Unlimited Potential Community Development Corporation
Programs
Budget
$5,000.00
Description
The Stay Warm Shelter operates year round but houses clients during the months of January and February in our Community Life Center gym. People who are homeless are fed a hot meal and provided a place to sleep during the coldest months of the year. Each Friday evening in the Gallatin area, persons are transported to our gym, spend the night and transported back to their original location. the next morning after they have been fed breakfast and given another meal for the day.
Beneficiaries
Adults
At-Risk Populations
Long-term Success
This program has been in existence since 2015. It started with 3 people managing the program. They fed 75 people per week and assisted with their needs during the week if necessary. They continue to feed and provide clothing and toiletry items more than 75 persons per week especially due to the pandemic and transients due to unaffordable housing.
Short-term Success
In 2021, 14 organizations and churches have partnered with the Stay Warm Shelter. They assisted with food prep, sorting and storing clothing and providing assistance on Friday nights in January and February. Because of the partnerships, it is the desire of the newly formed coalition to start providing more overnight stays around the county for the homeless population during the coldest months of the year. It also brought homelessness to the forefront in Sumner County because there are no "shelters" for the unhoused in Sumner County. The Stay Warm Shelter was under the radar until a local newspaper article was written then local TV stations started airing information about the shelter due to the lack of a homeless facility in the county.
Program Success Monitored By
The program is monitored by Minister Deborah Alston who started the program.
Program Areas Served
Gallatin, Tennessee
$5,000.00
Description
The Stay Warm Shelter operates year round but houses clients during the months of January and February in our Community Life Center gym. People who are homeless are fed a hot meal and provided a place to sleep during the coldest months of the year. Each Friday evening in the Gallatin area, persons are transported to our gym, spend the night and transported back to their original location. the next morning after they have been fed breakfast and given another meal for the day.
Beneficiaries
Adults
At-Risk Populations
Long-term Success
This program has been in existence since 2015. It started with 3 people managing the program. They fed 75 people per week and assisted with their needs during the week if necessary. They continue to feed and provide clothing and toiletry items more than 75 persons per week especially due to the pandemic and transients due to unaffordable housing.
Short-term Success
In 2021, 14 organizations and churches have partnered with the Stay Warm Shelter. They assisted with food prep, sorting and storing clothing and providing assistance on Friday nights in January and February. Because of the partnerships, it is the desire of the newly formed coalition to start providing more overnight stays around the county for the homeless population during the coldest months of the year. It also brought homelessness to the forefront in Sumner County because there are no "shelters" for the unhoused in Sumner County. The Stay Warm Shelter was under the radar until a local newspaper article was written then local TV stations started airing information about the shelter due to the lack of a homeless facility in the county.
Program Success Monitored By
The program is monitored by Minister Deborah Alston who started the program.
Program Areas Served
Gallatin, Tennessee
Description
The Unlimited Potential Community Development Corporation Scholarship Program offers scholarships to persons who plan to attend a technical or non-traditional school or a four-year college. The Scholarship Program has provided one scholarship totaling $1000 each year, making a total of 18 scholarships provided since inception of the program.
Program Areas Served
Sumner County
The Unlimited Potential Community Development Corporation Scholarship Program offers scholarships to persons who plan to attend a technical or non-traditional school or a four-year college. The Scholarship Program has provided one scholarship totaling $1000 each year, making a total of 18 scholarships provided since inception of the program.
Program Areas Served
Sumner County
Budget
$11,000.00
Description
We offer a youth basketball and cheerleading league for boys and girls in grades K through 5th grade. The league which was formerly Upward is now called Unlimited Potential Athletics Youth League. We want these young people to get a unique experience that develops young athletes mentally, athletically, spiritually, and socially. In addition to teaching sports skills, we are teaching moral values and discipline to make more well-rounded youth in to successful, well-rounded adults. We want these skill sets to translate from the basketball floor to the classroom to their interactions with the public.
Program Areas Served
None
$11,000.00
Description
We offer a youth basketball and cheerleading league for boys and girls in grades K through 5th grade. The league which was formerly Upward is now called Unlimited Potential Athletics Youth League. We want these young people to get a unique experience that develops young athletes mentally, athletically, spiritually, and socially. In addition to teaching sports skills, we are teaching moral values and discipline to make more well-rounded youth in to successful, well-rounded adults. We want these skill sets to translate from the basketball floor to the classroom to their interactions with the public.
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$1,300.00
Description
The Unlimited Potential, Inc. Summer Enrichment Program for Grades 6, 7 and 8 is a four week program designed to provide skills and opportunities to improve and to develop physical. educational and social skills that will boost the students' self esteem.The students, from underserved and underrepresented communities, are taught basic education skills, manners, etiquette,and personal and dental hygiene.Instructors are retired teachers, professionals from the community such as dental assistants, trainers, and other volunteers. The students are also exposed to area historical sites and programs through weekly field trips. These trips give the students the opportunity to see things beyond their immediate surroundings; for many, the camps provide the first opportunity to visit the field trip sites. Providing these opportunities help to enhance the students knowledge and their thirst to learn more about places and happenings outside their usual surroundings.
Program Areas Served
None
$1,300.00
Description
The Unlimited Potential, Inc. Summer Enrichment Program for Grades 6, 7 and 8 is a four week program designed to provide skills and opportunities to improve and to develop physical. educational and social skills that will boost the students' self esteem.The students, from underserved and underrepresented communities, are taught basic education skills, manners, etiquette,and personal and dental hygiene.Instructors are retired teachers, professionals from the community such as dental assistants, trainers, and other volunteers. The students are also exposed to area historical sites and programs through weekly field trips. These trips give the students the opportunity to see things beyond their immediate surroundings; for many, the camps provide the first opportunity to visit the field trip sites. Providing these opportunities help to enhance the students knowledge and their thirst to learn more about places and happenings outside their usual surroundings.
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$3,500.00
Description
The Summer Enrichment Program is a one month community outreach program designed specifically to enhance the knowledge of youth in the community through language arts, math, science, and health and wellness during a one month camp held each summer. The children engage in daily learning sessions in the three subject areas with the addition of an arts and crafts session. The children also spend time in our gymnasium for physical exercise, games, and sports. The children are also exposed to proper dental hygiene delivered by dentists from the community, fire safety tips from the local fire department, health and wellness tips from the local health department, in addition to many other knowledge gaining experiences. Field trips are taken to local historical and educational sites weekly, giving the children knowledge about how our city/town/community/residents have made an impact on Middle Tennessee and the area.
Program Areas Served
None
$3,500.00
Description
The Summer Enrichment Program is a one month community outreach program designed specifically to enhance the knowledge of youth in the community through language arts, math, science, and health and wellness during a one month camp held each summer. The children engage in daily learning sessions in the three subject areas with the addition of an arts and crafts session. The children also spend time in our gymnasium for physical exercise, games, and sports. The children are also exposed to proper dental hygiene delivered by dentists from the community, fire safety tips from the local fire department, health and wellness tips from the local health department, in addition to many other knowledge gaining experiences. Field trips are taken to local historical and educational sites weekly, giving the children knowledge about how our city/town/community/residents have made an impact on Middle Tennessee and the area.
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$6,500.00
Description
The Love Kitchen food program is designed for persons ages 65 or older, and/or who are ill or have difficulty in providing for themselves, and live in the Gallatin community. Meals are prepared and delivered one day each week and provide nutritious meals weekly to underserved and underrepresented senior households based. On the average,Unlimited Potential serves 46 meals each week. Our goal is to provide a hot meal to those who otherwise would go without.
Program Areas Served
None
$6,500.00
Description
The Love Kitchen food program is designed for persons ages 65 or older, and/or who are ill or have difficulty in providing for themselves, and live in the Gallatin community. Meals are prepared and delivered one day each week and provide nutritious meals weekly to underserved and underrepresented senior households based. On the average,Unlimited Potential serves 46 meals each week. Our goal is to provide a hot meal to those who otherwise would go without.
Program Areas Served
None
Budget
$1,500.00
Description
Unlimited Potential Inc., partners with the Tennessee Housing Development Agency to provide approved counselors to provide the First Time Home Buyers Education Program. The program is designed to help first-time homebuyers overcome common obstacles: not enough savings for a down payment; uncertainty about how the home-buying process works; uncertainty about the qualifications for obtaining a home loan, and concern about high-risk, 'gimmick' mortgages. We offer the classes at our location which provides a welcoming atmosphere for learning and obtaining pertinite information about one of the most important purchases an individual or family makes. Completion of the program helps the student get assistance with the down payment, and the opportunity to secure lower interest loans from state approved lenders, ensuring that the use of predatory lenders is not necessary.
Program Areas Served
None
$1,500.00
Description
Unlimited Potential Inc., partners with the Tennessee Housing Development Agency to provide approved counselors to provide the First Time Home Buyers Education Program. The program is designed to help first-time homebuyers overcome common obstacles: not enough savings for a down payment; uncertainty about how the home-buying process works; uncertainty about the qualifications for obtaining a home loan, and concern about high-risk, 'gimmick' mortgages. We offer the classes at our location which provides a welcoming atmosphere for learning and obtaining pertinite information about one of the most important purchases an individual or family makes. Completion of the program helps the student get assistance with the down payment, and the opportunity to secure lower interest loans from state approved lenders, ensuring that the use of predatory lenders is not necessary.
Program Areas Served
None
CEO/Executive Director/Board Comments
| The Unlimited Potential Community Development Corporation is well on the way to becoming a premier service agency in the Gallatin Community. Since the completion of our Community Life Center, we have excelled in offering programs for the underserved and underrepresented members of our community, and the community at large. In addition to having a gymnasium that has Open Court times for use by the community for basketball, we offer a state-of-the-art weight and fitness room. We have offered an Adult Basketball Tournament, Boot Camp and Zumba fitness classes free of charge to the community at large during our first full year of operation. In addition, we began a youth Cheerleading and Basketball league which garnered more than 130 participants from grades K4-8. We also held a Skills and Agility camp for youth during the summer which was instrumental in keeping youth occupied and getting physical activity during the summer months. We also hosted a community wide Halloween 'Trunk or Treat' event which garnered more than 200 youth and their families. We also partnered with a local church and hosted a community-wide Easter Egg hunt and had mote than 300 participants from the community. Our plans for the future include the development of a Flag Football league for youth, volleyball tournaments, fitness classes and programs for mature adults, technology classes for mature adults and those who want to learn the basics of computer and cell phone usage, and other programs for the community at large. Unlimited Potential, Inc. is committed to being a resource for community members and to assist in any way possible. The Stay Warm Shelter continued without any grants, however, persons in the community started donating money, food and toiletries to make up the difference. The Stay Warm Shelter has received publicity in the newspapers and on the local television stations. |
