2010 United Way Campaign Kicks Off

United Way launched its 2010 fundraising campaign on September 8, announcing a goal of recruiting 25,000 new United Way donors. Campaign Co-Chairs Mark Jorgenson and Patrick "Duke" Dujakovich are confident that through the generosity of new and existing donors, United Way can raise the funds needed to help people who are struggling and support more than 300 health and human service programs crucial to the health and stability of our community.

One of the reasons for the optimism is the success of this year's Pacesetter companies, which conducted early United Way campaigns to help jump-start the fundraising effort. Thirteen organizations ran their campaigns in July and August and together they raised $5,596,388. Read more...

Quality Matters -

Preparing Our Children and Youth for School and Life Success

Research has proven that youth who don't participate in quality out-of-school time programs are three times more likely to use drugs, drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes or engage in sexual activity. Given those statistics, United Way is taking steps to strengthen out-of-school time programming through its Quality Matters change strategy.

United Way recently announced the results of a five-month Quality Matters pilot project, involving 24 program sites, focused on improving the quality of out-of-school time programs while utilizing new techniques to engage children and youth.
Read the results...