How United Way Impacts the Mid-South

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Your support of United Way improves education, finances and health.

By supporting United Way, working together and living united, we can impact the quality of education, finances and health of thousands of Mid-Southerners. The ripple effects of such positive impacts make a difference for everyone in the Mid-South!

Every day, your support makes a vital difference in:
> Providing nurturing environments for children
> Helping people obtain job skills to find quality employment
> Assisting seniors struggling with health care related needs
> Getting food and shelter to people facing tough times
> Making safe havens from physical and psychological abuse available
> Providing therapy for people coping with special challenges
> And so much more!

Working together, United Way volunteers focus on improving education, finances and health by forming community solutions for these critical areas of need:

Because of his medical condition, Jim (not his real name), a 47-year-old husband and father of two, had not left his house for almost 3 years... Read More...

Helping children and youth succeed Helping more young children see positive development in cognitive, social, language motor and self-help skills Stressing parental involvement and decreasing drug, tobacco and alchohol use to help prevent delinquent behavior Improving grades, increasing school attendance, decreasing discipline problems More...	$\\Uw-svr-docs2\docs2_files\skorupad\Web Photos\04Impact01$
Strengthening families and promoting self-sufficiency for individuals Helping families overcome serious problems that could break them apart Reducing the number of families facing violence and/or abuse Improving physical well-being and stability of living conditions Improving literacy and job training so people can earn higher wages and better care for families More...
Enhancing the lives of adults with disabilities and seniors Helping more people with disabilities with physical and mental well-being needs Providing programs that focus on memory skills, social development and appropriate exercise Creating access to opportunities regardless of disability, language, impairments or other needs More...
Maintaining our community's safety net Providing sufficient food Providing adequate clothing Securing emergency housing More...	$\\Uw-svr-files1\marketing\shared_files\mktg-current\Posters\04Posters\icons\SafetyNet$
Building vital and safer neighborhoods Supporting development of neighborhood associations and community based programs Giving low-income families accesss to affordable home mortgages Improving the quality of housing in neglected areas Supporting neighborhood leadership in addressing crime, vacancy, lighting and community beautification More...	$\\Uw-svr-files1\marketing\shared_files\mktg-current\Posters\04Posters\icons\Neighborhoods$