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This stamp is provided by your letter carrier
Monday, May 5, 2008
A remarkable event will take place Saturday, and while it will happen right in front of you, it will be so efficient, so coordinated, so convenient that you may not even realize its impact. Through the efforts of the 300,000 members of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) - that includes your mailman or mailwoman - millions of pounds of food
 
OOPS!
Thursday, May 1, 2008
OOPS! In the Spring 2008 issue of CommUNITY Quarterly, on pages 3 & 5, some of our certified agency funded programs listings were deleted during the printing process. You will receive a corrected newsletter in the upcoming week. We apologize for any confusion. Download a list of our 2008-09 funded programs. Download the Spring 2008 CommUNITY
 
Cultural detox may be in order
Monday, April 28, 2008
"In recent months, the awareness about people unable to disconnect from technology for even a short period of time has gotten a lot of attention." The piece in an e-newsletter that came in last week went on to discuss the recognition of this "compulsive-impulsive" disorder. I began to think about addictions in a broader sense than we
 
Child abuse prevention is her daily focus
Monday, April 21, 2008
"I wanted to do some kind of mission work or work with people, but I didn't know what it was called," Stephanie Janson recalled one afternoon last week. She continued her story from her high school days in Kokomo. There was a job shadow experience and she described her dilemma to a teacher. "It's called social work," replied the
 
Check out the spring edition of CommUNITY Quarterly
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Download the Spring 2008 edition of our newsletter, CommUNITY Quarterly.
 
The original faith-based initiative
Monday, April 14, 2008
Mission statements drive non profit organizations - at least they should. Over the years, I've seen a lot of struggle in the non profit world, including struggle with mission. I've seen some organizations change missions with great success; I've seen others abandon missions and fail. The latter usually results from a focus on gaining financial
 
April events focus on kids
Monday, April 7, 2008
Child Abuse Awareness Month, The Week of the Young Child, National Library Week...in a busy month, these particular events focus specifically on kids. Several activities have already begun in conjunction with Child Abuse Awareness - businesses are holding contests or providing donation sites and many are donating to the big event - the 20th annual Bids for
 
April events raise awareness, cash
Monday, March 31, 2008
As we (hopefully) bid adieu to the winter of 2007-2008, a number of non profit organizations are gearing up for a new year of activity. For many of us, April 1 is the new year. United Way program funding begins April 1 for proceeds raised in the fall 2007 campaign, many organizations hold annual meetings and announce new plans, and various awareness and
 
How to LIVE UNITED
Monday, March 24, 2008
Last Wednesday evening, the doors to our office remained open after hours for a very special event. Several dozen community members dropped by to put their own personal stamp on the new LIVE UNITED message from United Way. (In deference to our board chair Keith Trent, I must now clarify that the word is LIVE as in "live a long life," not LIVE as
 
United Way Helps Families Cover Prescription Costs
Thursday, March 20, 2008
If you don't have health insurance, or you must buy medicine not covered by your insurance plan, a discount card being distributed by United Way of Madison County's Community Access Network members could lower the cost of your medicine by an average 35%. United Way of Madison County provides these cards to our community free-of-charge to everyone