Bringing Lasting, Positive Change to Our Region –
That’s United Way

United Way targets its strategies at those critical passages in life that present opportunities for individuals and families to achieve long-term success. This approach maximizes United Way’s effectiveness, because it allows us to improve lives and communities in a lasting and meaningful way.

Our Focus

• Preparing Children to Succeed in School and in Life by readying young children for kindergarten and keeping older children and youth at risk for school failure on track for high school graduation.
  
  
• Building Financial Stability and Independence for Families by connecting out-of-school youth with alternative pathways to success, and by increasing the power of working families to earn higher wages and save for a better future.
  
  
• Keeping Seniors Healthy and Safe at Home by expanding access to the supports they need.
  
  

How United Way is Different, Makes a Difference

United Way invests an unparalleled array of resources into achieving results. These resources include our special relationships with the corporate, non-profit, and government sectors; our credibility and know-how built on decades of experience; our essential partnerships with thousands of community agencies; our capacity to engage tens of thousands of volunteers; our effective participation in advocacy for sensible and humane public policies; and a cadre of generous and committed workplace and individual donors that dedicate tens of millions of dollars to making a difference – right here in our region.