Welcome to 2011!!!!

Welcome to the United Way for Spoon River Country's blog! It is a new year and time to LIVE UNITED!

I would like to thank all of our faithful donors who make such an impact in the programs we support. Currently we provide grants to twelve agencies and within those agencies we support twenty programs.

The agencies we support are:
Boy Scouts,
Camp Big Sky
Catholic Charities
Fulton-Mason Crisis Service
Girl Scouts
Habitat for Humanity
K.A.R.E.
Red Cross
The Salvation Army
YMCA
Youth Acres
YWCA

Each program that receives funds falls within the parameters of our core values of Education, Income, and Health.

Everyone deserves opportunities to have a good life: a quality education that leads to a stable job, enough income to support a family through retirement, and good health.

That’s why United Way’s work is focused on the building blocks for a good life:

• Education – Helping Children and Youth Achieve Their Potential
• Income – Promoting Financial Stability and Independence
• Health – Improving People’s Health

Advancing the common good is less about helping one person at a time and more about changing systems to help all of us. We are all connected and interdependent. We all win when a child succeeds in school, when families are financially stable, when people are healthy.

United Way’s goal is to create long-lasting changes by addressing the underlying causes of these problems. Living united means being a part of the change. It takes everyone in the community working together to create a brighter future. Give. Advocate. Volunteer. LIVE UNITED.

We look forward to serving Fulton County in 2011 and hope you join us. Follow our blog to find out local fundraisers, volunteer opportunities, and how you can LIVE UNITED!