Community Impact

United Way, nationally and locally, has been in the midst of a major transformation of effectiveness. The new model is known as Community Impact. Rather than spread dollars thinly across a wide range of programs, Community Impact focuses our resources, partnerships, fundraising and volunteers on the building blocks for a good life - Fullfilling Basic Needs, Supporting Vulnerable and Aging Populations, and Nurturing Children and Youth.

These issues affect all of us right here in our own community, where we live, work and play. They are not isolated instances, involving only disadvantaged families and individuals. They are issues that matter to us collectively. We all have a personal stake in creating viable solutions that engage and activate us as community partners to not just address the problems, but rather, engage ourselves in lasting, sustainable transformation.

United Way of Lewis County is addressing our community’s issues in order to best affect long-term results within our community; we are coming together and forming partnerships to develop lasting solutions.

Our ultimate goal is to solve community problems for the long term, not just manage them. To that end, funding priorities have been set for the 2011-2012 United Way campaign. Committed and collaborate progress on these goals will help targeted populations and ripple out to positively effect a host of other human needs and community issues. This will ultimitely diminish the need for costly interventions with people in crisis.