Thank you for being a certified United Way partner! We thought you might find the following information useful.
IMPORTANT: If you haven’t already, please don’t forget to register for the required Nonprofit Leadership Summit. Spaces are filling and registration will close soon.
Day of Caring update: If you submitted an application for Day of Caring, you will be contacted in the coming weeks after review of our volunteer committee.
If you are like me, New Year’s Day is a day of reflection and a day to make big plans for the coming year. At our United Way we celebrate New Year’s Day twice a year: on January 1st, the official New Year’s Day, and on July 1st when our new fiscal year begins.
As I reflect on our work over this past year, I am thankful to you– our donors, volunteers, advocates and ambassadors—for your steadfast and generous support. Thanks to you, more than 690 kids in our STAR Readers project are on the path to reading at grade level. Thanks to you, 3,371 kids are learning how to be Fit Kids by adopting a healthy lifestyle and reducing their risk of childhood obesity. Thanks to you, 495 families were able to complete their tax returns this year at no cost and receive refunds that will help them on their path to financial stability. Thanks to you, 90% of foster youth in our $en$e-Ability project have better money management skills and a safety net as they emancipate out of the system into adulthood and independence. Thanks to you, the Toilet Paper drive received more than 161,000 rolls of toilet paper to be distributed to our nonprofit partners, which will represent real savings that they can invest in programs and services.
We proudly introduce our online Volunteer Center to provide an organized, community-wide portal that connects you with the volunteer opportunities of our 160 local nonprofit partners.
We encourage you to create your profile online! You can select your interests, become a fan your favorite nonprofits, join volunteer groups, donate items to nonprofits in need, learn about upcoming special events, and sign-up to volunteer!
Get started today: volunteercenter.uwccr.org
Last year, for the very first time, United Way California Capital Region partnered with FamilyWize Community Partnership to organize and coordinate community-wide distribution of free prescription drug discount cards.
In 2014, with the help of our nonprofit partners, we were able help members in our community save over $490,000 in the cost of prescription drug medication! This amazing feat could not have been made possible without the help of our nonprofit partners.
