UWEC

The United Way of Ellis County formally ended the 2015 “Uniting Our Community” campaign on January 31, 2016.

Although the campaign ended at 85%, raising $415,000 of the set goal of $490,000, the UWEC Board of Directors understands the role of the economy in this year’s shortfall. The UWEC Board of Directors was able to complete a reallocation of UWEC reserves to bring the campaign goal to 100%. This allows the UWEC Partner Agencies to receive their full allocation as recommended through the CARE Council process.

A new opportunity for the UWEC Partner Agencies became available for this year when the UWEC was awarded a $50,000 “in-kind” grant through the Kansas Leadership Center. According to Sherry Dryden, UWEC Executive Director, “Unfortunately when agencies have to make cuts to their budgets, training is one of the first items to be cut. This is one way UWEC can assist the agencies ensuring their staff can still have training opportunities to promote development. We will continue to explore other opportunities for the UWEC Partner Agencies – that is what being a partner is all about – supporting each other.”

Even though the UWEC active campaign season begins in August, 2016, with the Pacesetter companies beginning in June, UWEC does take donations throughout the year. If you would like to give, please mail donations or stop by the offices at 205 E. 7th Street, Suite 106. Donations can also be processed through the “Donate” button at our website www.liveunited.us.

It is never too late to give.