Your gift to the United Way works here in your community. It takes everyone in the community working together to help create lasting changes. Our VISION is to be the leader in the effort to create lasting changes in people's lives and community conditions and we need your support.
UNITED WAY HONORS RUTHERFORD COUNTY VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
On April 31st UWRC Executive Director Faye Hassell presented Pat Evans from Storehouse Pantry with Rutherford County's Volunteer of the Year award and a $1,000 check to be used for the Pantry. In 2012 they distributed 1,253,485 pounds of food and personal hygiene items and used 10,823 pounds of food to fill backpacks for school children in Rutherford County.
This is the 9th year that United Way has given $1,000 to the charity of choice of the Volunteer of the Year recipient.
$6 a week will cover the cost of 3 office visits at the Community Health Clinic for someone without healthcare.
$10 per week will supply a Life-Line Unit for a homebound individual for a year.
$5 per week will provide a motel room for three days for someone who has lost their home to a fire.
$2.70 per week wil pay for a needy child to attend one week of summer camp at South Mountain Christian Camp.
$4 per week will allow a mentally challenged child to attend one week of summer camp.
WHY INVEST IN UNITED WAY?
Volunteers are at the heart of the United Way decision-making. As a result, fundraising and administrative costs are held to a minimum, making your gift work as hard as you do.
We're Effective - Each year United Way touches the lives of more than 30,000 Rutherford County residents. Clearly no other organization helps so many people in so many ways.
We're Accountable - Independent audits of United Way and its agencies are conducted and analyzed annually. In fact, everything we do is governed by an active board of directors.
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Contact Us
United Way of Rutherford County
PO Box 823
Spindale, North Carolina 28160
Phone: 828-286-3929
Fax: 828-286-8413
