How United Way Impacts the Mid-South

Print-friendly page

Our work improves Education, Income and Health for the Mid-South

By supporting United Way, working together and living united, we impact the quality of education, income and health of thousands of Mid-Southerners. The ripple effects of these impacts make a difference for everyone in our region!

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 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!

United in their work, our volunteers impact the quality of education, income and health by forming community solutions for these critical areas of need:

Real Stories

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 neighborhoods 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...
Improving health for adults 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...