STRONGER FAMILIES: THRIVING COMMUNITIES |
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Dear Community Partner,
United Way of Greater Dayton (UWGDA) has long provided essential services to lift our neighbors up in their time of need. Our pillars focus on income stability, education, and health for the most vulnerable among us.
COVID-19 crisis created many challenges and uncertainties for us all. To adapt, UWGDA addressed our neighbors in need with essential services. However, the long journey revealed many new neighbors, who for the first time, faced a dire need for help.
With a new strategic vision, United Way of the Greater Dayton Area (UWGDA) will launch a new initiative known as Strong Families. The program works in two prongs: Strong Families Initiative and Prosperi-Key. Strong Families helps families navigate and prevent financial crisis. This two-generation approach ensures families stay in their homes, become financially stable, and their children succeed in school. The referral program offers a collective approach to work with local agencies to identify the family’s particular challenges, and bring resources together to deliver long term success.
Correspondingly, Prosperi-Key will launch as a website platform to connect working households with affordable goods and services. As a nonprofit service, the platform delivers a business advantage through corporate social responsibility. Cause market services that offer a helping hand to local neighbors include automobiles, banking/ member services, car care, daycare, insurance, health/beauty, home improvements, entertainment, employment and educational opportunities, etc.
In addition to the new programs set to launch, I encourage you to join us for upcoming events happening in Greene County. We realize it takes all of us, United, to have the kind of impact our community needs to support Greene County and the communities we serve.
With Gratitude,
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Rebecca Cantrell, MA ABS, MPA, CNP Director, Greene County United Way of the Greater Dayton Area
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2020-2021 Greene County
Mid-Year Summary Impact Report
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GREENE COUNTY IMPACT
TCN Behavioral Health 141 SUD Residential received support service literature
Community Action Partnership of the Greater Dayton Area: 123 homeless individuals were given a place to stay and received assistance needed to obtain permanent housing.1092 case management sessions provided.
Family Violence Prevention Center of Greene County Inc.: 255 victims received referrals to meet immediate services. 5035 safe shelter nights provided for women and children in Greene County. 313 victims receive received support services to help them with reported trauma of abuse.
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GG Pandemic Relief Fund Provided support for 10 local nonprofits to provide expedited Greene County community support affected by the pandemic.
The Foodbank, Inc.: Distributed more than 2.1 million pounds of food, providing over 1.7 million individual meals to Greene County residents.
The YMCA of Greater Dayton: Lunches provided for the Summer Program in Xenia and Fairborn YMCA locations.
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2021 BIG THANKS APRIL 28 8-10 AM
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The Big Thanks, our annual signature event, expresses our deep felt gratitude toward the many volunteers, donors and sponsors who have helped us move The Miami Valley Region forward.
Thanks to the generous support from CareSource, Wright Patt Credit Union, Cox Media Group and The John & Betty Meyer Foundation, a free and open invite is offered to anyone who donates, volunteers or advocates for United Way of the Greater Dayton Area.
The event is schedule to take place virtually on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Please register to attend and help us celebrate.
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SIBCO FUNDRAISER: STORAGE WARS |
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Spring Cleaning and want to find a purpose for your gently used items? From now until April 16, there's still space for your unused items! Drop them off before Friday, April 16 to SIBCO LTD Unit #13016 at 620 Phillips Dr. in Beavercreek.
From April 19-26, SIBCO will auction these treasures online at www.sibcoltd.com
Proceeds support our United Way local programs.
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GLOW RUN 5K @ XENIA STATION |
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Break out your neon swag -The Inaugural 5K GLOW RUN & WALK is a 3-mile course set with designated glow zones with neon color fun and lit by black lights-leaving you with a neon glow from head to toe- You will not want this fun one-of- a kind night to end!
The 5k Glow Run & Walk takes place at Xenia Station – 150 S Miami Ave., Xenia, OH 45385 on May 15, 2021 The race begins at 9PM with registration/ sign beginning at 7PM.
Proceeds from the 5K Glow Run& Walk benefit two Greene county organizations: United Way of the Greater Dayton Area and Family Violence Prevention Center. Event sponsored by: Xenia Glass and Lock, Wagner Subaru and John & Betty Meyer Foundation. Music is provided by DJ Chill and GLOW Zones created by Sip& Dipity.
All ages are welcome; Ages 8 and older must register. 5K Glow Run & Walk Registration includes: Event T-shirt, Walk/Run experience, Bib Ticket, and Post DJ Dance Glow Party GLO swag items will be available for purchase at the event. For complete details visit: Speedy-Feet.com
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WORK UNITED: Help us build communities of stable households and thriving children.
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United Way of the Greater Dayton area is there when community members need them most. But they can’t do it without your support. Your donation to United Way helps families meet their basic needs and helps prepare children for what may be an unusual year of school.
Please consider being part of a Workforce campaign, there’s still time to make a real difference. When you and your coworkers give to United Way, you’re making your dollars go further toward helping the community and your neighbors. That’s because we leverage a network of hundreds of community, corporate, government and nonprofit partners, and thousands of donors, volunteers and advocates, to create positive, measurable and sustainable change in our community.
Whether your company is still in the office or working remotely, we can’t wait to show you the impact United Way is able to make because of supporters like you. Please contact me to set up your workplace giving campaign- and let's help our community Create a Better Tomorrow.
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For information & event details, please visit our website |
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