Community Impact

Everyone deserves opportunities to have a good life: a quality education that leads to a stable job, enough income to support a family through retirement, and good health. That’s why United Way’s work is focused on the building blocks for a good life:

• Education– Helping children and youth achieve their potential
• Income– Promoting financial stability and independence
• Health– Improving people’s health

United Way is working to “advance the common good” by addressing the underlying causes of these problems, and strengthening the systems that result in long-lasting changes. In addition, United Way funds Great Rivers 2-1-1, which provides information and referral services throughout the region.

We are all connected and interdependent. We all win when a child succeeds in school, when families are financially stable, when people are healthy. “Living United” means being a part of the change. It takes everyone in the community working together to create a brighter future.