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<Insert your company name> United Way Campaign

<Insert your company name> United Way Campaign. What is United Way?. Most efficient way to strengthen health and human services in our region Raises and allocates funds Supports a strong network of more than 170 quality agencies Identifies critical issues and unmet needs

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<Insert your company name> United Way Campaign

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  1. <Insert your company name> United Way Campaign

  2. What is United Way? • Most efficient way to strengthen health and human services in our region • Raises and allocates funds • Supports a strong network of more than 170 quality agencies • Identifies critical issues and unmet needs • Builds collaborations to meet community needs

  3. Why United Way? • Impact: helping 1 out of every 3 people in our community • Efficient: more than 90 cents of every dollar you give goes to help people in our community • Local: the money that’s raised here, stays here, helping people in 16 Missouri and Illinois counties • Volunteer-based: your money is allocated by trained community volunteers like you • A local tradition of giving: • We’re the 18th largest market in the country – but 5thin United Way giving • Our United Way is No. 1 in African-American giving and No. 5 in women’s giving

  4. You’re helping Erykah

  5. You’re helping the Parkers

  6. Who you’re helping United Way funds more than 170 agencies. Imagine who else you might help…

  7. Other ways United Way helps • 2-1-1: An information and referral hotline open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call to find or give help. • Basic needs help like funding new programs during tough economic times, organizing community-wide food drives and starting a foreclosure prevention project • Community initiatives such as Education Express and individual development accounts • Mobilizing volunteers as individuals, families, community groups and companies.

  8. What your pledge provides $50 A night at the movies for a family of four or… • 25 meals delivered to home-bound seniors with disabilities • Eyeglasses for a child in need • Swim lessons for 10 children from low income families

  9. What your pledge provides $100 Large coffee every Friday for a year or… • Four hours of counseling for a victim of sexual abuse • 3 hours of treatment for a preschooler with severe developmental problems • 10 in-home visits by nurses to home-bound elderly

  10. What your pledge provides $250 Concert tickets from a ticket broker or… • A week of shelter for a battered woman and her children • Two weeks of day camp for an at risk youth • After school care for one child for six weeks

  11. What your pledge provides $1,000 A flat Screen HDTV or… • Arthritis medication for two seniors for a year • Flu shots for children in need at a child care center • 25 days of care or respite for caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease

  12. Leadership Giving Gifts of $1,000 or more are recognized as a Leadership Gift. You can be a part of one or more Leadership societies with your gift.

  13. Our United Way campaign • Include your timeline, theme, events and any other details about your campaign

  14. Thank you!

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