Community Services
United Way’s mission is to mobilize the caring power of our community to help one another by making lasting improvements on health and human care issues. Living United means being part of that change. Person County United Way helps people from every part of our community work together on important human care issues. It is committed to making lasting improvements on those issues. It works to strengthen the every day support systems of community life – how individuals, families and neighborhoods work to support one another – and is prepared to assist people when those systems alone are not sufficient. The community is aided primarily through the funding of 16 Partner Agencies, which are independent, local, non-profit, organizations that deliver services and programs to area citizens. United Way believes that funding these organizations is the most efficient and effective way for resources to be channeled into the community, and we recognize that these agencies have the know-how to make donator dollars “stretch” to their greatest potential. The four Community IMPACT Areas United Way addresses in building a stronger, healthier community are: • Strengthening & Supporting Families- we acknowledge that families are the foundation on which strong neighborhoods and communities are built. • Meeting Basic Needs & Crisis Services- cares for individuals and families by providing food, shelter, clothing, basic medical care, and educational opportunities to form a social safety net of essential services in our community.
• Empowering Children & Youth to Succeed- children are better able to achieve success in both the classroom and in life when the following occur: they enter kindergarten ready to learn; they spend quality-learning time with their parents; they attend structured after-school programs; and they have positive goals for their future.
IMPACT in our community, all aspects of our finances are subject to an annual independent audit by a certified public accounting firm.
• Promoting Health & Wellness- by helping people change their lifestyles to move toward a state of optimal health in mind, body, and spirit, individuals will live healthy, independent lives.
You may think volunteering means picking up a paintbrush, planting trees, or working in a soup kitchen. But many nonprofits need professional services like writing a business plan, doing their books, developing a Web site, board governance or software training. Person County United Way offers you a variety of ways to get involved and make an IMPACT through our Volunteer Solutions.
Every year, the United Way IMPACT Councils, one for each IMPACT area, assesses the needs of our community and makes recommendations on funding and distribution to the Community Investment TEAM. Based on these annual recommendations, United Way develops initiatives, supports collaborations, funds programs, convenes experts, and fosters established and new community services. To ensure donator contributions make the maximum
Whether you are giving a monetary donation, advocating on behalf of an issue, or volunteering your time, you are joining a movement for a brighter future for all Personians. To learn more about strengthening your United Way partnership, please contact Jayne Bremer, Executive Director at Person County United Way at 599-5899 or via email at pcunitedway@esinc.net or visit our web site at www.pcunitedway. org
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