United Way
United Way
of Washtenaw County


 
  Washtenaw County's Coordinated Funders Award
$4.5 Million for Human Services
to Local Non-Profits Providing Safety Net Services
 
June 22, 2016 (Ann Arbor, MI)  Washtenaw Coordinated Funders, a consortium of public and private funders, awarded $4.586 million for Human Services Program/Operations to meet the needs of our community's most vulnerable for the next two year.  Funding was awarded in four priority areas: Aging, Housing and Homelessness, ...

                              
                                         National Day of Action Recap 

 
    200 volunteers providing more than 750 hours of  
    volunteer service for 18 local non-profits.  From

    power washing and staining a deck at Foundations  
    Preschool to packing and prepping for Girls on the
    Run to weeding and mulching at Michigan Ability
    Partners' Burton Road facility - these hardworking 
    men and women really made a difference. To see
    more pictures click here. 
 

    If you would like to volunteer you don't have to wait 
    until next summer.  Go to volunteer/Washtenaw.org
    and see how you too can make a difference now. 

   
    Pictured from left: Robin Damschroder, 2016 Campaign Chair; Lisa Dorwin,
      Comerica volunteer;  Pam Smith, CEO of United Way of Washtenaw County
      and Wen Swadling, Comerica Volunteer. 
 

Poverty here?  Yes!
United Way of Washtenaw County Invests in Financial Stability

 

Here, in Washtenaw County, 39% of residents are struggling to afford basic needs.  We know that a bank or credit union account can be the first step in planning for the future, building credit and climbing the economic ladder.  However, in Ypsilanti 32% of the households are either unbanked or under-banked.  The consequences are stark... 
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Varsity Letter in Community Service
  
United Way of Washtenaw County awarded 16
local students with a varsity letter from their
local high school in recognition of outstanding community service during the school year at an awards ceremony held on June 2, 2016.   The Varsity Letter in Community Service recognizes
high school students for their outstanding volunteer work during the year by presenting them with a high school specific varsity letter ... continue 
Pictured above: Ian Robinson, Labor Participation
Committee Chair; Waleed Vaid, winner of the $1,000
Scholarship; and Pam Smith, United Way President

United Way adds 4 new members to the Board of Directors


Greg Dill:  Interim Washtenaw County Administrator





     
      Yodit Mesfin-Johnson: COO and VP of Strategy,
      Nonprofit Enterprise at Work (NEW)







Megan Mazurek: Realtor, Charles Reinhart Company




 

 

 

     Donna Doleman: Senior VP of Operations and 
     Communications, Ann Arbor SPARK

 

 

 

 

Click here for a complete list of the members of the United Way of Washtenaw County Board of Directors.
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