United Way of Stanly County

09/13/2024

Thank you to Newbold Services for becoming a Platinum Sponsor for the 2024 Michelin Golf Classic! The Michelin Golf Classic is our largest fundraiser of the year. Sponsorships and Team Registration Fees fund our Community Impact Fund - which provides grants to local organizations that apply for resources to support specific, measurable, and essential projects and programs that benefit our community.

To sign-up for the Michelin Golf Classic at Tillery Tradition Country Club on October 28th, we have a new online registration form. Visit https://www.unitedwaystanly.org/Michelin-Golf-Classic to register your team and learn about sponsorship opportunities!

07/11/2024

Donation bins are starting to pop-up around Stanly County for our 2024 School Supply Drive! School supplies are collected and distributed to all K-12 Stanly County Schools to serve children in need.

We’ll be posting our drop off-locations as the bins are delivered, and you can also use the QR code on the flyer below to view our Amazon wish list of bulk supplies from each school’s school supply needs list.

The link to the Digital Donation Bin can also be accessed here: https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/25FAKBOHYERSE

Thank you to our first Donor - Jonathan Hutchinson of Pfeiffer University for being the first to donate 16 items via the link - including a 24 pack of children’s backpacks!

If you would like to be recognized as a donor in our weekly Facebook/Instagram School Supply Drive update after contributing at one of our drop-off locations or online, please send us an email at [email protected] and we’ll give you a shout-out for your generous donation!

01/06/2024

Only a few days left to gather supplies so that we'll be ready for our MLK Day Weekend of Service Project benefitting women and children at the Esther House Domestic Violence Shelter!

Unable to attend? Consider donating an item to help make the welcome bags we'll be assembling.
https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/NPWMSNI1LA3

Our goal is to create a bag to welcome each woman and child to the shelter with toiletries, luggage (many of the families arrive with their belongings in trash bags), and small games and art supplies for the children.

01/04/2024

Ten Days Left until our MLK Day Esther House Welcome Bag gift bag packing event to benefit women and children staying at the Domestic Violence Shelter in 2024!

Thank you to the following donors that gifted items yesterday though our wish list:

Lara Little
Joseph and Judy Misiak
Jodie Misiak
Meghan Argenta-Gillon
Jonathan Hutchinson

The following is the link to the Esther House Welcome Bag Project Wish List:
https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/NPWMSNI1LA3

Many of the items listed “most needed” are low cost, or have 10%-20% off coupons available today including some of the utility bags and duffles!

Our goal is to create thirty welcome bags for women and children who arrive at the shelter with few belongings, often packed in trash bags. Every item donated is greatly appreciated.

Please consider helping us welcome the women and children to the Esther House Domestic Violence Shelter!

12/29/2023

Happy (almost) New Year!

With the new year, MLK Day weekend is around the corner and we have a full weekend of service projects planned.

One of our service projects will include making welcome kits for women and children staying at the Esther House - our region’s Domestic Violence Shelter.

Each kit will include luggage (since many of the families arrive in emergency situations with their belongings in trash bags), along with toiletry bags and kits, and journals. We’ve already collected some items, but if you’re able, we’ve put together a wish list of supplies that are still needed.

Link: Esther House MLK Day Service Project - Amazon Gift List - https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/NPWMSNI1LA3

The United Way of Stanly County is a 501(c)3 organization and donations are tax deductible, and greatly appreciated!

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions, or other ideas for items that we could include in the welcome bags, so that women and children in need of safe, secure housing recieve a warm welcome gift from the community when they arrive at the shelter.

Please feel free to share the link with friends and community group pages!

08/08/2022

Please share with any individuals or businesses interested in helping our local school system!

Each year, the United Way of Stanly County facilitates a School Supply Drive Benefitting Stanly County Schools. This year, with 7 days left, we are still in need of essential school items.

Please visit www.unitedwaystanly.org/education to learn more about the project, view a list of school supplies, and contribute.

Donors can give needed items through one of our many drop-off locations (listed on the video below), or through our Amazon wish list page at https://www.amazon.com/registries/custom/2B0PV2NHUFLDR/guest-view

Donors can also give funds directly to our dedicated donation page at https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=EG6J7GX8DTVJS

Donors (including individuals and businesses) that provide over $100 of supplies or funds will be recognized on our yearly School Champions Poster and printed materials. Donors that provide over $250 of of supplies will be honored on a permanent plaque in the K-12 Resource room along with our School Champions poster.

08/08/2022

We have 7 days left of our annual school supply drive benefitting Stanly County Schools, and we’ve made a digital list of items that we’re still in great need of. Supplies are distributed to 22 schools, and directly benefit students, teachers, and their families.

To visit the gift list, please visit Stanly County Schools School Supply Drive at https://www.amazon.com/registries/custom/2B0PV2NHUFLDR/guest-view

Or, to donate funds towards the school supply drive, individuals and businesses can visit our donation page at www.UnitedWayStanly.org/donate and select “School Supply Drive” or “K-12 Resource Room” from the list of donation options.

Please share this post with individuals, families, and businesses that would like to help support our local schools!

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07/21/2022

https://www.thesnaponline.com/2022/07/20/stanly-ymca-campers-help-construct-outdoor-garden-to-be-used-for-learning-opportunities/

The culmination of months of work was on display Wednesday during a ribbon cutting for the new YMCA Outdoor Adventure Garden, next to the playground at the YMCA Pavilion in Albemarle. It has been a partnership between the organization and the United Way of Stanly County. Children and volunteers with...

07/07/2022

We’re getting close to being ready for our Ribbon Cutting on July 20th for the new YMCA Outdoor Adventure Garden! The garden was assembled almost entirely by child and staff volunteers from the YMCA Summer Camp program and funded through a United Way Impact Grant as well as generous donors.

We are still in need of some supplies, if anyone would like to contribute, you can visit our donation page at www.UnitedWayStanly.org/Donate

We’re also in search of native plants to fill some of the beds with. If you have any to divide/share please contact [email protected].

06/20/2022

We’ve started distributing our annual school supply donation bins to benefit students, families, and teachers throughout Stanly County Schools. We’re nearly a month early and we have twice as many bins ready to distribute!

This year, we’ve included a list of school supplies, classroom supplies for teachers, as well as essential home needs for students in the district and their families. We’re greatly expanding our reach this year from about 25 bins to more than 60, to provide supplies to classrooms at the beginning of the year, as well as help fill the Stanly County Schools new K-12 resource room, where guidance counselors and teachers can access supplies year-round, and pick-up resources about non-profit organizations in Stanly County that provide wrap-around services to help students and families in crisis.

If you are a local business,church, or community center and would like to host a school supply bin, please contact Executive Director Kelly Misiak at [email protected] or call (980) 234-5506.

You can also donate funds directly by visiting www.unitedwaystanly.org/donate

06/07/2022

This week we’re replacing and expanding the garden beds at the YMCA and creating a new Children’s Outdoor Adventure Learning Garden. Summer Camp and After-School campers from the YMCA will be planting and caring for the gardens, and they will also participating in weekly STEM outdoor adventure activities. Additionally, the United Way is sponsoring Family Outdoor Adventure kits available for check-out at the front desk of the YMCA, so that you can create your own kid-friendly outdoor adventure experience. To help support the project please consider visiting our Amazon Wish List Page:

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/L4TOG01SWX5M?ref_=wl_share

To donate funds to the project directly, visit www.unitedwaystanly.org/donate to support the YMCA Children’s Garden, the K-12 Resource Room, and partner Non-Profit Organizations.