It is not only a community resource but also a local partnership of volunteers, donors, businesses, service providers and people served. Apart from government, United Way supports the greatest variety of health and human services, reaching people from all walks of life and all income groups. United Way serves local needs through fund distribution and as a community builder.
Funds raised in the community stay in the community.
They make sure donors money is well spent to help local people who really need help. United Way is a family of 29 local member agencies which support a wide variety of services, such as affordable child care for working parents, emergency assistance and shelter for homeless families, counseling for families in crisis, substance abuse treatment and prevention, shelter for abused women and children, and much, much more. The much more also includes services for elderly. These services range from home delivered meals for homebound elderly, disabled, and recently hospitalized persons to support services for families dealing with dementia. There is also an adult day care program, transportation service to doctors appointments, and individual care management that assesses senior s needs, makes appropriate referrals and will even perform advocacy activities.