Leadership Giving
Every United Way contribution is a personal commitment to helping others and building a caring
community. Leadership donors, by virtue of giving more –
demonstrates an even stronger caring response to those less fortunate.
Leadership donors are recognized each year in our Annual Report
. Tax benefits, of course, make it easier to be generous.
Your Leadership donation of $500 or more to United Way is an investment that improves the lives of people in need – building a stronger community for everyone.
Leadership giving demonstrates strong community support, loving compassion, and generosity from the heart. Leadership gifts are an inspiration for others to support United Way.
We recognize Leadership gifts at five levels: Friends ($500 - $999),
Leaders ($1,000 - $1,499), Builders ($1,500 - $2,499) Patrons ($2,500 - $4,999), and Pathfinders ($5,000 +).
Leadership
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do.
~Edward Everett Hale
Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope...
and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.
~Robert F. Kennedy
You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
~Mahatma Ghandi
YOUR UNITED WAY GIFT DIRECTLY SUPPORTS 91 PROGRAMS AND SERVICES IN OUR CITY AND COUNTY...
A FEW OF THE WAYS UNITED WAY HELPED LOCALLY IN 2008...
- 890 underprivileged children received essential school supplies through Backpacks for Kids.
- 492 children and youths were matched with Big Brother or Big Sister mentors.
- 20 students with Down Syndrome participated in a twenty week karate program (the only one of its kind in Canada).
- Over 700 seniors enjoyed and benefited from the delivery of nutritious meals.
- 518 learning disabled children received one-to-one specialized tutoring.
- 6,500 people used used our local food banks every month, 40% are youth and children.
- 2,209 crisis line calls were answered in 2008.
- 973 seniors and adults with physical disabilities were able to get to their doctors' appointments.
- 12 families, including 16 children, gained access to a safe, affordable home.
- 42 children living in poverty were provided with two meals each day and were able to attend a full day early learning program.
- 20 new Canadian children and youth were helped with English as a Second Language (ESL) through a homework club.
- 35 underprivileged youth were able to experience summer day camps.
- Over 1,300 children and families were kept warm through Coats for Kids and Mitts for Kids.
Levels of Leadership Giving
| Friends | $500 - $999 |
| Leaders | $1,000 - $1,499 |
| Builders | $1,500 - $2,499 |
| Patrons | $2,500 - $4,999 |
| Pathfinders | $5,000 + |
