3rd Quarter 2020 Newsletter
Support our $90 for 90th Anniversary Fundraiser

We’re celebrating our 90th anniversary this year! Yesterday, to celebrate the milestone, we kicked off our $90 for 90th anniversary fundraiser on Facebook. Our goal is for 90 community members to each donate $90. Can you help us reach our goal? Our community needs our support more now than ever before!

Click here to give before Wednesday, September 16.
COVID-19 Basic Needs Relief Fund Impact

To date, United Way Manitowoc County has raised $92,777 to support our COVID-19 Basic Needs Relief Fund in an effort to provide immediate relief and long term recovery to our community in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In April during our first phase of grants, we awarded 13 nonprofit organizations $22,150 to help meet the immediate basic needs of their clients. In July during our second phase of grants, we awarded 11 nonprofits $53,500 to aid in recovery and ensure no critical services were lost due to the pandemic. We’re currently in the third phase and recently worked with a volunteer to create over 850 face masks for local nonprofit organizations.

This week we released our impact report from the first phase of grants. Almost 1,500 households and 4,000 individuals were served as a result of our Phase 1 funding! To view the full report, click here.
400 Kits Delivered to Six Organizations

On June 19, we held our annual Day of Action. Our largest volunteer project was remotely assembling 400 literacy and financial literacy kits for children in our community. On our Day of Action, company teams and family members volunteered their time and assembled all of these kits from their workplaces and homes. Last week, United Way Manitowoc County staff and board members delivered the kits to six community organizations – Hope House of Manitowoc County, InCourage, Manitowoc Public Library, The Crossing of Manitowoc County, Southfield Townhouses Neighborhood Network Learning Center and Manitowoc-Two Rivers YMCA.

These kits make an excellent volunteer project for small company teams and can be completed by safely social distancing! If you’re interested in learning more about bringing this project to your company, email Courtney Hansen at courtney@unitedwaymanitowoccounty.org. 
Read the 2020 ALICE Report for Wisconsin

In late July, the 2020 ALICE Report for Wisconsin was released. It revealed that 31% of Manitowoc County’s households are struggling to afford basic necessities like housing, child care, food, transportation and internet access.

United Way Manitowoc County continues to fight to improve the lives of ALICE families and those in poverty by promoting resources to health, education and financial stability. We hope you join us in that fight, to not only help advance the quality of life for those suffering from continued financial hardship, but also uplift communities as a whole.

To read the complete report and review local data, visit our website. 
Make a Donation

United Way Manitowoc County’s work is fueled by donations. Please consider donating to support United Way; we have so much more work to do in the face of the 2020 economic downturn. This year, up to $300 of your donation may be tax deductible!

Thank You

Thank you Seehafer News for serving as our official 2020 media sponsor! We appreciate your continued support.
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