OPEN YOUR HEART
LEND YOUR MUSCLE
JOIN THE MOVEMENT
River Valley United Way Funding Priorities
WHY EDUCATION, INCOME & HEALTH?
United Way Creates Opportunities By Focusing On
The Building Blocks For A Good Life.
EDUCATION: Helping children and youth achieve their potential through education.
- Improving access to quality, affordable child care and early learning opportunities
- Partnering with schools and parents to improve graduation rates
- Providing after-school and mentoring programs for at-risk youth
INCOME: Helping families become financially stable and independent
- Supporting basic needs while increasing financial education
- Helping hardworking people obtain job training and family-sustaining wages
- Increasing affordable housing for seniors and families
HEALTH: Improving people's health
- Increasing access to critical healthcare services
- Reducing substance abuse, child abuse and domestic violence
- Increasing health education and preventive care
Give Now
Our Goals to Giving
We invite you to be part of the change…Through your giving, you are partnering with United Way and its local partner programs. Together, United, we can inspire hope and create opportunities for a better tomorrow.
Live United in Your Community
Email info@rivervalleyunitedway.org to receive current volunteering opportunities and news from River Valley United Way.
Five Things You Can Do
1. Participate in the 2008 NALC Food Drive on May 10th.
2. Educate yourself on community issues and spend June 21st, the longest day of the year, advocating for your community.
3. Create a collection point at your business or office to collect school supplies for the annual Stuff the Bus school supply drive on July 26th.
4. Visit our booth at the Business Expo August 5th & 6th to record how you live united.
5. Organize a team and register to volunteer for the 5th Annual River Valley United Way Day of Caring on September 12th.








