June 2026

We’re gearing up for Stuff the Bus, and we need your help to make it a success! There are several ways to get involved—whether by volunteering your time, adopting a student or classroom, or donating school supplies and funds.

Volunteers are essential to collecting, sorting, and distributing supplies. Adopters play a key role in ensuring local students start the school year prepared and confident. Donations of school supplies and monetary contributions are also greatly needed and make a direct impact in our community.

Together, we can make sure every child is ready to learn. Join us and be part of something meaningful!

NAME: Tim Winter

HOMETOWN: Linn KS

FAMILY: Wife – Kerri, Children – Taylor, Austin, and Alexis

OCCUPATION: Executive Director of Personnel Services Geary County Schools

HOBBIES: Family, Fishing, Boating, Travel, and all things outdoors

WHY DID YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED WITH UNITED WAY? I got involved with United to support the community in which I live. It has been a wonderful experience working with and for our community and its members.

WHAT DOES “LIVE UNITED” MEAN TO YOU? Live United to me means looking out for others and never taking anything for granted. We have a wonderful community, and so many opportunities to have a good life, but somebody before us helped make that happen, and so we should appreciate each other and those before us who built this community. We can best do that by giving what we can and doing our part to make our community better for the next generation to ensure they have the opportunities we had and more.

From the Director's Desk

May seemed to pass by in the blink of an eye. Recent events have reminded us all how important it is to slow down, cherish our loved ones, and appreciate each day we are given.

Here at the office, we’ve been keeping busy with our day-to-day work while also gearing up for upcoming community events, including preparations for the 4th of July.

We also want to share the incredible success of Stuff the Pantry. Thanks to the generosity of our community and the dedication of more than 25 volunteers, we collected and donated over 3,000 pounds of food and supplies. Donations and funds were distributed evenly among the Geary County Food Pantry, Konza Community Health Center, JC Pregnancy Center, and Clover Cabinet, helping support critical needs across our community. We are so grateful to everyone who helped make this effort such a success.

On a personal note, I’m excited to share that I’ll be taking a vacation to Canada—my first time leaving the country! During that time, the office will be closed from July 3rd through July 16th.

When we return, we’ll jump right into two of our favorite annual initiatives: Stuff the Bus and Adopt-A-Backpack, helping ensure local students are ready for the upcoming school year.

And don’t forget—join us for a fun night on July 17th for our 21+ Skate Night! All proceeds will benefit United Way JCGC’s Stuff the Bus and Adopt-A-Backpack programs.

Thank you, as always, for your continued support of our work and our community!

United Is the Way

Nichole Mader

Executive Director

WAYS TO GIVE