Speech Outline
General purpose: To inform
Specific purpose: By the end of my speech, the audience will know of the Christian Care Center and its purpose of helping the less fortunate and marginalized members of society by providing essential services free of charge.
Thesis statement: The Christian Care Center helps the most vulnerable groups of the population by providing food, shelter, medical care, counseling, and career advice free of charge.
Introduction
Attention-getter: Have you ever wondered where you could get help if you find yourself in a challenging life situation? Or have you ever wondered where you could volunteer to give a helping hand to those who need it most? The organization I am going to tell you about provides opportunities for both.
Introduction of the topic: I will inform you about the Christian Care Center and its efforts to make a difference.
Credibility and relevance: Because of my wish to volunteer my time to help those in need, I researched organizations providing such opportunities. There are always people who are homeless, struggling with drug addiction, or living below the poverty line, which is why non-profit organizations, which try to assist them, deserve public attention.
Preview: In order to understand how the Center makes a difference, we need to explore how it addresses homelessness and poverty, deals with different populations, and offers volunteering opportunities.
Transition: I will begin by outlining the Center’s actions to help people who are homeless and poor.
Body
The Christian Care Center is a non-profit organization founded in 1985 by Dr. Charles Roesel, Pastor Emeritus of First Baptist Church of Leesburg, with the purpose of helping those in need.
- Since that time, the Center has been helping homeless people through its ministry called the Samaritan Inn.
- According to Florida Coalition to End Homelessness (2020), there were 27,487 homeless people in Florida in 2020.
- The Center’s Samaritan Inn provides housing facilities with all conveniences for 30 days to homeless children and their parents (Christian Care Center, n.d.-c).
The Center has been assisting the poor through its Benevolence Center.
- The Center provides clothing, food, and household items to the needy, serving more than 2,400 individuals and giving out over 160,000 pounds of food per month (Christian Care Center, n.d.-a).
The Center helps different groups of the population: men, women, and children.
- Men and women are provided with separate drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities.
- The residence program for men consists of four phases, during which men receive counseling and support on their way to independent lives.
- Women’s Care Center offers a one-year program consisting of three phases, providing them with a safe space for recovery.
Children aged 6-13 years are served by the Children’s Center.
- According to the Office of Adoption and Child Protection (2020), in 2019-2020, over 20,000 children were removed from families due to various reasons, including parental drug abuse and domestic violence.
- The Center meets the immediate needs of the removed children, arranges for medical care, registers them at schools, and helps them get accustomed to the new daily routine.
The Center offers support to people in challenging life situations.
- Through the Fresh Start Job Program, the Center helps job seekers to improve their resumes, hone interview skills, and find suitable jobs.
- Through its Community Medical Care Center, the Christian Care Center offers medical care to uninsured individuals aged under 65 and with an income at or below 150% of the poverty level (Christian Care Center, n.d.-b).
Conclusion
Transition to conclusion and summary of importance: In summary, the Christian Care Center makes a difference by serving the most disadvantaged segments of the population.
Review of main points: It provides homeless people with shelter, substance-dependent men and women with rehabilitation programs, children removed from custody with a healthy family atmosphere, and those in need with career advice and medical care.
Closing statement: The Christian Care Center offers opportunities for volunteers to participate in their community action by providing funds, mentorship, food and clothing donations, and professional services.
References
Christian Care Center. (n.d.-a). Benevolence ministry. Web.
Christian Care Center. (n.d.-b). Community medical care center. Web.
Christian Care Center. (n.d.-c). Samaritan inn. Web.
Florida Coalition to End Homelessness. (2020). The issue: The fight to end homelessness: Past, present, and future. Web.
Office of Adoption and Child Protection. (2020). 2020 annual report. Web.