- The
125 local United Ways - Centraides are autonomous organizations
who build upon the strength of volunteers and voluntary
action by engaging the whole community for the benefit of
the whole community. They are governed by an autonomous
local Board of Directors who, with other volunteers and
staff, help to build caring communities and respond to a
broad range of human needs on a national scale. They provide
direct financial support to 4,300 funded agencies and provide
funding to an additional 10,000 organizations through donor
directed giving.
- These
125 local United Ways - Centraides are focused on increasing
the organized capacity of people to care for one another".
They create a common ground where labour, business, community
leaders, and government come to the table to identify needs
and solve problems. They help to build, idea by idea, solution
by solution, the communities of tomorrow, delivering health
and social services...from prevention, to counselling, to
crisis intervention to address human issues, large and small,
helping individuals and families to be their best.
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