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From the Desk of Janet Fultz, PCYS Executive Director
PCYS presents Troupe d’Jour in My Fatal Valentine by Eileen Moushey, a Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre event at
An Evening to Remember, February 7, 2015.
This is what you have been looking for! A unique date night, or just a fun time with family or friends where you get to dress
up if you wish, go casual if you prefer, enjoy fabulous food, laugh, help solve the Mystery, sit back and be entertained, bid
on live and silent auction items AND do something good for your community!
Local support is increasingly critical to ensure our services remain available and FREE to our youth, children, families, and
communities. I look forward to seeing you there! Sponsorships, Reservations and Donations of auction items are available
now! Please contact us today.
PCYS Newsletter: January 2015
Please watch for activities and information coming in March as we will celebrate National
Safe Place Week, March 15-21. In Payne County, 2-4 children and youth access Safe Place
each month, giving them an immediate way to stay safe when their home is not a safe place
for them. Want to know about SP or how to become a SP site? Call Angie at PCYS.
A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR:
Abundant Life Church
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Academic Services for Student Athletes/
Stillwater Women Aid Group
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Ali Castillo
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Alicia Johnson
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
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Anne Hacker
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Arts & Humanities Council
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Ashlyn Steedman
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Bailey Powell
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Boulder Creek Neighborhood
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Cake Crazy
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Cameron Shekarforoosh
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Caryl Talley
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Central Rural Electric Coop
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Chelsea Fortenberry
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Church Women United
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Cimarron Valley Quilt Guild
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Dale Sorrell
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Darrell & Kim Sadler
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David Pitts
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Debbie Aguilar
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Deby Coon
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Elite Repeat
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Eric Back
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Erin Fultz
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Esther Hutchens
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First Christian Ruth Group
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First Presbyterian Church
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Freshmen Action Team
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Furniture Showcase
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Georgia Fruendt
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Golden Kiwanis
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Jailen Heron
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Jasmine Bank
Jasmine Stone
Jennifer Crosthwait
Jerry & Nancy Crenshaw
Jillian Phillips
Jim & Ann Halligan
Jim and Joann Lunsford
Jim Anderson
Jim Horn
Jim Zeller
Jimbo & Kimberly Carnley
John Bode
K.R. Wisner
Keith Goodwin
Lambert Construction Company
Lauren Gin
Leadership Stw Class 23
Leslie Murray
Life Church
Lilana McKindra
Lindsay Fitzgerald
Lorna Stein
Mae Badiyan
Marilyn Stout
Mary Griswold
Mulhall & Orlando Lions
Nancy Kramen
Nancy Kramer
Natalie Rohwer
Nocella Irwin-Smith
Noelle Baker
Norman McNickle
Northern OK College
Orange Leaf
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Donation type notated with
the following symbols:
Financial
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Goods
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Volunteer
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OSU Afro-Am Freshman Action
Team
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OSU Foundation
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OSU Non-Traditional Student Organization
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OSU Service Sorority
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OSU Sigma Phi Lambda
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Peggy McCormick
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Randall and Kathleen Elliott
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Richard Giles
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Robin Anderson
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Ron and Cara Beer
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Ruby Hensley
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RuthAnn Sirbaugh
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Samantha Collier
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Sara Felix
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Savanah Waters
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Shawna Goodwin
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Shelly Jobe
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SHS Student Council
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Small Cakes
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St. Andrews Thrift Shop
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St. Francis Xavier
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Stillwater Public Library
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Sydney F. Reding
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Tianna Carter
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UHBC Love in Action Sunday
School Class
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UHBC Monday Night Ladies Bible
Study
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University Heights
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Vicki Houck & Grandson Nixon **
Yana Shelton
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The staff enjoy some friendly
competition with an”UglySweater
Contest”
Keep an eye out on our website,
Facebook page, and on the news
for more information on our upcoming Tee It Up For Teens
Fundraiser. Date to be
announced soon!
Orange Leaf Hosts Pajama Drive
Payne County Youth Services
Gives Thanks to the
Community
Payne County Youth Services, Inc. would like to
thank the Stillwater Orange
Leaf for their support of our
youth over the holidays.
Orange Leaf held a pajama
drive, selecting PCYS as the
recipient of the donations.
Payne County Youth Services just completed its fifth annual
Adopt-a-Family Holiday program. PCYS would like to thank all
the donors who responded to our request for assistance with the
Adopt-a-Family Program. “We had some wonderful donors participate, with several of our donors having participated each year,“
stated Angie Freeny, PCYS Program Coordinator. Program donors included: individuals; community organizations; OSU organizations and local businesses.
“PCYS received many sets
of pajamas for our youth at
our emergency youth shelter”, stated Angie Freeney,
Program Coordinator who
assisted with the project
Orange Leaf employee, Caitlin Ryan,
“We want to give a big
pictured with the Pajama Drive display.
thank-you to Orange Leaf
and the community donors for providing these much needed items.”
PCYS identified and received permission from numerous families
to connect them with people in the community that had responded to PCYS requests for assistance. PCYS staff obtained a list of
needed items and wish list items from the families and then gave
this information to the donor. The donor then purchased the gifts
and brought them back to the PCYS office to be given to the recipients. “The families receiving assistance expressed so much
appreciation for the much needed items, “stated Freeny.
to the PCYS Family
We would also like to thank the First Presbyterian Church Giving
Tree program, who has supported PCYS and youth and families
for several years during the holiday season. The program provides
much needed items as well as wish list items for the youth.
Chelsea Fortenberry, Youth Guidance Specialist
Briana Bridenstine, Youth Guidance Specialist
Kelcyn Griffith, Youth Guidance Specialist
Nicole Sharp, Administrative Assistant
Richard Ayers, Advisory Board Member
Farewell &
Best Wishes
Cindy Griffith, Youth Guidance Specialist
Morgan McClellan, Youth Guidance Specialist
Anna Youngdoff, Youth Guidance Specialist
OSU Non-Traditional Students make Holiday Donation
PCYS was also fortunate to be a recipient of holiday assistance
through the OSU Nontraditional Student Organization. This holiday program provided numerous gift cards and needed items to
help fulfill a variety of family and individual youth needs including
food, clothing and Christmas gifts. PCYS would like to give
thanks to this organization for their support and generosity.
Wonderful holiday generosity continued through holiday gifts and
needed items from the St. Francis Xavier Church. Thank you to
this program for helping bring assistance and joy to the holiday
season for our youth and families.
Angie Freeny, Jonathan Stein, and Linda Parks (L-R)
enjoying a staff bowling trip in December.
PCYS is very fortunate to have so much community support
through the holiday season and throughout the year from many
individuals, community organizations, OSU groups and local businesses. “Thanks so much to all of you. We look forward to working together the next year to support the youth and families of our
communities,” stated Freeny.
PCYS Honors Donors and Volunteers at Annual Appreciation Dinner
Payne County Youth Services honored donors and volunteers
recently at an event held at Countryside Church, with dinner provided by Texas Roadhouse. An annual celebration of the many
ways in which donors and volunteers support the agency and the
youth and families it serves, guests enjoyed a great meal and received updates on the agency programming. They were also able
to take home a token
as a reminder that we
“can all make a difference” when everyone
works collaboratively
toward the agency
mission.
“We are very grateful
to each donor and
The United Methodist Women enjoying dinner
volunteer for the
many ways they support PCYS,” said Janet Fultz, executive director. “Our message
tonight included not only the outputs of our programming, such
as over 400 youth served in counseling, 3,392 shelter care days
provided to children and youth, and the over 16,000 hours of
community development and education provided during Fiscal
Year 2014, but also insight into outcomes – the youth who lived a
full life having
received the
crisis intervention that kept
them from taking their own
life one dark
night, or the
children and
youth rescued
from unsafe
homes by being
A group from Sigma Nu with their Outstanding
placed in our
Collegiate Award
shelter.”
“We offer our most sincere thank you to all donors and volunteers,” continued Fultz, “from small to large financial donations
to donations of cat food, volunteer time and clothing. Each supporter makes a positive difference for our children, families and
communities. We invite others who would like to support PCYS
to contact us. A great opportunity available now is securing your
sponsorships or reservations for our upcoming February 7 fundraiser, An Evening To Remember, which will feature a Murder Mystery Dinner Theater, Silent and Live Auction. You CAN make a
difference!”
Appreciation Awards were given in several categories to recognize
some of the donors and volunteers for the previous fiscal year.
Award winners are listed in the table to the right.
Heart of the
Community Award
1st Presbyterian Church, Kappa Alpha
Theta Flaming Festival, Kappa Alpha
Theta campus organization, OLLI,
Becky Irby, Noelle Baker
Outstanding Collegiate Kappa Sigma, Sigma Tau Gamma,
Award
OSU Office of the President
Builders Award
Anne and Mike Greenwood, George
Kaiser Foundation, Robert and Peggy
McCormick Charitable Fund, Bank of
Cushing
Key Resource Award
Elite Repeat, Stillwater Medical Center,
Stillwater United Way
Outstanding PCYS
John Mills
Board Member Award
Outstanding Advisory Bob Burk
Board Member Award
Outstanding
Corporate Supporter
Award
Nature’s Supply, Furniture Showcase,
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory,
Murphy’s Department Store
Outstanding
Volunteer Award
Cat Clinic, Kim Shenold, Conner Moslander, Distinguished Young Women
of Payne County, Chris Ramsay
Creative Contributions Gordon Sloggett, Keno Kreations,
Award
Priscilla Kinnick
Heart of a Servant
Award
United Methodist Women
Jamie Payne—OSU Office of the
President, Outstanding Collegiate
Cat Clinic, Outstanding Volunteer
Award
Shelter Interns and Volunteers needed!
We are currently accepting interns and volunteers for our Emergency Youth Shelter. Please
call our office at 405-377-3380 or email Nicole at [email protected] for more information.
Bob Burk accepting the Outstanding Advisory
Board Member Award
Becky Irby accepting the Heart of the
Community Award
Ladies from Kappa Alpha Theta accepting
the Heart of the Community Award
Kathy Dorr from Elite Repeat
accepting a Key Resources Award
Gordon Sloggett accepting the Creative
Contributions Award
Richard Hawkins accepting the
Outstanding Volunteer Award for the DYW
Velda Lirenz from the United Methodist Women
accepting the Heart of a Servant Award
Annie Smith from United Way accepting the
Key Resource Award
RuthAnn Sirbaugh from OLLI accepting
the Heart of the Community Award
Payne County Youth Services, Inc.
Office:
2224 West 12th Street, Stillwater OK 74074; P. O. Box 2647, Stillwater OK 74076
Office: (405) 377-3380 or 1-866-377-3380;
- Fax: (405) 377-3499
Executive Director: Janet Fultz, NCC, MS, LPC
Clinical Director:
Brad Epperson, NCC, MS, LPC
Business Manager: Wesley Horne
Shelter Director:
Kimberly Coates, MS
Shelter:
(405) 377-1452;
Fax
(405) 377-6291
Certified by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services (ODMHSAS)
PCYS
P. O. Box 2647
Stillwater OK 74076