NEWS & UPDATES

MAY 2025

Community Partners Appreciation Luncheon

United Way hosted their third annual Community Partners Appreciation Luncheon on April 30 at Autumn Ridge in Valders. The purpose of this event is to celebrate our prior year's donors, workplace partners, sponsors, in-kind partners, and volunteers.

Attendees enjoyed lunch and an awards presentation.

2024 WORKPLACE PARTNER OF THE YEAR

LAKESIDE FOODS

2024 SPONSOR OF THE YEAR

NEXTERA ENERGY RESOURCES POINT BEACH NUCLEAR PLANT

2024 IN-KIND PARTNER OF THE YEAR

SEEHAFER NEWS

2024 BOARD MEMBER OF THE YEAR

DAN HASSEMER

2024 VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR

LINDA BENDER

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

KIM ROONEY

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Join Us for VolunteerFEST!

United Way's VolunteerFEST takes place Thursday, May 15, 2:00pm-6:00pm, at Farm Wisconsin Discovery Center.

Meet local nonprofits and discover how you can make a difference at this fun one-day event. In addition to chatting with nonprofits, attendees can enjoy popcorn and paint a kindness rock to take with you and spread kindness in the community - all for FREE!

Start at United Way's table to learn about our organization and pick up a "travel card". A stop at every nonprofit earns you the chance to win a raffle prize: a $15 gift certificate to Farm Wisconsin's Cafe or $50 in Chamber Bucks.

No registration necessary for this event.

To view a current list of nonprofits that will be in attendance, visit our website.

2025 Volunteer Center Title Sponsor

2025 Volunteer Center Marketing Sponsor

Nominees Unveiled for Volunteer Center Impact Awards

United Way's first annual Volunteer Center Impact Awards is set to celebrate the dedication and impact of volunteers who make a difference in Manitowoc County. This event takes place on Thursday, May 29, at The Inn o Maritime Bay, Manitowoc, 7:15am-9:00am and will include breakfast catered by Our Legacy Restaurant.

The Impact Awards recognize volunteers in the following categories:

2024 Up & Coming Volunteer
2024 Lifetime Achievement Volunteer
2024 Volunteer of the Year
2024 Volunteer Leadership
2024 Team Volunteer

To learn more about this event, view the nominees and register, visit our website.

2025 Volunteer Center Title Sponsor

2025 Volunteer Center Marketing Sponsor

Team Volunteer Award Sponsor

Friend of the Volunteer Center Tabletop Sponsor

Up & Coming Volunteer Award and Volunteer Leadership Award Sponsor

Lifetime Achievement Volunteer Award Sponsor

United Way's 2024 Annual Report Published

Our 2024 Annual Report is now live!

Learn about the work we accomplished last year in our Impact Areas.
View United Way donors and workplace partners.
And more!

The report can be accessed via our website or here.

May 15 - Volunteer FEST
May 29 - The Volunteer Center Impact Awards
June 20 - Day of Action (Call for volunteers coming soon!)
September 13 - Dollywalk
October 4 - Curd Crawl
November 27 - Thanksgiving Community Meal

In Every Issue:

Volunteer Center Newsletter

Did you know that United Way Manitowoc County is the Volunteer Hub for our community?

View the current edition of the Volunteer Center's monthly newsletter!

Talk United

Talk United is a weekly, 5-minute program with WOMT Radio that airs every Tuesday morning at approximately 11:20am.

Talk United is sponsored by Rob's Family Market and Nelson Truck & Equipment.

Listen to episodes here!

Hello Lakeshore with United Way

The Hello Lakeshore Podcast with United Way is hosted by Craig Dillon of WCUB Radio and Ben Peters of United Way Manitowoc County. Each week Craig and Ben chat with a different nonprofit in Manitowoc County.

Podcasts air every Friday and can be found here or on Apple Podcasts.

Are you a nonprofit that would like to be featured on the program? Call United Way at 920.682.8888.

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