United Way
From website:
“United Way of the River Cities is a non-profit organization, the mission of which is to better the human condition in our community. United Way supports programs and strategies that address critical issues in the Focus Areas of Health and Wellness, Learning and Earning, Families and Children, and Basic Needs/Unforseen Hardships. This support is in the form of fundraising, grant writing, and convening partnerships. United Way ensures that a safety net of services is available throughout the region, as well as strategies that create long-term solutions for some of the most persistent problems within our communities.”
The United Way of River Cities is a nonprofit organization, meaning they rely on donations, around the Huntington area. Their focus is on learning and earning, families and children, and basic needs/unforeseen hardships. They have many different program set up to tackle the problems in and around Huntington.
The United Way has partnered and work with may other non profit organizations like Success by Six, Cabell County Substance Abuse Prevention Partnership (CCSAPP),YMCA, Huntington Food Bank, the Red Cross, and many others. Together they are working on Huntington and how to “live united.”
Laura Gilliam
Laura Gilliam, United Way of the River Cities executive director, said United and lsquo;s goal is to raise $1.4 million by Dec. 31, the same as last year's.
If a goal isn't met," Gilliam said, "we look at what the goal was, how far away we were from meeting it (and) try to establish why it wasn't met, if there were any aspects that were met, and utilize that information to improve our performance."
"I believe that a lot of collaborative work that is on going in the community would not take place if our organization didn't exist," Gilliam said.
and "United Way has done an excellent job of identifying key community issues that need to be resolved and is focusing funding on strategies that will create long-term solutions to those problems, and that will create the greatest impact. and In addition, United Way has been able to bring in outside sources of funding to support local efforts."
This event is a wonderful partnership between local business and United Way,” said Laura Gilliam, Executive Director, United Way of the River Cities. “We see this as a win-win for the businesses that participate and for United Way. Ultimately, the community wins because the monies donated to United Way go back into the community to help people in crisis and to create long-term solutions to critical community issues.”
http://www.huntingtonnews.net/local/100902-staff-localunitedway.html
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinions/x1431852983/Businesses-public-can-step-up-to-help-United-Way
Cassey Bowden
“Absolutely, we were and are more than thankful for the generous response from the community. We realize that this past year has been unlike any other year for many people in the River Cities; all of our lives have changed in some way shape or form,” Bowden said.
“This economy is just a different animal, we are very lucky, not even lucky, but thankful and knew that this community would pull through, we should consider ourselves lucky to raise what we did, we’re very happy with the outcome,” Bowden said.
"The overall goal is to help families get on their way to financial stability," Bowden said.
