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Run A Campaign

We know the key to building healthy communities is the support provided by area companies and organizations. Over 200 of Elkhart County's leading businesses and organizations partner with the United Way of Elkhart County to find permanent long-term solutions to important community issues.

In this section you will find tools to help you initiate a workplace campaign, make a personal donation or download campaign materials for your ongoing campaign.

Why the United Way?

Because it is...

LOCAL

Your United Way donation works right here in Elkhart County: 98% of the money raised stays here in Indiana.

EFFICIENT

United Way's expertise ensures that your gift goes where it will do the most good: $ .92 of every dollar helps people who really need help. Only 8% of your contribution is used to process your pledge.

RUN BY VOLUNTEERS

Local people who care about their community volunteer their time to help run the United Way. People just like you, who live and work here, study the needs of Elkhart County, raise the dollars and then decide how those dollars will be best used to make our County the best it can be.

FOCUSED ON SOLUTIONS

We bring resources together to provide solutions to the most important identified needs in our communities

Your investment changes our world and when you choose to give to the United Way:

You assist people in pursing a better life and embrace hope.

You ensure that kids get the right experiences to become committed future leaders.

You help everyone, regardless of age, disability or illness to be an active part of the community.

You make sure that temporary crisis don't become permanent.

The bottom line is that when you give to the United Way, your gift works as hard as you do. Your gift, combined with my gift, then added to another's gift has a powerful impact. No other organization enables you to help in so many different ways or to help so many people with just that one gift. You're able to provide hope where before there may have been none.

WHY LIVE UNITED.

When we reach out a hand to one we influence the condition of all.

When you give to the United Way, you're lending a hand to your neighbors, family and friends who live right here in Elkhart County.

When we LIVE UNITED... Elkhart County does more... it's that simple.

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EDUCATION.

Helping children and youth achieve their potential.

  • Kindergarten Readiness
    Readiness to succeed in school means children enter kindergarten developmentally on track.
  • Elementary Readiness
    Reading on grade-level by fourth grade means elementary students are prepared to succeed in later grades and to graduate from high school
  • High School Graduation
    Academic achievement is reflected in one-time high school graduation rates

Click here to see how we're meeting these goals.

INCOME.

Promoting financial stability and independence.

  • Adult Education
    How can adults best engage with post-high school learning opportunities to, in two years or less, move from a low-skill job to a middle skill job?
  • Financial Literacy
    How can a family best learn the fundamental money skills they need to successfully meet their basic needs?
  • Savings & Assets
    How can a family best develop the assets they need to remain financially stable during changes in income, illness or other events.

Click here to see how we're meeting these goals.

HEALTH.

Improving people's health.

  • Dental
    Untreated dental health problems interfere with the ability to learn, eat and work.
  • Hunger
    If a person is hungry, everything else in life becomes a challenge.
  • Medical Self-Advocacy
    How can a family best learn the fundamental skills they need to successfully navigate a difficult diagnosis?

Click here to see how we're meeting these goals.