Thank You for Giving Every Day Ending in Y!

United Way of Southeast Missouri | December 2019 Newsletter

Thank you to all of our generous donors who made Facebook campaigns, donated to our #GivingTree for #Giving Tuesday, and gave through the mail and telephone!

Giving is catching on! Globally, online giving was up by more than $100 million, reaching $511 million and contributing to a $1.97 billion total estimate of giving! Since the bulk of our revenue comes through workplace donations, this campaign was focused more on creating awareness of UWSEMO and Giving Tuesday than bringing in funds. We have several people still collecting, but we are pleased to report that Giving Tuesday donations more than covered the small amount we spent on promoting the campaign.

Our #GivingTree will be up and available for donations through the end of the year. Again, thanks to all of you who donate year-round to help lift families and individuals out of poverty through the United Way network of agencies and programs.

Giving Tree

Mondi employees pack food bags for

Bollinger County families!

Mondi Jackson, LLC, helped students in Bollinger County for #GivingTuesday by filling and distributing packaged food bags for Meadow Heights School District, one of our new funded partners. Students from the FFA program helped pick them up and distribute them to the kids who receive backpacks through the United Way backpack program in Meadow Heights schools.

For the past 5 years backpacks have been helping, on average, 61 students in Bollinger County go home every Friday with the comfort of knowing they will have something to eat through the weekend.

"We want to give kids a helping hand. The backpack we provide is filled with food to sustain them throughout the weekend. This helps a student that otherwise has the deck stacked against them in a 'Full House'." - Jessica Conrad, Meadow Heights Elementary Principal

We are grateful for these two valued partners and honored to have brought them together to start the conversation for this project. We encourage all of our workplaces to get involved with our network and share your giving story with us!

a student that otherwise has the deck stacked against them a "Full House."

I sn't this an impressive network of Funded Partners gathered for our quarterly meeting?

These are the people doing great things in this community!

Partner of the Month - Salvation Army

"The Salvation Army is a place of hope. When every other light is extinguished, and every other star has gone down, this one gleam shines steadily and clearly out in the darkened sky: ‘If I could only get to The Salvation Army, they will do something for me.'’

William Booth

Team United will be 'ringin' and singin' for the red kettle on Dec. 13 at 2:00 at Schnucks! Stop in!

Your Donations Support Three Programs at 'The Army'

United Way of Southeast Missouri invests in three programs at TSA in Cape Girardeau. Meals with Friends provides a free meal to our neighbors in need; a second program helps disaster victims in Southeast Missouri, and the third cares for area youth after school.

‘The Army’ is similar to UWSEMO in that the large majority of their revenue goes directly to services that assist people in need. Thanks to generous corporate sponsors, UWSEMO invests .99 of every dollar donated into programs like these, while TSA contributes .82 of every dollar.

“Doing The Most Good” is The Salvation Army’s national brand strategy and distinct identifiable message. Moreover, it is a promise the organization makes to its contributors, clients, associates, officers and employees. The Salvation Army pledges to Do The Most Good with your contributions of time, money and resources.

Read more here about all TSA programs and those UWSEMO supports and sign up to ring a bell!