HEART OF MISSOURIUNITED WAY

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In 2009, United Way funding helped our 31 Partner Agencies provide:

Emergency Services to 35,290 mid-Missourians Senior Services to 5,536 mid-Missourians

Youth & Children’s Services to 27,017 mid-MissouriansHealth & Mental Health Services to 5,310 mid-Missourians

Disability Services to 2,424 mid-MissouriansEmployment Services to 406 mid-Missourians

Other community services to 11,786 mid-Missourians•

Heart of Missouri United Way impacted more than 87,000 people in our service area.

As reported by our Partner Agencies.

• Maximize your investment. Your gift to United Way leverages $1.3 million annually from other funders to our Partner Agencies, turning every dollar you give into $1.40.

• Level monthly support to agencies. Many of our Partner Agencies rely on the allotment of consistent United Way funds each month to serve those in need.

• It’s easy to make a difference. The payroll deduction option with United Way makes donating easy and painless, plus it is tax deductible!

• Local dollars working locally. Giving to Heart of Missouri United Way keeps your dollars working locally to meet current and future needs right here, where we live, work, raise our families and enjoy living.

• Bringing national initiatives to mid-Missouri. United Way 211 links people to the resources they need when they need them; FamilyWize Prescription Program provides a FREE prescription discount card program to mid-Missourians; and Dolly Parton’s

Imagination Library provides FREE age appropriate books to babies from birth to age five in Columbia, all brought to mid-Missouri by United Way.

• Volunteer directed funding. United Way relies on a diverse group of talented community volunteers to continually review, evaluate, and work with all our Partner Agencies to efficiently and thoughtfully allocate United Way funds.

• More opportunities. United Way provides research, training, and capacity building programs for its Partner Agencies - Valuable resources for valued partners!

Why give to UNITED WAY?

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Heart of Missouri United Way

For more than 60 years, Heart of Missouri United Way has mobilized people in our community to

tackle human service issues too big for anyone to solve alone.

Heart of Missouri United Way is implementing a new business model called COMMUNITY IMPACT.

It will mobilize our community to create positive, measurable, and real change that improves lives.

We will expand beyond meeting the immediate needs of the people we serve.

•We will engage our community to look together at the

underlying community conditions creating those needs.•

We will work together to change those conditions.•

We will help empower the people we serve to overcome their needs, realize their full human potential, and create

a brighter future for their families and our community.

GIVE.The workplace campaign is the easiest and most powerful way to invest in mid-Missouri. Your contribution will have a direct impact on the local community. It is combined with others to leverage greater local and state dollars for our community creating a stronger impact. You can also designate your gift to the HMUW Partner Agency or Community Initiative of your choice.

ADVOCATE.You can make change happen with your voice. Get informed. Tell your friends about United Way. Join us on Facebook. Write a letter to the editor. Heart of Missouri United Way needs people who are passionate about education, income, health, and safety net services to make some noise. Sign up for newsletters to stay informed at www.uwheartmo.org.

VOLUNTEER.Heart of Missouri United Way works with volunteers throughout the year matching skills with local non-profits’ needs. In 2009, United Way coordinated 25,000 volunteer hours with a value of $525,000. Go to www.uwheartmo.org to create your LIVE UNITED Action Team or ask your Employee Campaign Coordinator for more information.

2-1-1 is a fast, free and confidential information & referral line available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 2-1-1 call centers operate under national standards and are staffed by trained specialists who quickly assess the callers’ needs and refer them to the help they seek. Information is available on a broad range of services, including food banks, emergency shelters, affordable housing, health resources, child care, after-school programs, elderly care, financial literacy, and job training programs.

Missouri 2-1-1 entered it’s third year of operation in 2010. In the seven county mid-Missouri area alone there were more than 3,500 calls in the past year with the majority focusing on utility assistance and mortgage relief.

In 1996, Dolly Parton launched an exciting new effort to benefit the children of her home county in east Tennessee. Dolly decided to mail a brand new, age-appropriate book each month to every child under 5 in Sevier County. With the arrival of the first book, the classic “The Little Engine That Could™”, every child can now experience the joy of finding their very own book in the mailbox. These moments continue each month until the child receives “Look Out Kindergarten Here I Come” at the age of five.

Heart of Missouri United Way, through a partnership with Daniel Boone Regional Library, brought Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library initiative to Columbia in May 2008 and now has more than 2,500 babies signed up for the program, more than 80% of the babies born in Columbia.

Heart of Missouri United Way supports 3 Community Initiatives in addition to the programs and services of our 31 Partner Agencies.COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

Heart of Missouri United Way supports 3 Community Initiatives in addition to the programs and services of our 31 Partner Agencies.

Launched in mid-Missouri in July 2009 by Heart of Missouri United Way, FamilyWize provides discounts on prescription medications to uninsured and underinsured Missourians at most pharmacies. Every day people use FamilyWize cards enabling them to get the medicine they could not otherwise afford. The savings are provided by more than 65,000 participating pharmacies nationwide that voluntarily accept FamilyWize cards and lower the cost of medication.

Since it’s launch by Heart of Missouri United Way, the FamilyWize discount card has saved mid-Missourians over $250,000!

Cut out the card below and use at any of the local mid-Missouri Pharmacies, for more information on prescription costs please visit www.familywize.com/services.aspx

COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

Adult Day ConnectionAlzheimer’s Association

American Red CrossBig Brothers Big Sisters

Boone County Council on AgingBoonslick Heartland YMCA

Boy Scouts of America, Great Rivers CouncilBoys and Girls Club of the Columbia Area

Boys and Girls Town of Missouri a Great Circle AgencyFamily Counseling Center of Missouri

Family Health CenterFun City Youth Academy

Girl Scouts of the Missouri HeartlandHarrisburg Early Learning Center

Harvest HouseJob Point

Lutheran Family and Children’s ServicesMary Lee Johnston Community Learning Center

Meals on WheelsNora Stewart Early Learning Center

OATS Transportation ServicesPhoenix ProgramsRainbow House

Services for Independent LivingThe Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri

The Salvation ArmyCHS Inc., The Shelter

University YMCAUnlimited Opportunities

UCP Easter Seals Child Development CenterVoluntary Action Center

PARTNER AGENCIES