INCENTIVIZING COLLABORATION
Neighbors and Friends,
We are an asset-rich community, but we have schools where over 50% of the kids qualify for Free or Reduced Lunch. We have robust business growth, but attainable housing is tough to find. We live in one of the most beautiful places in the country, but we're not immune from natural catastrophes like fire and flood. We have work to do in Boulder and Broomfield counties, but collectively, we have the resources to make it happen!
Sometimes talented nonprofits and well-provisioned local governments are not enough. Recognizing that we'll make more progress if we agree on the priority challenges and coordinate our strategies to overcome them, Foothills United Way re-engineered how we serve this community. We're investing in collaborative solutions where expert organizations (nonprofits, government agencies, faith communities, and business) link assets to make measurable progress.
Foothills United Way is bringing organizations together to agree on priority goals and combine
our
talents and strengths to achieve innovative solutions none of us could accomplish
alone
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Our Framework for High-Impact Community Initiatives sets a standard for how to work together successfully. Already, over a dozen partnerships in Boulder and Broomfield counties have demonstrated they measure up. Foothills United Way has been working with many of these initiatives, and we look forward to making progress with them
to secure
Attainable Housing,
boost
Community Resilience, and Strengthen Families for Early Childhood Success.
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We're investing in collaborative solutions where expert organizations (nonprofits, government agencies, faith communities, and business) link assets to make measurable progress.
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By working together to focus resources on these top priorities, we intend to prevent many other problems before they even get started. We have already seen what great things we can accomplish together as a community - helping 1,200 households through flood recovery is just one example. With your help, and with our efforts combined,
united we can do even more!
Thank you!
Douglas Yeiser
President and CEO, Foothills United Way
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Foothills United Way announces its first ever
LIVE UNITED® Collaborative partnerships
Foothills United Way is proud to announce that 13 local collaborative groups have been officially recognized as LIVE UNITED® Collaboratives. Each of these 13 groups is made up of nonprofits, government agencies, school districts, faith communities, businesses and other leaders in Boulder and Broomfield counties who have illustrated their dedication to collaborating with each other to solve some of the area's most pressing issues.
"Foothills United Way provides expert connections and resources that give more than 1,000 separate, competing, local organizations a reason to work together." said Doug Yeiser, CEO, Foothills United Way. "These approved partnerships align with the five standards we identified as part of our Framework for High-Impact Community Initiatives. Groups that model these standards are more likely to produce measurable results for the community."
The five standards include:
Setting a Shared Intention, Internal and External Communication, Learning and Innovation, Including All Voices and Leveraging All Community Assets.
These first ever LIVE UNITED® Collaborative partnerships include:
Boulder County
ABCD Partnership, Boulder Homeless Service Collaborative, BVSD Arapahoe Ridge School-based Heath Center Collaborative, Dream Big Initiative, DV/CPS Collaboration & Consultation Team, Human Services Alliance, Human Services Transportation Collaborative (HSTC), Mountain Human Services Collaborative, No Student Hungry Partnership, SMILES Virtual Dental Home Collaborative, Early Childhood Council of Boulder County, Truancy Improvement Project (TIP), Westlake Middle School Collaborative.
These 13 collaborative groups are working together to introduce innovative solutions in at least one of three priority areas: Strengthening Families for Early Childhood Success, Attainable Housing and Community Resilience.
Learn more about these collaboratives
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BIRTHDAY PIE INSTEAD OF CAKE
HAPPY 15TH BIRTHDAY PIE!
The Personal Investment Enterprise (PIE) program was developed in 2001, a partnership between Foothills United Way and Community Action Programs of Boulder County.
PIE was designed to help working, low-income families and individuals save money exclusively for home ownership, post-secondary education, and small business.
To date, PIE has celebrated 258 total graduates save over $240,000, put 102 families in homes throughout our area and helped another 156 go to college or start a new business!
We look forward to our continued partnership with Community Action Programs of Boulder County to help our neighbors become literate about their finances, especially when it comes to the importance of savings.
Learn more about PIE
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2-1-1 Helpline
We are proud to sponsor 2-1-1 Colorado. Did you know you can dial 2-1-1 from any phone in Colorado to get immediate and confidential help on anything from financial, legal, and medical services to suicide prevention and ESL classes? You can also download the CO 211 app on your smartphone! |
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DAY OF CARING
2016
THANK YOU
to everyone who helped
m
ake Day of Caring 2016 a huge success!
On Friday, September 9th over 1,000 volunteers rolled up their sleeves across our communities to landscape, paint, harvest, build, refurbish and much more...all in one morning! By mid-day, these amazing volunteers had completed 66 different projects for 47 local organizations and contributed 4,280 hours of volunteer time. This volunteer time equates to an estimated economic value of $111,109 for our community
!
We are proud to be a part of such a special community - one in which our neighbors look out for each other, organizations collaborate to help make the area stronger and more resilient against any disaster
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and one that rallies around each other through the good and the bad.
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What Are Our Most Pressing Issues?
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2016 FOOTHILLS UNITED WAY HOLIDAY GUIDE
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IN THE SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERISM...
'
t
is the season to consider the many ways you can "give back" during the holiday
s
. We encourage you to think about your holiday giving plans and to utilize our Holiday Volunteer & Donation Guide to help inform your decisions.
The 2016 Holiday Guide will be available on November 1st and features ideas non-traditional ways to give this holiday season The guide also offers a variety of volunteer opportunities, donation ideas and adopt-a-family/sponsor programs. How will you make a difference during the holiday season?
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