United Way Of Sheboygan County Inc

Programs: United way believes everyone deserves opportunities to have a good life. This includes 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 education, income, and health, the building blocks for life success. What does united way do? We mobilize volunteers, community leaders and experts in the fields of education, income and health to determine how to invest your donation, along with the donations of 10,000 other sheboygan county residents, in programs proven to make a lasting community impact. Why does this matter? With your help, sheboygan county's schools are better, because more children are ready to learn. Sheboygan county's neighborhoods are safer, because more residents make a productive living. And sheboygan county is healthier, because more people have access to health services. For the 2017-18 year, united way of sheboygan county (uwsc) has been focused on improving education, income and health through traditional partner agency program funding as well as the focus areas of: community partnership for children, food for tommorrow and path: providing access to healing. Additionally, uwsc continues to run the volunteer center of sheboygan county. For more information, visit uwofsc. Org. This year 17 restaurants participated during united way's 2017 dine out. Following the event, united way's volunteer center hosted the second annual spirit of sheboygan volunteer awards in march. 215 individuals joined in celebrating volunteerism accross the county. With a record breaking 90 nominations, 49 individual volunteers, group organizations and corporate partners were recognized and nine award winners were announced.

june marked the end of a successful 2016-17 campaign. Campaign funds were invested in 38 programs provided by 20 local nonprofit agencies and united way's two focus areas: providing access to healing (path) and sheboygan county community partnerhsip for children (sccpc). On september 14, more than 550 individuals attended the kick off of united way's 2017-18 campaign at the sheboygan a's ballpark. Those individuals then participated in 2017 day of caring by painting, stuffing mailings, building walls, moving mulch and much more! 35 nonprofit project sites benefitted from their hard work that day! The day concluded at fountain park for taste sheboygan. September also marks the start of every school year. The path program, one of united way's focus areas, expanded and is available in the following schools: elkhart lake/glenbeulah, etude, plymouth, oostburg, random lake and sheboygan falls. Every year individuals can't wait to share delicious food with fellow community members, friends and family in kohler for harvest for the hungry in october. The sixth annual harvest for the hungry is a huge success serving 1,356 meals with proceeds going to the food bank and the boy's and girl's club's summer lunch program. The sccpc, another focus area of united way's, celebrated the one-year 'birthday' of their welcome baby program in november. The welcome baby provides a visit with a resource specialist to first-time parents while in the hospital, helping them navigate new parenthood and connecting them to resources. New board members: paul carlsen, barb felde, leslie laster, deidre martinez, melissa mauer and cearra warne are added to a diverse group of highly engaged individuals dedicated to making our community one of collective impact. Gary teselle, nathan simmons and melissa mauer join an already quality group of individuals on the finance committee. Gary teselle, nathan simmons and cory roeseler are new members of the community action team committing extensive hours analyzing proposals and making investment recommendations. Dr. Joe sheehan and dr. Jackie joseph-silverstein serve as co-chairs for the campaign setting a $2,600,000 internal goal. The community action team invested nearly $2,100,000 to 39 programs and 2 focus areas, which benefits many people throughout sheboygan county. The community partnership for children coalition continues to grow and has expanded the screening days for young people. Lee anne raleigh takes the lead of the volunteer center and establishes strong collaboration between volunteers and those needing support. Campaign nets over $2,900,000 for only the second time in history. Operationally, united way had an unaudited net savings of $225,000 budget to actual. Katelyn braun is hired as the director of community development and quickly established herself as a dynamic presenter and visionary. Heather dana is hired as administrative assistant and gains a solid understanding of the andar program and helps reduce overhead with multiple initiatives.