My Nonprofit Reviews

I have been involved with United Way for over 30 years as a volunteer, campaign coordinator at my workplace, committee chairperson, Live United day participant, and Board Member. The United Way of Cass County does great things in our community. One of the projects that our United Way supports is the backpack program. When this program first began, I thought to myself, how do these kids not stand out, or feel ashamed when they are carrying home a backpack full of food every Friday which shows the other students that they are less fortunate than some of their peers. Then, during one of our campaign rallies, there was a student and his grandmother who came to speak. The student, who was in 3rd grade said that he loved getting his backpack full of food each week because he and his 3 siblings lived with his grandmother and he felt bad because he knew she was struggling to provide enough for all of them. He said when he received his backpack full of food each Friday, they have some food for the weekend, and he feels like he is helping his family out. There was no shame, as I thought these kids might feel. Instead, he was proud that he was helping his family out. I love this program and all of the other programs and agencies that my contributions and my United Way help support!