Open Your Heart' Join Hands' Influence the Condition of All'

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Open Your Heart.Join Hands. Influence the
Condition of All.
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How Do I Live United?

• By understanding how much more we can accomplish
  together than individually.
• By uniting with family, friends and co-workers to
  address and solve the needs in our community.
• By making a commitment to your community to
  change lives.

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Why United Way?
United Way brings together our community to
identify and address our local needs. 87 of
every 1 goes directly to programs in the Quad
Cities. You can have an impact on several issues
not just one. We have a strategic vision that
looks at the communitys short-term and long-term
needs. We meet immediate needs like shelter and
food while also working to address the root
causes of poverty. By uniting, we can make a
bigger difference and change more lives.
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How Does United Way Work?

• We address the communitys need in three ways
• United Way Funded Programs Donations are given
  to local programs at health and human service
  agencies that are meeting the communitys urgent
  needs and achieving long-term, measureable
  results. Allocations are done through a
  volunteer-lead process every two years.
• Birth-to-Work Agenda This agendas goal is to
  make sure our local youth are successful in life
  by preparing them to be Ready for School, Ready
  to Graduate and Ready for Work. Donations are
  given out to programs through a volunteer-lead
  grant process.
• Impact Work We run a variety of programs which
  serve our community. They include a referral
  service for those in need and free books for
  children from birth to five years old (see the
  next two pages for details).

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Our Impact Work

• 211 A free, confidential, information and
  referral service in the Quad Cities. Information
  specialists help callers make the most informed
  decisions about their next steps.
• Imagination Library Children from birth to age
  5 in Rock Island and Scott County are eligible to
  receive one free book monthly through this
  program. They just need to register.
• Achieve Quad Cities A partnership with area
  leaders to improve graduation rates and reduce
  dropout rates.

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Our Impact Work (Cont.)

• EITC Volunteer tax preparers help low and
  moderate income families take full advantage of
  tax credits, including Earned Income Tax Credit
  and the Child Tax Credit.
• Operation Read Volunteers visit six different
  schools in the Quad Cities each week to read to
  elementary school students and increase their
  passion for learning.
• Pohlmann Program for Young Readers Children who
  are participating in the River Bend Foodbanks
  backpack program are given free age-appropriate
  books along with food.

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Can I Really Have An Impact?

• Your donation will cause change
• For 5/pay period, your donation can provide
  someone in need a free meal daily for over two
  months.
• For 10/pay period, your donation can provide
  shelter for a victim of domestic violence for 4
  nights.
• For 20/pay period, your donation can provide
  one free book monthly for 17 children between the
  ages of 0-5 for one year.
• Statistics based on a two-week pay cycle.

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Be The Difference
Global change starts with one person making a
difference in their community. Every donation
touches someones life here in the Quad Cities.
The person you help could be your neighbor,
coworker or friend.
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Together, lets take a stand and make the
commitment to transform our community.
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To learn more about our local United Way or the
new Emerging Leaders Program, visitwww.unitedwayq
c.org.