In 26 years Community Outreach has served hundreds of

children all over the city. Together we have provided direct

services to meet direct needs: food, clothes, school supplies,

transportation, etc. Meeting these needs of Roanoke children is

at the forefront of our mission. As we look to the future and look

back at the past, we have found that these needs have

changed. This year has been filled with great times of learning,

observation of community concerns, and partnering with others

who share a passion for children in Roanoke.

In looking at our kid's most recent needs reading and literacy

are of the greatest concern, so in Fall 2015 we will launch a new

program: Community Literacy Program (CLP). This new program

is devoted to teaching early elementary students to read at or

above grade level every day after school. This is a big change

from what we have done in the past, but to be effective we

must have more time with students and their families at the most

critical ages for learning. We will also teach parents every Friday,

during family night, the ins and outs of reading and helping their

child succeed in school.

We hope to start this program small with 10 Kindergarten and

first graders 5 days a week, then add grades each following

year until we have 30 spots for Kindergarten through 3rd grade

students.

Our programs at Fairview, West End and Huntington Court

United Methodist Churches will continue as normal and will not

be affected by this change. Trinity will also continue pretty much

as normal three days a week.

What can you do to help? We need your generosity to ensure

we have the materials we can teach from. The literacy

curriculum we will be using, Kidzlit, has a onetime cost of

$2800. As we expand services slowly, COP will be looking for

$25,000 more per year to provide this program above and

beyond what we already receive in donations. Your prayers,

donations, event planning, and community connections will

help to make this program a success. If you have questions or would like to help sponsor this program please call me at (540) 314-

7911.

Yours in service,

Becky Parsons, ED

Saturday, May 16th Hanging Rock Golf Club

7:30 Check-in

8:00 Shotgun Start

12:00 Lunch/Prizes/Awards/Auction

$240 per team of 4

$65 single player

add $10 per player if you pay at the

door

Register Online from our website: www.communityoutreachroanoke.org

or send checks with player names,

addresses and emails to:

Community Outreach Program,

305 Mountain Ave SW, Roanoke, VA

24016

Central UMC Mrs. Ruth G Chaney TTE Fairview UMC Roger and Myrteen Heslep Gloriadene Lancaster Ann and David Miller UMW, Mount Pleasant UMC Lois Overstreet Hope Patsel Rebecca Pence Janice & Rod Phillips Carol Pruner Bill and Bernelle Rich Rotary Club of Roanoke Valley Second Presbyterian Church Jeffrey and Gwyn Snider South Roanoke UMC Combined Fed Campaign Virginia Conference -UMC

Newsletter of the United Methodist Community Outreach Program of Roanoke, Virginia

Spring, 2015

Serving all God’s children through mentoring academically, spiritually, emotionally, and physically.

OR CURRENT RESIDENT

It’s just $145 to send an inner city Roanoke child

for a full week of camp, thanks to generous UMC

subsidies. This is often the only opportunity our

kids have to get out of the city and have a fun

vacation. So far we’ve only raised enough for 13

kids to have this experience.

Mark your Calendars

May 16 8AM Annual Golf

Tournament at Hanging Rock

May 23-24 Come play “Quest” with

C.O.P at Festival in the Park

August 17: Family Registration at Trinity

A special thank you to Fairview UMC, whom we

neglected to mention in the Winter newsletter, for

their generous Christmas Angel gifts.

Every child received three

books at a special birthday

celebration in January

held at Trinity UMC

Trinity United Methodist Church

United Methodist Community Outreach Program of Roanoke

305 Mountain Ave SW

Roanoke, VA 24016

Phone 540-342-3103 Fax 540-342-0412

Email umcopr@roacoxmail.com

www.communityoutreachroanoke.org

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Community Outreach Program Board of Directors

Rev. David Tanner, President

LeRoy Worley, Vice President

Everett Werness, Treasurer

Sheila Overstreet, Secretary

Rev. Dr. Marianne Bird

Alicia Bosserman

Nancy Clemens

LaDonna Foley

Travis Jenkins

Page Marshall

Bob McAdam

Pam Murray

Rev. Stan Wright

Visit our website

to learn how

you can help us

when you shop!

School starts early this year- Tuesday,August 18th!!

Each summer you collect school supplies for the

95 students we serve, so they can start the year

off prepared. This year our greatest needs are:

Sturdy backpacks

Pencils

Pens

Composition books

Fabric pencil cases

Pencil sharpeners

Drop off donations at Trinity United Methodist

Church before August 10th!