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Welcome to United Way of Monroe County 

At United Way, our mission is to improve people's lives

Working with 25 certified member agencies and other partners, United Way ensures that Monroe County residents have the building blocks for opportunity:

  • education for life and career,
  • earnings that allow people of all ages and abilities to be self-sufficient, and.
  • the essentials (access to food, housing, health care, and emergency services)

We have special programs that help us meet these objectives. Born Learning will help us ensure that children in our community enter school ready to learn... just like our partners in the Workforce Preparation Network are ensuring they will leave school ready to earn.

Creating opportunities is a good reason for everyone in this community to Live United... to give, advocate and volunteer to help the causes you care about. When you Take Action, you Create Opportunity. Tell us how YOU Live United... and you might win a Live United t-shirt!

Enjoy our site and please call me at 334-8370 if you'd like to get involved improving people's lives.   Thanks!

to contribute.... ...
Barry D. Lessow, Executive Director
 
PS: If you need assistance, call 2-1-1.  The operators are here to help.

 

 

 

NEWS...

updated 02/06/2010

 

Read our June newsletter!.

Happy 2010!.

Improve Lives -- Make a Pledge Now!

How YOU can improve people's lives!

Claim it!  Keep it!

January is National Mentoring Month

Visit us at Children's Expo Feb 13 at Ivy Tech

Visit us at Children's Expo.

Monroe Smart Start Coordinator Named.

Read our Kick-off newsletter!.

1 year later

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Impact Facts:

In 2008, your donation ensured that people in need saw opportunity:

  • More than 5,500 area youth participated in after-school programs, day care, education opportunities, mentoring, therapy, advocacy, and other organized activities. More than 935,000 meals were given to local residents experiencing hunger... about 50% went to children and 15% to seniors.
  • Nearly 11,000 residents in need were provided with medical services, equipment, prescription assistance, screenings, and counseling enabling them to maintain their health.
  • The Community Kitchen Summer Breakfast program delivered 11,766 breakfasts to children in eight low-income neighborhoods and two youth-serving programs.
  • Nearly 500 families were kept from homelessness because they received help with rent, utilities, and legal assistance.
  • 141 preschool children had affordable, dependable care that allowed their parents to go to work.
  • 100% of the graduation-age youth in two United Way-funded programs, Rhino’s and Girls Inc. graduated high school.
  • 5,044 nights of emergency shelter were provided by Middle Way House to women and children in the aftermath of traumatic violence.
  • The American Red Cross provided 32 individuals and families with emergency food, shelter, and supplies to help them recover from residential fires.
  • 119 community members learned how to respond in a disaster through American Red Cross training.
  • More than 750 families received Born Learning materials filled with researched-based parenting tips and ways to turn everyday moments into learning experiences.
  • Over 900 at-risk residents were provided supports to maintain or gain employment. These supports include resume and interview coaching, on-the-job training, reliable affordable childcare, and legal counseling.
  • The Monroe County Long Term Recovery Committee, a United Way program, assisted more than 400 individuals and families affected by the severe storms and floods of 2008.
     

Take Action. Create Opportunity. LIVE UNITED.


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United Way of Monroe County, Inc.  
441 South College Avenue
Bloomington, IN  47403
812-334-8370
uw@monroeunitedway.org