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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• Builds collaborations to meet community needs

• 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 5th in United Way giving

– Our United Way is No. 1 in African-American giving and No. 5 in women’s giving

Why United Way?

You’re helping Erykah

You’re helping the

Parkers

Who you’re helpingUnited Way funds more than 170 agencies. Imagine who

else you might help…

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.

What your pledge provides

$50A 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

What your pledge provides

$100Large 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

What your pledge provides

$250Concert 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

What your pledge provides

$1,000A 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

Leadership GivingGifts 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.

Our United Way campaign

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