numberofpeoplegoinghungryinourcommunityamazesme.Youknow,somepeoplearefortunate;theygettocometomystor

WHAT IT MEANS TO

How I LIVE UNITED

I’M DAVE, FROM PICKERINGTON I’m in the food business. I oversee regional operations for a chain of grocery stores. I also do everything I can to help get food to people who really need it, who at the end of the month come up one paycheck short.

The number of people going hungry in our community amazes me. You know, some people are fortunate; they get to come to my stores and buy their food while other folks have to stand in line at a soup kitchen.

I give to United Way of Central Ohio because they support emergency food assistance. And my stores help too, by freezing and sending food pantries unsold meat before it goes out of date. We’re also involved in building a new food bank for Central Ohio, advising the director about logistics and design.

I want to live in a community that makes sure no one goes to bed hungry. So I give my money, my time and my expertise. That’s how I LIVE UNITED.

Advancing the Common Good United Way of Central Ohio is working to advance the common good by focusing on the building blocks for a good life: a quality education that leads to a productive career, enough income to support a family through retirement, good health, and a safe place to live.

United Way’s Community Impact Fund supports ongoing programs that focus on improving lives in the areas of Education, Income, Health and Home.

We bring together a broad range of community partners to ask questions, brainstorm solutions and develop a common vision to create opportunities for a better life for all.

It takes everyone in the community working together to create a brighter future. Living united means being part of the change.

Join us. Invest your money, use your voice, and volunteer your time to advance the common good for all of us. United, we can change what we see in our community.

Building Blocks for a Good Life Our goal is to create long-lasting changes that prevent problems from happening in the first place. To do this, United Way funds programs that focus on the community’s most pressing problems. We hold ourselves and our partners accountable for achieving measurable, sustainable results in these areas:

EDUCATION • Young children enter kindergarten physically, emotionally, socially and cognitively prepared to succeed • Youth graduate from high school well-prepared for additional learning and productive careers

INCOME • People achieve financial stability • People in crisis have access to emergency food, shelter and financial assistance

HEALTH • People overcome barriers to accessing health and wellness services • People maintain healthy nutrition and physical fitness

HOME • People live in safe neighborhoods • People live in safe and decent housing • The community is prepared to respond to disasters and emergencies in a coordinated and comprehensive way

How I LIVE UNITED

I’M Adrienne, FROM CLINTONVILLE I’m a mom to my seven-year-old daughter. And I have a great job in communications where I get to do something new and different every day.

For a few hours a month, I mentor an eighth grader named Lisa at The Columbus Africentric School. Through Project Mentor, we talk, we do activities together and we play lots of games. I’d heard about these kinds of mentoring programs when I was in graduate school and saw how they really change lives.

Getting to know Lisa has helped me better understand some of the problems kids face in our community. She’s given me a window to my own daughter’s future. And I’m proud be guiding her through some tough times and decisions.

Everyone has something to share. I’ve been giving to United Way of Central Ohio for as long as I’ve been working. In addition to giving my money, I give my time. That’s how I LIVE UNITED.

Your Invitation to Live United Be part of the change. Together, united, we can inspire hope and create opportunities for a better tomorrow.

GIVE Giving to United Way of Central Ohio’s Community Impact Fund is the easiest and most powerful way to improve lives and build a stronger community. The Community Impact Fund supports programs in Education, Income, Health and Home. Each individual gift adds up. Give through payroll deduction at your workplace, or donate online at liveunitedcentralohio.org.

ADVOCATE You can make change happen with your voice. Get informed. Tell your friends.

Write a letter to the editor. Our community needs people who are passionate about helping others to speak out. Go to liveunitedcentralohio.org to sign up for our newsletter so you can be in the know about advocacy opportunities in central Ohio.

VOLUNTEER Volunteer your time and talents to make a difference in people’s lives in central Ohio. Give an hour. Give a Saturday. Share a talent. Lend a hand. You’ll make a difference. Visit liveunitedcentralohio.org for volunteer opportunities.

If your company doesn’t have an annual campaign, visit LIVEUNITEDCENTRALOHIO.ORG to learn how you can help.

Get Connected

Tell Us How You LIVE UNITED Log on to liveunitedcentralohio.org/connect, or complete this card and mail it in, or fax to 614.224.5835.

I LIVE UNITED by__________________________________ ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Salutation:_____________________________________________ Name:________________________________________________ Home Address:__________________________________________

____________________________________________________ Preferred Phone #:_________________________________

m Home m Work m Home Work

Preferred Email:___________________________________ m

Company:______________________________________________ m I want to stay connected! Please email me the LIVING UNITED newsletter.

(Be sure to include your email address above.) m I am a Loyal Contributor who has donated to United Way for 10 or more years.

Building blocks I care about:

I’d like to learn more about:

m EDUCATION

m Planned Giving

m INCOME

m Public Policy Action Alerts

m HEALTH

m Volunteer Opportunities

m HOME United Way of Central Ohio will never sell, trade, share or rent your personal information to its merchant partners, member agencies or any other third parties without your prior consent.

360 South Third Street Columbus, Ohio 43215-5485

United Way of Central Ohio Attn: Communications 360 S. 3rd Street Columbus, OH 43215

Please place stamp here.

Post Office will not deliver mail without proper postage.

Leadership & Planned Giving Our most critical resource is people. It takes contributors, businesses, unions, government, volunteers, and civic and social service organizations working collaboratively to reach our mutual goals. It also takes the support of a special group of individuals who are inspired by what we can accomplish together and who step up to a leadership role in charitable giving.

Leadership Giving Leaders Circle African American Key Club Young Leadership Group Cinquefoil Fellowship Alexis de Tocqueville Society The Society of 1885

-

members invest according to income guidelines members invest $1,000 or more annually members invest $2,500 or more annually members invest $5,000 or more annually members invest $10,000 or more annually members make a planned gift

Please Give When you give to United Way’s Community Impact Fund, you support programs in Education, Income, Health and Home that make a difference right here in central Ohio. So please give. United, we can change people’s lives and build a stronger community.

Give. Advocate. Volunteer.

Live United

tm

LIVEUNITEDCENTRALOHIO.ORG 360 South Third Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215-5485 Tel 614.227.2700 Fax 614.224.5835 TTY 614.227.2710