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to Fort Dodge Fine Arts Association on your ribbon cutting celebrating the Grand Opening of the Fort Dodge Fine Arts Association’s Auditorium at Phillips Luxury Apartments! Over the last three years, the FDFAA has put in a lot of work into the 100 year old auditorium, including cleaning and replacing the stage curtains, replacing and painting the stage flooring, replacing the carpeting and cleaning the audience seating. Now that the first phase of the Phillips Auditorium improvements are complete, the FDFAA is looking toward the second phase, which includes raising the approximately $100,000 needed to install an in-house sound and lighting system.
Fort Dodge Community Foundation and UNITED WAY
OUR YOUTH NEED OUR HELP
Our youth need our help. Today, one out of four children and adolescents in Fort Dodge are living below, at or very close to the poverty level. It’s heart-breaking to think there are children growing up in our community with little or no hope for a bright future. One of the worst things about childhood poverty is the belief that there is no way to break the hopeless-
ness of being poor. Children and adolescents who live in poverty often experience social afflictions such as homelessness, hunger, depression, high rates of chronic and acute health problems, mental and physical abuse, and low self- esteem. These “toxic stressors” are very detrimental to children and teens and often lead to
lasting impacts on their learning, positive social development and personal well-being.
United Way of Greater Fort Dodge’s number one priority is to support efforts to lift these children up and give them hope. United Way believes that a community of friends can make a difference by working together to support young lives and help them overcome the horrific social ills of poverty.
No Child Turned Away: Children in poverty often have to go without – without stable housing, nutritious food, proper clothing, a warm bed, a prescription drug, corrective lenses, transportation to school or events, participation in enrichment activities, etc. United Way strives to help destitute youth so no child is turned away and denied opportunity.
We do this for impoverished children in need by: • Preventing homelessness • Providing food for kids • Providing clothes for kids that lack proper clothing • Providing beds for kids that are sleeping on floors • Providing prescription drugs for kids that are ill • Providing corrective lenses for kids that need glasses • Providing transportation to school and for medical services • Providing kids with enrichment opportunities for education, sports and music
These are a few of the many ways that United Way is helping the less fortunate; giving them a hand up, not a hand out. By investing in children in our community, we are also strengthening families and building a stronger community.
RANDY KUHLMAN
UNITED WAY OF GREATER FORT DODGE
-Nelson Mandela When underprivileged children are offered a “helping hand,” they get the message that someone does care and thinks they are “worth it.” The small spark of hope and happiness within the spirit of a child can make all the difference in the world. It gives them the fortitude and the motivation to succeed, because they know someone believes in them and is willing to help. This internal feeling helps them gain confidence and get excited about proving what they can do, what they can achieve, and how far they can go. It gives them hope.
People interesting in supporting this effort can donate to the United Way campaign by mailing a their donations to United Way of Greater Fort Dodge, 24 North 9th Street, Suite B, Fort Dodge, IA 50501. Every dollar donated to United Way stays right here in our community and county and is used efficiently and effectively to touch the lives of hundreds of disadvantaged youth.
Randy Kuhlman, C.E.O. United Way and Community Foundation of Greater Fort Dodge
