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  • Day of Caring Partnership between United Way, Non-Profits, Companies and the City
    Day of Caring Partnership between United Way, Non-Profits, Companies and the City

    Around 1,200 volunteers in neon green shirts from 54 companies participate in this year’s United Way Day of Caring on Thursday, May 10, 2012. In all, there are 85 projects and 44 agencies are being helped. Marc Gullickson, CEO at Ryan Companies in Iowa and who is chairing this year’s United Way campaign with wife [...]

  • Kids on Course’s Family Club Helps Families in Cedar Rapids
    Kids on Course’s Family Club Helps Families in Cedar Rapids
  • EDUCATION: Summer Activities for Children When School’s Out
    EDUCATION: Summer Activities for Children When School’s Out

    Video not playing? Try this link. David Savino, Education Initiatives Coordinator – AmeriCorps VISTA – at United Way, talks about how children can continue to stay engaged in education during the summer. Rather read a transcript? Try this below: EDUCATION: Summer Activities for Children When School’s Out   Karol Kelly, Host: “Hello, everyone.   Welcome to [...]

Education

RED Ahead Program featured at May 12th Barnes and Noble Book Fair

RED Ahead Program featured at May 12th Barnes and Noble Book Fair

Update (May 14): Thank you to everyone who stopped out to support the RED Ahead program. Don’t forget there is still time to purchase online. See below for book fair ID. Previous post: On Saturday, May 12th, Barnes and Noble (333 Collins Road NE Cedar Rapids) is hosting a book fair to help support the [...]

Kids on Course’s Family Club Helps Families in Cedar Rapids

Kids on Course’s Family Club Helps Families in Cedar Rapids

Congratulations: Big Brothers Big Sisters Recognized as 2011 Gold Standard Award Winner

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids and East Central Iowa, a United Way partner, was recognized as a 2011 Gold Standard Award Winner by Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.  The purpose of the Gold Standard Awards is to recognize the top tier of outstanding, all-around performance Big Brothers Big Sisters agencies.  A total [...]

Financial stability

United Way partners with Freedom From Hunger: 1,375 pounds of food collected!

United Way partners with Freedom From Hunger: 1,375 pounds of food collected!

Volunteers Needed for Financial Literacy Fair

There is a need for volunteers that can help staff the booths at the 2nd Financial Literacy Fair for Cedar Rapids 8th graders. This project has been incredible and nearly 3500 8th grade students will benefit from participation with the curriculum and the fair as a capstone event. We rely on volunteers from the schools [...]

Food Stamps: A Perspective from Iowa’s Former Governor and Current U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

United Way is partnering with local agencies and businesses to address hunger in our community. Food Assistance, most commonly known as “food stamps”, is one program that is assisting thousands of Iowans meet their nutritional needs. To learn more about hunger in Iowa and to get Iowa’s former governor and current U.S. secretary of agricultures [...]

Health

Heart to Heart Newsletter

Food Stamps: A Perspective from Iowa’s Former Governor and Current U.S. Secretary of Agriculture

United Way is partnering with local agencies and businesses to address hunger in our community. Food Assistance, most commonly known as “food stamps”, is one program that is assisting thousands of Iowans meet their nutritional needs. To learn more about hunger in Iowa and to get Iowa’s former governor and current U.S. secretary of agricultures [...]

Volunteers Helping Neighbors in United Way Program

Volunteers Helping Neighbors in United Way Program

United Way of East Central Iowa focuses on improving the community in three main areas: Health, Financial Stability, and Education.  Within Health, we  focus on providing elder adults the care and services they need in order to stay in their homes longer, while still receiving the needed nutrition and  medical attention. The Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) engages [...]

Volunteering

Volunteer with the Downtown Farmers’ Market!

Help us bring downtown to life at this season’s Farmers’ Markets by signing up to volunteer for one of three time slots throughout the morning. Markets occur the first and third Saturday morning from June to September.

RAGBRAI Stop in Anamosa Needs Volunteers

RAGBRAI Stop in Anamosa Needs Volunteers

Hundreds of volunteers are needed for the 2012 Anamosa RAGBRAI stop.

Horizons Welcomes Helping Hands from Linn County Family Treatment Court

May is Family Treatment Court month, and team members from the Linn County Family Treatment Court are raising program awareness by hosting Giving Back Day on Thursday, May 17, 2012. This year the group will volunteer their time with Horizons, A Family Service Alliance, a United Way partner. Over the last five years, Linn County [...]

News

New 2-1-1 Website Sees 22,000 Searches in Three Months

New 2-1-1 Website Sees 22,000 Searches in Three Months

We launched our new 2-1-1 website in late January and since then 22,000 searches have been recorded. “This is significant and shows that there was a need in the community for this online service,” said Chris Juett, 2-1-1 Program Manager. “We are pleased that we can now offer this service to the community.” In comparison, [...]

Horizons Welcomes Helping Hands from Linn County Family Treatment Court

May is Family Treatment Court month, and team members from the Linn County Family Treatment Court are raising program awareness by hosting Giving Back Day on Thursday, May 17, 2012. This year the group will volunteer their time with Horizons, A Family Service Alliance, a United Way partner. Over the last five years, Linn County [...]

Marion Patch Launches Good Neighbor Award

Marion Patch Launches Good Neighbor Award

The Patch in Marion, Iowa, is launching a new award. From its site: Maybe you want to nominate a non-profit employee who always gives that extra 10 percent above the 100 that’s asked. It could be a community volunteer. How about the teacher who does as much for the community outside the classroom as in [...]

Events

Pictures of People Helping During the 2012 Letter Carrier Food Drive

Pictures of People Helping During the 2012 Letter Carrier Food Drive

Thanks to everyone for helping!

Day of Caring T-Shirts Bring Excited Anticipation to United Way Office

Day of Caring T-Shirts Bring Excited Anticipation to United Way Office

United Way staff are busy at work sorting the Day of Caring shirts that will be worn for the event this year. This year’s event will be held on Thursday, May 10, 2012. This years sponsors are Nordstrom, Rockwell Collins, General Mills, United Fire Group, Toyota Financial Services, Milhiser Smith Foundation, HRGreen, Target, Quaker, Local 110, McGladrey, [...]

Foundation 2 Holds Pancake Breakfast on May 6, 2012

Hungry? Stop by St. Jude’s Catholic Church Parish Center, 50 Edgewood Rd. NW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Sunday, May 6 from 8 a.m. to noon for a special breakfast. Hosted by the Knights of Columbus #5544, the breakfast will raise money for Foundation 2 services. Enjoy eggs, sausage, juice, milk and, of course, pancakes! Free [...]