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Vote for your favorite chili at the Chilly Cook-Off this Saturday, January 11!
Join your friends and neighbors at the United Way Chilly Cook-Off as more than 20 community chefs
-- from novice and seasoned home cooks to professionals –
face off to vie for the title of best chili in town.
See the full line-up of chefs here.
Enjoy generous samples of chili and cast your vote for the People’s Choice award. The winning recipe will be featured at Chocolate Moose through the end of February.
A wide range of heat levels and varieties of chili will be available from vegan to meaty and low heat to scorching.
The event will also feature live music by Charlie Jesseph and scooped ice cream generously provided by Chocolate Moose (vegan option available).
A panel of judges will determine best overall, best vegetarian, most creative, and hottest.
Think you can handle the hottest bowl of chili? Put yourself to the test in the "Some Like It Hot" Chili Eating Contest at 12:30 p.m. during the Cook-Off.
Tickets are $10 ($5 for children ages 3 to 12, free for children 2 and younger). Don't miss out! Get your tickets
here.
Freezefest is a celebration of winter taking place January 6-11. Find more Freezefest information
here.
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From all of us at United Way, Happy New Year! We appreciate your dedication to making a positive change in your community by ensuring families have opportunities and everyone has their basic needs met. We hope 2020 brings you peace, happiness, and joy with friends, family, and loved ones.
However, for many families in our community, the new year may bring them worries about bills they don't know how to pay, unexpected expenses they don't know how to afford, and hardships they don't know how to overcome. But your support of United Way can help ease those families' worries for the year to come.
As we look to 2020, please take a moment to reflect on the many ways your charitable donations alter the lives of local families.
Your commitment creates change for 1 in 3 locally.
Change begins with you! Are you in?
You can help ensure prosperity and opportunity for success for families in our community this new year. The 2019-2020 campaign will wrap up at the end of February. Make your contribution today to help provide support and services to those in need this year.
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Change begins with you! Are you in?
Donors and supporters like you have rallied together to raise
$896,549
for the campaign to date.
Change Begins with You Champions
- German American Bank and their employees rallied in support of the community by donating $20,416 to create change for seniors, young families and individuals in our area.
- Printpack employees pledged $5,093 to continue outreach to our neighbors impacted by crisis.
- Monroe County Community School Corporation employees contributed $3,320 to make sure everyone has access to health, education, and financial stability throughout the community.
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Free "Financial Literacy Basics" class Thursday, Jan. 9
Did your New Year's resolution involve saving, budgeting, or all things finances? Kick off 2020 by joining Bank on Bloomington for the next personal finance class, "Financial Literacy Basics," on Thursday, January 9 from 6 - 7 p.m. in the Downtown Bloomington Transit Center conference room. Childcare is available if attendance is confirmed 24 hours in advance.
These classes help community members strengthen their financial literacy and prepare for financial milestones in their lives. These recurring monthly classes cover a variety of topics. In addition to learning general knowledge, attendees will have the opportunity to ask one-on-one questions with instructors.
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Free Community Tax Service sites launch Jan. 29
The Free Community Tax Service can help you file your taxes for free. Trained and certified volunteers make it easy to file federal and Indiana state taxes for free and claim Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), if eligible. Last year this volunteer-run service organized by United Way helped
local residents file 2,317 federal returns, saving clients as much as $1,058,869 in tax preparation fees and bringing back more than $2.7 million in refunds and credits.
There are 12 Free Community Tax Service sites located throughout Monroe, Owen, and Brown counties. Hours vary by location. You can find a full list of locations and hours
here.
For those who are interested in volunteering as a Tax Hero, it is not yet too late! Reach out as soon as possible to volunteer. You can find more information and the application
here.
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SAVE THE DATE: Wake Up! with United Way returns Thursday, February 13 to discuss "Food Security in Monroe County."
Join us at the Mill on Thursday, February 13 from 7:45 - 9 a.m. to kick of the 2020 season of the breakfast series Wake Up! with United Way. The February breakfast will tackle the topic "Food Security in Monroe County" with speakers Julio Alonso, Executive Director of Hoosier Hills Food Bank; Vicki Pierce, Executive Director of Community Kitchen of Monroe County; and Brandon Shurr, IU Division of Student Affairs and MCCSC School Board.
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Girls Inc. Winter Camp goes behind-the-scenes at Roly Poly
In late December, children attending Winter Camp at Girls Inc., a United Way member agency, enjoyed a behind-the-scenes experience at Roly Poly Sandwiches. While creating their own sandwiches, Roly Poly staff talked to them about the importance of healthy eating, teaching how the food they eat affects their health and well-being. Additionally, each visitor received a book that reinforces a lesson in healthy eating.
Tom Seybert, owner of Roly Poly, commented, "All of us at Roly Poly enjoyed having the girls over." United Way coordinated the trip and hopes to continue this type of event with other agencies.
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United Way of Monroe County is a nonprofit organization that improves people's lives by addressing critical needs today and working to reduce those needs tomorrow. Through our Community Action Fund and grant initiatives, we work with 24 member agencies and other community partners to ensure families have opportunities and everyone can meet basic living needs.
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United Way of Monroe County
431 S College Ave
Bloomington, IN 47403
812-334-8370 // info@monroeunitedway.org
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