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| On Shakespeare, groundhogs and oil |
| Monday, March 10, 2008 |
| "Beware the ides of March" takes on a new meaning for people who are struggling to keep the utilities on. March 15 is the end of the winter moratorium for utility disconnect and as the weather proves Punxsutawney Phil correct, the calls for utility assistance increase.
My own household has marked record high utility bills for January and |
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| FEMA-EFSP Applications Available |
| Wednesday, March 5, 2008 |
| The United Way of Madison County has been awarded $90,674 in federal funds under the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program. The amount is $2,403 more than last year's award. The award is based upon Madison County's total number of unemployed as compared to the number of unemployed in all qualifying jurisdictions. This represents the |
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| A primer on United Way funding |
| Monday, March 3, 2008 |
| Have you ever had to make a decision that was sure to make people unhappy with you? That is the annual task for our volunteers who review funding requests. Their work is guided by a specific set of policies that were revised by the board this past November. These policies were developed to help our volunteers, staff and agency partners work within the |
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| The long road toward redesign |
| Monday, February 25, 2008 |
| There is much discussion around our state about government restructuring and the very idea seems to be revolutionary. In my world - the United Way system - restructuring has been the theme (and often the bane) of our existence for the past decade, an indication that the task has been just as difficult for us as it is likely to be for the government.
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| ‘Babies First' results show progress |
| Monday, February 18, 2008 |
| The first community impact initiative undertaken by our United Way was focused on a then little-noted statistic regarding infant mortality. Nearly five years ago, as we began to gather and review data for our community, one of my past colleagues - Rev. Taylor Burton-Edwards - noted that the mortality rate for African American infants in our county was more |
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| Volunteer Recognition & Annual Meeting-March 11th |
| Monday, February 11, 2008 |
| Dick May, of R.L. May & Company will be recognized as the United Way of Madison County's 2008 Volunteer of the Year at our annual meeting Tuesday, March 11. The event, which begins at 5 p.m. at Anderson Country Club, is open to all donors and volunteers. Reservations can be made in advance by calling 643-7493. Cost is $15 per person.
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| Kids, action and a little sleep keep Mecca going |
| Monday, February 11, 2008 |
| Mecca Hill, before-and-after-school director for the Anderson Family YMCA, has a long resume of child care and youth service experience. But, as a parent, I found her greatest qualification summed up in one statement she made to me when I visited her tiny office last week: I think kids are awesome.
Mecca, an eight-year veteran at the Anderson Y, assumed |
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| State of our health is complex |
| Sunday, February 3, 2008 |
| This week the Madison County Community Health Center hosted the 7th Annual State of Health Breakfast. The event is an opportunity to look at health issues collectively because these issues do affect our community. The health center is a certified agency of United Way and a member of the Community Access Network. It is supported by donors as well as by the |
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| CAN comes to life |
| Sunday, January 27, 2008 |
| A number of local service providers that have signed up to join Madison County's Community Access Network (CAN) began training this week. After the first basic data base entry portion of the session, we spent some time on the "why" of this endeavor.
The ultimate goal of a shared data base is to provide a tool to work with people on a |
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| Kids and families: a snapshot of our county |
| Sunday, January 20, 2008 |
| The Indiana Youth Institute, with funding from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, annually provides detailed information on the status of children and their families in our state. The information is easy to retrieve at www.iyi.org and can be broken down by county. Here's a little of what the report tells us about Madison County:
For the past decade, |
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