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Highlights:
Staff Day—2-3
Senior Citizens
Program—4
VITA and Ribbon
Cutting—5
Community Needs
Assessment—6
TEFAP—7
Replacement of Heating
Units and Furnaces—8
Energy Assistance
Customer
Appreciation—9
Above: Mr. Mitchell with Dora
Tilghman, Employee of the Year,
and Leo McNeil at Staff Day.
Summer Youth Green
Jobs Program—10
Above: The 35-years-of-service employees B.
Orville Penn and Valerie Burrell, with Mr. Mitchell.
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Staff Development and Recognition Day
“Opening the Doors to Opportunities”
 Held on Friday, September 21, 2012, Staff
Development and Recognition Day was a success.
 Eight of the workshops were held at Allen
Memorial Baptist Church, which generously let us
use their new facility at no cost.
 The other two workshops were held at SHORE
UP! facilities.
 The Awards Luncheon was held at the Moose
Lodge, just down the street from the church, on
Snow Hill Road, starting at 1 pm.
Above: Mr. Mitchell and Tia Cropper who
received a Bachelor of Science in Human
Ecology from UMES.
Left to right: Donzella Dorman, Fannie Carter, Anthony
Bowen, Janet Donoway, and Romaine Briddell with Mr.
Mitchell, were our honored retirees of the year.
Above From left to right: Erika White,
Sheila Hitch, Linda Stuckey and Raejon White,
who all received an educational achievement
award, with Mr. Mitchell.
Left: The 30-years-of-service employees Tyrone
Chase and Brenda Short, with Mr. Mitchell.
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Above: 25-years-of-service employees Floretta Coston,
Elaine Deal, Denise Copeland, Darcy Spence, Mary Gale,
Jeanie Mason and George Morgan with Mr. Mitchell.
Above: 20-years-of-service employees Linda Brown and Faye
Dennis with Mr. Mitchell.
Middle Right: 15-years-of-service employees Mary ChildsJabbaar, Crystal Jones, Dinnell Marshall, Clarvene Pierce and
Sharon Puckett with Mr. Mitchell.
Bottom Right: 10-years-of-service employees Keano Watkins, Lisa
Phillips, Pandora Hatten and Christine Smith, with Mr. Mitchell.
Below: 5-years-of-service employees, left to right, back row:
Keith White, Latisha Savage, Tonya Morris, Marsha Melvin,
Theresa Davis, Tanya Davis, LaCourtney Bundick, Chanell Jones
and Jennifer Robbins
Left to Right, front row: Dawn Sinclair, Amanda Milbourne,
Joanne Meekins, Rowena Acree, Nikia Phillips, Alicia Robinson
and Mr. Mitchell.
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Effective October 1, 2012, the Wicomico Senior Citizens Services
(WSCS) Program was transitioned over to Maintaining Active Citizens
(MAC), Inc., the Area Agency on Aging for Dorchester, Somerset,
Wicomico and Worcester counties. MAC was one of SHORE UP! Inc.’s first
local partners and we have worked closely with them over the years. Seven
(7) SHORE UP! Inc. employees were able to get jobs with MAC. SHORE
UP! Inc. was able to transfer 2 employees into jobs here at the Agency.
Three employees retired. We are leasing Food Service vehicles to MAC as
part of this transition plan.
Left: The MAC building, where WSCS
has been located since 2009.
Right (from left to right):
Wicomico Senior Citizens Services
staff: Pat Timmons, Eugene Epps,
Donzella Dorman, Corey Jones, Ivy
McKenzie, Linda Hearn, Janet
Donoway and Traci Melvin with Mr.
Mitchell. There staff members were
honored at Staff Day for their hard
work and dedication to improving the
lives of seniors while they worked
for SHORE UP! Inc. A PowerPoint
presentation about WSCS was shown
at the Staff Day Awards Luncheon.
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Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
(VITA) Tax Project Certificate
The MD Creating Assets, Savings, and Hope
(CASH) Campaign awarded SHORE UP! Inc.’s
VITA Tax Project with a certificate “in
recognition of outstanding service for the
largest number of returns in a rural area for
the tax year 2011.” Over 1,600 state and
federal tax returns were prepared and filed
for customers for that year. The VITA
Project is now preparing to be up and running
in January 2013. Staff wishing to volunteer
should contact Odetta Evans at 410-7491142, ext. 356.
Ribbon-Cutting for New Location
for Easton Head Start Center!
The ribbon-cutting ceremony for
the new Easton Head Start Center
at the Dobson Building, Easton
Elementary School, was held on
Friday, September 28, 2012, from
10-11 am. This center is servicing
54 Head Start children and their
families.
Above, center of picture: Talbot County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Karen
B. Salmon joins SHORE UP! Executive Director Freddy L. Mitchell to cut the
ribbon on the new Head Start Center at Easton Elementary School. Dr. H.
DeWayne Whittington, SHORE UP! Board Chair, is to the right of Dr. Salmon.
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Community Needs Assessment
The Community Needs Assessment Survey
Subcommittee has developed a survey to be given to
1,500 current customers. This year we are also making
the survey available through our website, where it is
automated. It is anticipated that the overall
Community Needs Assessment results will be
presented to the SHORE UP! Board at the first
meeting in 2013.
The Community Needs Assessment examines:
 The demographic profile for the counties we serve (population, age, gender, race, household
and family size).
 Employment data including: income (per capita, median and mean), household income, unemployment rates, labor force population, etc.
 Housing data including: the number of households owning versus renting housing, families requesting services, foreclosures, etc.
 Healthcare, Disabilities and Nutrition data including: vital statistics for health, lack of
health insurance coverage, disabled persons, etc.
 Education data including: high school dropouts, graduation rate from high school, college
graduate percentage, etc.
 Family problems including: poverty, those in need of assistance financially, teen pregnancy,
crime, etc.
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Households served by pantries
39,357
Individuals served by pantries
100,852
Commodity value of food distributed
$822,804.16
Commodity weight of food distributed
1,016,769.70 lbs.
# Wicomico County soup kitchens/shelters
5
# Wicomico County pantries
19
# Somerset County pantries
7
# of meals served by soup kitchens/shelters
14,226
The table above shows figures for October 1, 2011 through September
30, 2012, for the TEFAP program, which provides commodity food for
pantries, shelters, and soup kitchens in Wicomico and Somerset counties.
With a bad economy, the
number of people served has
increased dramatically over
the last several years.
Left: Dr. Tyrone Chase helps pack food boxes
to be given to low-income families.
There are a total of 31 soup kitchens/shelters and pantries that are TEFAP
food providers. Altogether these organizations have 44 paid staff and 593
volunteer staff.
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Replacement/Repair of Electric
Baseboard Heating Units
Seven customers—five in Wicomico County and
two in Worcester County—had their radiant,
electric, baseboard heating units repaired or
replaced in the late spring by the Weatherization
Assistance Program (WAP). The WAP had
planned to do these units earlier but was unable
to do so because of a lack of state funding. A
5,324 community needs grant from the
Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore
provided funding for the replacements. While
these heating units are not energy efficient, it
was more cost effective to repair or replace
them rather than put in an entire new heating
system.
Furnace Replacement Project
The Furnace Replacement Project, funded by 2012
MD Department of Energy EmPOWER grants, has
been completed. The focus of the EmPOWER grants
has been to make MD more energy-efficient.
Through our project, a total of 16 old and/or energyinefficient furnaces were replaced with new, more
energy-efficient ENERGY STAR models as follows: 7
in Wicomico County, 5 in Somerset County, and 4 in
Worcester County. A total of $97,700 in grant
funds was spent.
This is the third year in a row that SHORE UP! has
received funds through the EmPOWER Program; the
first two years the funds were used for an appliance
replacement project. The agency has applied for
funding for 2013.
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The SHORE UP! Inc. Home Energy Assistance Office had a
“Customer Appreciation Week”, Monday, October 22—
Thursday, October 25. The office extended the hours at the
Salisbury office during that week. Customers were
encouraged to come in with a completed application and all
documents required so that staff could process the
application on the spot. Approximately 60 customers were
served on each of the four nights.
Above: Staff member, Keith White reviews an application
while a Delmarva Power representative gives information to a
customer about saving energy.
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Summer Youth Green Jobs Program
The Summer Youth Green Jobs Program, funded by a $37,500 grant from the MD
Department of Housing and Community Development, was a success. Twenty-five youth
were employed from July 9 to August 17. They ranged in age from 14 to 19. A stipend
was paid to the young workers, who could have made up to $1,142 for the whole
summer, based on performance, attendance, attitude, etc.
Above: Two employees emptying the recycling boxes
from the 520 Snow Hill Road SHORE UP! building.
Above: Three employees earned special awards for
Best Attitude, Hard Worker and Dedicated Worker.
Above: Some of the employees that helped out over
the summer.
The youth set up a recycling program for
SHORE UP! Inc., putting recycling boxes
for white office paper and plastic bottles
in various SHORE UP! locations. The boxes
were emptied by the young workers and put
into bins that Eagle Recycling donated and
picked up each week. In addition to those
recycling boxes there were other boxes
placed for newspaper, magazines and
cardboard.
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Newsletter of
SHORE UP! Inc.
520 Snow Hill Road
Salisbury, MD 21804
Phone: 410-749-1142
Fax: 410-742-9191
TDD: 410-860-8800
www.shoreup.org
At SHORE UP! Inc., no person shall on the grounds
of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin,
ancestry, or disability, be excluded from
participation in, be denied benefits of or otherwise
be subject to discrimination in the provision of any
care, service or admission.
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS
Ms. Norma Lee Barkley, Secretary
Mr. Elroy Brittingham, Vice Chair
Dr. Tyrone Chase
Rev. Harvey Davis
Ms. Marlette Dixon, Treasurer
Ms. Rose Donoway
Ms. Kimberly Dumpson
Mr. Richard Hankerson
Mr. Joe Holloway
Mr. Michael Hoy
Rev. Glen Jones
Mr. Craig Mathies
Ms. Angel McKinney
Ms. Maria Melenciano
Mr. Garry Mumford
Mr. James Purnell
Mr. Dale Smack
Dr. H. DeWayne Whittington, Chair
Ms. Kimberly Whittington
Mr. Craig Wilson
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