Agency Listing
Animals
| Cirtter Creek Therapeutic Ridiing | | Critter Creek Therapeutic Riding is small, farm-based therapeatic riding program- usually providing lessons for 10-15 students of varing diabilities. | Contact: Jean Green, 580.351.9301
Other Categories: Disabled Persons, Children/Youth |
| Giddy Up 'N Go, Inc. | | Giddy Up 'N Go is a non-profit organization that offers equine assisted therapy for adults and children with special needs. | Contact: Nancy Arntz, President, 580.248.3701 or narntz@lcisp.com
Other Categories: Disabled Persons, Children/Youth |
| USDA-NRCS (Natural Resource Conservation Service) | | Assist landowners around Commanche County with erosion control, grass production, brush control, and conservation education with local schools. | Contact: J. Kirk Schreiner, 580.353.1564
Other Categories: Environment |
Children/Youth
| American Diabetes Association | | To prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes | Contact: Andrea Barnett, 405.840.3881 or abarnett@diabetes.org
Other Categories: Disabled Persons, Seniors |
| City of Lawton | | The Youth Services: Education, Employment and Empowerment (YS!3) Project is designed to prepare Lawton-Fort Sill's at risk youth to enter post-secondary education, training or employment upon completion of their secondary education | Contact: Leroy Giles, YS Coordinator, 580.581.3400 or lgiles@cityof.lawton.ok.us
Other Categories: Mentor |
| March of Dimes Foundation, Whichita Mountains Division | | The March of Dimes is a national voluntary health care organization whose mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality | Contact: Jennifer Bowen, Division Director, 580.248.4898 or jbowen@marchofdimes.com
Other Categories: Education/Tutor, Health Care |
| Museum of the Great Plains | | The museum of the Great Plains is open to the general public with exhibits and programs pertaining to the Great Plains. A few of their departments include: education, collections, and the gift shop. | Contact: Rex Givens, 580.581.3460 or develop@museumgreatplains.org |
| Oklahoma Transition to Education and Employment (OK-TEEM) | | The Oklahoma Transition to Education and Employment through Mentoring (OK-TEEM) is a grant program with the University of Oklahoma's National Center for Disability Education and Training. OK-TEEM is a mentoring program for young adults with disabilities between the ages of 16-26 residing in Caddo, and Comanche counties. The goal of OK-TEEM is to create and support mentoring relationships between young adults with disabilities and the community to explore meaningful life possibilities that may lead to higher education and/or employment | Contact: Karren Mackay-Mitzs, 580.355.3802 or kmitz@ou.edu or gathomas@ou.edu
Other Categories: Disabled Persons, Mentor |
| J. Roy Dunning Children's Shelter | | The J. Roy Dunning Children's Shelter is an emergency shelter for children, age newborn through age 12 who have been victims of abuse, neglect, and/or abandonment. The Shelter strives to offer a nurturing environment for children who are transitioning through stages of trauma and grief. | Contact: Theresa Alf, 580.357.3965 or kare4kidz1986@sbsglobal.net
Other Categories: Emergency Service, Education/Tutor
Other Information: This is a restricted shelter so call ahead to schedule times |
| Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club | | We are a youth community center which operates an after school program and summer program for youth. | Contact: Christal Durham, 357.7541, 580.355.1803 (fax) or deshawn_38@hotmail.com |
| Success by 6 | | Success by 6 is an early childhood initiative that is funed by a Smart Start Oklahoma grant. Our vision is that all children should have what they need so they can start school healthy and ready to learn. | Contact: Jane Mitchell, 580.355.0218 or janem@uwlawton.org |
Disabled Persons
| Lawton Noon Lions Club | | The Lawtoon Noon Lions Club is a service organization dedicated to raising funds to help the disadvantaged. While the major emphasis is visual health, they support a range of community activities, including scholarships for Cameron students | Contact: Ron Gainer, 580.591.8001 or rong@cameron.edu
Other Categories: Education/Tutor, Health Care |
| Robert E. Greiner School for the Handicapped | | The Robert E. Greiner School for the Handicapped is for adult individuals in assisting them with class work- reading, writing, math, manners, etc.- music, P.E. activities, bowling, special olypmpics, and much more. | Contact: Lou Whiteley, 580.355.2559 |
Education/Tutor
| Catholic Charities, Lawton Regional Office | | The Catholic Charities mission is to put into practice values of justice, love, compassion and hope through service, empoerment and advocacy. They are a nonprofit, social service agency serving the people of Oklahoma since 1912. They provide a wide range of social, educational and legal services. All programs are available to women, children, families, and the elderly regardless of race, creed, religion, ability to pay, or other qualifications. | Contact: Andrea L. Farmer, 580.353.1811 or cclawton@sbcglobal.net
Other Categories: Children/Youth, Homeless/Hunger, Emergency Service, Immigration, Families |
| Chisholm Trail Heritage Center | | Great visitors, start theaters, computer work, web-site maintance | Contact: Cova Williams, 580.252.6692 or cova@texhoma.net
Other Categories: Childrenn/Youth |
Emergency Serice
| Great Plains Chapter Red Cross | | The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization, led by volunteers, that provide relief to victims of disasters and helps people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies. | Contact: Summer Hurley, 580.355.274980, 580.355.2481 (fax), americaorps@greatplainsredcrosss.org
Other Categories: Children/Youth, CPR Classes |
Homeless/Hunger
| Comanche County Nutrition Project | | Comanche County Nutrition Project prepares and serves a nutritious lunch to seniors 60 and up 5 days a week at 7 locations in Comanche County and delivers meals to homes bound seniors also. They work with many volunteers to accomplish their mission on a daily basis. | Contact: Heinz Kyle. 580.581.3481
Other Categories: Disabled Persons, Seniors, Health Care |
| Lawton Food Bank | | Lawton Food Bank is a non profit agency that assists low income people by providing them with food. They offer opportunities in multiple areas. | Contact: Jeri Masiman, 580.353.7994 or lfb1405@sbcglobal.net |
| The Salvuation Army and Boys & Girls Club | | The Salvation Army and Boys & Girls Club are non-profit agencies dedicated to the service of they needy. A few of their servies inlcude: the Salvauation Army Thrift Store, Soup Kitchen, nad the Boys & Girls Club of America. | Contact: Captain John Murphy, 580.355-1802
Other Categories: Children/Youth, Emergency Service, Disaster Service |
Other
| Armed Services YMCA | | A ministry serving the needs of Fort Sill families | Contact: Lori Ferguson, Program Assistant, 580.442.6771 or lferg61370@aol.com |
| Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, Inc. | | Legal Aid is a non-profit organization that provides legal assistance to senior citizens and low income applicants. They provide assistance in civil matters, but do not take on criminal matters. | Contact: J. Kirk Schreiner, 580.353.1564 or kade.mclure@laok.org
Other Categories: Disabled Person, Domestic Violence, Homeless/Hunger, Seniors |
| Pregnancy Resource Center | | We do pregnancy testing and ultra sounds. We also have what we call an earn while you learn program where parents can come in and watch videos to earn every kind of material baby needs, while learning to be good parents. We educate regarding fetal development and pregnancy options (we never make abortion referrals). | Contact: Rita Willoughby, 580536.4040
Other Categories: Children/Youth, Mentor |
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