Community Outreach
Leadership and Coordination
Providing leadership and being a catalyst for local schools, churches, ministries and businesses to cooperate as a community in caring for kids is a major role of the Silver Dollar City Foundation. The Care For Kids program is a major cooperative effort coordinated by the Foundation.
Partnerships
Supporting and partnering with organizations meeting the needs of kids and families within the community is another role of the Foundation. Partnering with the national organization Love In The Name of Christ (Love INC), a local affiliate was launched in 2001 with a grant from the Silver Dollar City Foundation. The organization partners with area churches, ministries, agencies, individuals and business leaders to provide a bridge between those in need and those with a desire to help. Assistance is provided in areas such as transportation, financial planning, medical care access, marital and parenting classes, school readiness drives, holiday special needs and a drug court program.
The Silver Dollar City Foundation began partnering with Church Army Stone County in 2007. Church Army Stone County is a community-oriented, nondenominational faith-based organization that seeks to help "working poor" individuals and their families seeking help with alcoholism, methamphetamine and other drug addictions. The organization provides spiritually-based treatment for addictions as well as safe and affordable housing.
Insight Ministries Outreach In The Ozarks Inc. is another program supported by the Foundation. A Christian-based counseling service, Insight Ministries provides psychological and emotional testing and counseling services to families with financial needs in Stone and Taney Counties.
The Foundation is an active partner with Christian community leaders in the Healthy Families Catalyst Group, formed as a collaborative effort of agencies, businesses, ministries and individuals to identify and eliminate the problems experienced by families with the greatest needs.
Uninterrupted Prayer Team
The Uninterrupted Prayer Team unites Christian volunteers in continual prayer, seeking to further God's will within the community of Stone and Taney Counties. Volunteers commit to one hour of prayer a week, linking with others to cover the entire week, based upon the Biblical direction to "pray continually" (1 Thess. 5:17). For more information or to volunteer for the UP Team, click here.
