Citizens Review Panel
Citizens Review Panel
Citizens Review Panel
See how it works. Trained volunteers protect donor investment.
United Way of the CSRA Citizens Review panels are composed entirely of community volunteers and are responsible for visiting United Way's partner agencies annually to review the funded programs and services as well as make funding recommendations bi-yearly in our Community Investment Process. These panels are vital in maintaining United Way agency credibility and accountability to the community while ensuring the community outcomes are being effectively evaluated.
See how it works. Trained volunteers protect donor investment.
United Way of the CSRA Citizens Review panels are composed entirely of community volunteers and are responsible for visiting United Way's partner agencies annually to review the funded programs and services as well as make funding recommendations bi-yearly in our Community Investment Process. These panels are vital in maintaining United Way agency credibility and accountability to the community while ensuring the community outcomes are being effectively evaluated.
See how it works. Trained volunteers protect donor investment.
United Way of the CSRA Citizens Review panels are composed entirely of community volunteers and are responsible for visiting United Way's partner agencies annually to review the funded programs and services as well as make funding recommendations bi-yearly in our Community Investment Process. These panels are vital in maintaining United Way agency credibility and accountability to the community while ensuring the community outcomes are being effectively evaluated.
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AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) members bring their passion and perseverance where the need is greatest: to organizations that help eradicate poverty. The most pressing challenges we face as a nation, and in the CSRA area, require the most courageous and creative people to address them. An AmeriCorps VISTA member serves as a catalyst for change, living and working alongside local community members to advance local solutions...right here in the CSRA.
VISTA members apply to serve full-time for at least one year with United Way of the CSRA and our extended partners, in order to work towards curbing child illiteracy, improving health services for all ages, creating new community initiatives, facilitating health and career fairs, strengthening current community partnerships, engaging our community, and much more.
Our members work with such partners as the Augusta-Richmond County Library, City of Augusta, CSRA EOA, Toys for Tots, Wellcare, Caresource, Amerigroup Insurance, Augusta Technical College, multiple churches, schools, and businesses throughout the CSRA in order to educate our residents about resources available that can help build stronger communities.
2023 Participating Host Agency Sites:
United Way of the CSRA
Apparo Academy
Columbia County Virtual Academy
CSRA RESA
Westabou Montessori School
The Salvation Army First Stop
Columbia County Community Connections
Mach Academy
The Mosaic Center
Richmond County Success Center
Senior Citizens Council
VISTA Summer Associates Program
In addition to the traditional 12-month service opportunities listed above, United Way of the CSRA hosts a VISTA Summer Associate Program. This program is a service opportunity for an 8-week duration during the summer. The Summer Associate VISTAs provide direct service to address the challenges of childhood hunger/nutritional education and summer learning loss in underserved communities experienced over the summer months.
VISTA Summer Associates serve their community in June and July each year.
Summer 2023 Participating Host Agency Sites:
Apparo Academy
Georgia Carolina Council
MACH Academy, Inc.
The Salvation Army - Kroc Center
Columbia County Community Connections
Hope House, Inc.
SWAT Foundation
UWCSRA- Information & Referral/2-1-1
First Tee- Augusta
Kids Restart
The Mosaic Center
Recruitment for summer 2023 positions begins in March 2023.
Our VISTA project is looking for individuals that want to make a one-year service commitment to help link community-minded volunteers with community-based agencies fighting poverty, develop the educational and economic skill sets and opportunities of citizens who live in poverty. Programs benefits include a living allowance, vacation and holidays, and an educational award.
To apply for our VISTA programs, please follow the link below and complete the interest survey.
Our AmeriCorps VISTAs work to identify and alleviate hurdles that students and parents face as it relates to poverty. United Way of the CSRA currently has 8 AmeriCorps VISTA members serving our community. Together we help locate and organize resources in some of the most impoverished communities and schools in the CSRA so our children, and parents, can evolve and become stronger residents. Our VISTAs work to create a better community for us all through their strategic alignment with United Way of the CSRA's focus on education, health, and financial stability.
Lynn Cousins
First Stop Salvation Army
AmeriCorps VISTA Wraparound Facilitator
Lee Eddy
Westabou Montessori School
AmeriCorps VISTA Wraparound Facilitator
Makeia Hammonds
The Mosaic Center
AmeriCorps VISTA Wraparound Facilitator
Justin Wiggins
Columbia County Virtual Academy
AmeriCorps VISTA Wraparound Facilitator
Tamiko Wiles
United Way of the CSRA
AmeriCorps VISTA Leader
Sharonda Williams
United Way of the CSRA
AmeriCorps VISTA Wraparound Facilitator
Shaquanna (Quani) Wilson
MACH Academy, Inc.
AmeriCorps VISTA Leader
AmeriCorps VISTA Advisory Council
Our AmeriCorps VISTA Advisory Council members serve as advocates and guides for our AmeriCorps VISTA program.
Maria Cook
Daniel Evans
Erin Prentisse
Kristin Cordaro
Trina Hudson
Angela Salifu
Ian Eddy
Kara MacVean
Sharn Vericella