. Thomas Sanderlin Mr. Phillip Schaengold Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Schott Ms. Cecielia Sears Mr. & Mrs. John Seckinger Mr. John Sheppard Ms. May Ann Smith Mr. & Mrs. Harry South St. Paul Academy for Boys Ms. Susan Tanner Dr. Richard Taylor Mr. Carl Tobey Mr. & Mrs. William Trice Trinity Lutheran Church Mr. & Mrs. Charles Tuten United Methodist Church Ms. Gloria Vanfleet Ms. Patricia Vater
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Waldrop Ms. Kathryn Waller Ms. Linda Warsek Mr. & Mrs. Paul Waters Mr. & Mrs. Phillip Wettengel Mr. Richard Allen Williams Mr. & Mrs. Allen Williams Ms. Nita Wonderley Mr. & Mrs. David Wyland Mr. Warren Youmans
Financials
Statement of Financial Position
Assets
Cash $ 13,552 Investments 25,645 Grants Receivable 472,319 Inventory 35,031 Property and Equipment (net) 11,996,614 Total Assets $ 12,543,161
Statement of Activities
Expenditures
Program Services Management & General Fundraising Total Expenditures Increase in Net Assets Beginning Net Assets $ 6,485,441 852,906 163,471 7,501,818 1,430,056 4,703,677 $ 6,133,733
8,931,874
**Union Mission is committed to upholding the highest standards of excellence and accountability. To provide rigorous fiscal management, the Finance Committee for the Board of Directors meets regularly to review our management and reporting practices. In addition, Union Mission is externally audited and has received a clean, unqualified audit opinion.
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