New Camapign

A HUGE thank you to Bill Marsh for running their first ever workplace campaign.

In these strained economic times its hard for people to give back to the community financially. The employees at Bill Marsh stepped up and donated a lot of their hard earned money to the United Way Community fund. Every dollar makes a difference and the dollars donated by Bill Marsh employees are very much appreciated and will be put to good use right here in our community.

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

Live United Video Contest

What does it mean to Live United? What does Volunteering mean to your community? What do you or your friends or someone you know, do to make a difference?

These are the types of questions that should be answered in the video you submit to our Live United Video contest. The videos shold be a maximum of 5 minutes. Entry forms can be obtained by visiting our website http://www.unitedway.tcnet.org/, click on Volunteer Center and then click the Video Contest link for the form. The theme of the contest is centered on how volunteerism impacts Northwest Michigan and how giving back to your community makes a difference.

The contest is open to anyone aged 13 -19 and the deadline for submission is August 1st. For more information please contact Susan McQuaid at 947-3200 x 20.

Citizen Action Team

We are just starting our second grant award process, the Sustainability Grants. If you are interested in being part of our Citizen Action Team contact our office, visit http://www.unitedway.tcnet.org/ for contact information.

What is the Citizen Action Team? The Citizen Action Team (CAT) is made up of volunteer members from the community who read all of the grant applications that we receive. Then they attend a one (or two) day interview session, where each agency applying for a grant comes in and goes through a 20 minute question and answer session. After all the interviews are completed the CAT Team then decides which agencies get grant money and which do not.

The CAT Team plays a major role in all of our grant funding, as they are the ones who decide which agencies we fund and which we dont. So if you're interested post a comment here and someone from our office will contact you right away.

Day of Caring

Its official! Get your teams together! The 13th Annual United Way of Northwest Michigan Day of Caring will be on September 11, 2008. This year we will have a change of venue and be gathering at 8am downtown at the City Opera House for breakfast. We'll have some entertainment by 3 local high school marching bands. Then its off to do your good deeds! Stay tuned, as we'll be posting more information as the day draws near.

The Photos

The slideshow posted on May 2nd is of pictures of people in our community who do good things! We (United Way of Northwest Michigan) would like to give a HUGE thank you to the photographer, Lindsay Hendrickson of Kudoz Photography, for donating her time and talents to our all day photo shoot.

Thank you also to everyone who participated, we truly appreciate you.

United Way of Northwest Michigan