United Way of Bartholomew Co

06/04/2020

Today and every day, we are inviting everyone to #StandUnited against racism, violence and inequities.

Please read a statement from our President Mark Stewart, regarding recent events:

United Way of Bartholomew County stands with George Floyd, his family and everyone impacted by the recent acts of racism and violence. We all have a role to play in creating a more equitable future.

We must come together to call out discrimination and demand its removal from our community; otherwise, we are endorsing the status quo and are complicit in the abuses that follow.

We are asking you to stand United to make our community the place it needs to be – equitable, respectful and opportunity-filled. We as a community, can and must do better to guarantee that the basic human rights, freedoms, and opportunities of every person in our community are protected.

Follow this link: https://bddy.me/3gRhY4o, to watch a video and learn more about what United Way has been doing to address inequity in our community.
#LiveUnited #BartholomewCounty

06/02/2020

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Today is Election Day.
Make your voice heard by casting a ballot in today's primary.
Find a vote center here: 👉 https://bddy.me/2ZZAOAk
#LiveUnited #VoteUnited #BartholomewCounty

05/28/2020

🎉🎉LIVE UNITED PARTNER🎉🎉

Today we would like to celebrate our next LIVE UNITED partner, 450 North Brewing Company and Simmons Winery

They teamed up with Brooklyn, New York based brewery, Other Half Brewing Company to concoct a beer that will help people struggling after COVID-19.

The brew, "All Together," is an India pale ale that was sold and launched last month. Part of the proceeds from the sale are going to benefit the portion of our COVID-19 Relief Fund that supports hospitality workers.

The company worked to get a special beer out as a way to help 450 North employees and other local hospitality workers.

450 North and Simmons Winery truly know how to #LiveUnited

05/26/2020

We have so many people in our community who go above and beyond to support their neighbors.

Every year, we honor and recognize the individuals and companies who are always supporting United Way, our partner agencies and our community.

Thank you to the 2019 award winners who diligently work to make our community better!

GIVE AWARD: Richard and Alice Gold

ADVOCATE AWARD: Dave Jamerson and Julie Del Genio

VOLUNTEER AWARD: Pam Donohoe-Duncan and Roger Lang

LIVE UNITED AWARD: Centra Credit Union

To read more about our award winners and to grab a copy of our annual report ➡️➡️ https://unitedtoact.org/barthco

Thank you to all our award winners, who embody what it means to #LiveUnited

05/24/2020

United Way celebrates $4.1M campaign

A huge thank you to The Republic for highlighting our 2019 campaign results!

We are incredibly grateful to our partner agencies, donors and volunteers who work diligently every day to help us solve the community’s most challenging issues.

Our community truly knows how to #LiveUnited.

United Way of Bartholomew County has announced online it raised $4.13 million 2019 fundraising campaign — the fourth-best in its existence and just below last year’s record of $4.25 million.Actually, though, since United Way’s separate COVID-19 Relief Fund currently boasts more than $555,000 c...

05/21/2020

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We may be separated, but our desire to help the community continues to keep us together.

Due to social distancing guidelines and our desire to keep the community safe, we have opted to rethink our annual meeting content delivery and have cancelled our in-person event.

We still want to celebrate YOU, our treasured donors, volunteers and partner agencies, so we moved our typical annual meeting content to several digital platforms.

➡ Check out our 2019 digital annual report: https://bddy.me/36jagv7

➡ Read more about our impact, award winners, campaign total and Top 10 corporate campaigns by clicking on this link: https://bddy.me/36jafHz.

➡ See what United Way and our partner agencies do every day by checking out our new website: https://bddy.me/2LPuCCM

Check out the slideshow video below to see how YOU helped impact our community in 2019.

Thank you for #LivingUnited

05/14/2020

Have you been doing some quarantine cleaning and purging?

Did you box up those shirts that don't fit and those tools you never use?
Sans Souci would be happy to take them off your hands! They are now scheduling donation pickups.

Check out the details below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

❗️BIG UPDATE! ❗️We’ve never been more excited to say “schedule your pickup today!”

Sans Souci is officially open for pickups! The donation drop-off option will be coming in the next couple of weeks and the store will hopefully reopen in accordance with Phase Four of the Indiana “Back on Track” plan, which is currently set for June 14th!

Please note that Sans Souci has to enforce some prior policies and put some new policies into place for our pickup service:
-You must reside within Bartholomew County
-For the safety and protection of our drivers, we are not allowing them to go inside homes
-We are asking that all pickups are completed contactless
-Please do not schedule a pickup if someone in your household has been sick within the past 14 days

You are all absolutely amazing- we are blown away by the support and loyalty you have shown us during this time. Your donations and support have a real impact our entire community as we work to help people live their life “without worry!”

05/14/2020

Families who need help getting their children school supplies can register to receive help through the Bartholomew County School Supply Assistance Program.

Details on how to register are below ⬇️.

05/13/2020

We want you to stay well during these tough times.

The Bartholomew County COVID-19 Wellness Directory can help you find community resources you and your family may need to help you stay physically and emotionally healthy.

Download it at this website: https://bddy.me/2WNBghU.

This directory was drafted as a partnership between the United Way Bartholomew County, Council for Youth Development, Healthy Communities, Communities That Care-Foundation For Youth, Bartholomew County Substance Abuse Council, Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation, Counseling Counts and Su Casa Columbus.

#LiveUnited #BartholomewCounty

05/12/2020

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Our local community deserves a round of applause!

Local donors stepped up and met Centra Credit Union's gift match!
A very special thank you to Centra and to each of our donors who participated in the dollar-for-dollar match.

Your support will have a tremendous impact on our work and the services and resources we are able to provide at this critical time.

Thank you all for #LivingUnited

05/11/2020

As more employees return to work, we know our community might need some child care options.

The Bartholomew County Emergency Child Care task force was formed to meet the growing needs of local residents seeking emergency child care options and to provide resources for parents and professionals during this pandemic.

If you need help with child care during this time, please click here: https://bddy.me/2WKBGWm to get more information.
#LiveUnited

05/08/2020

All of our corporate donors are so incredibly important to us and our community.

Centra Credit Union recently gave us a dollar-for-dollar matching grant that will allow us to get resources to agencies who are on the front lines of addressing community needs that will allow us to move past this pandemic.

Centra has been a long-term partner of United Way and they live the 360 United Way way. They GIVE, ADVOCATE and VOLUNTEER.

To see some of their impact, join us here: https://bddy.me/3du019s.

#LiveUnited #BartholomewCounty

05/07/2020

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Today is #ThankfulThursday and we are so grateful for all of the front line workers who have helped so many during this pandemic.
Who are the essential workers in your life?
Show them some love by saying thank you today!
#ThankfulThursday #LiveUnited #BartholomewCounty

05/07/2020

Today is #ThankfulThursday and we would like to take this time to thank ALL of our individual, corporate and agency donors who have generously given to our COVID-19 Relief Fund.

You are all making an impact and are helping our community move past the COVID-19 pandemic. We have all worked to flatten the curve and YOU have worked to make sure neighbors have been taken care of.

If you have not yet donated to our fund, you can do so here: https://bddy.me/35Ge89h. Your funds are matched from a gracious donation from Centra Credit Union.
#LiveUnited #BartholomewCounty

05/06/2020

🚩MATCHING GIFT OPPORTUNITY 🚩

We are so excited and humbled to announce that Centra Credit Union has gifted the United Way of Bartholomew County a $20,000 dollar-for-dollar match to funds raised through our COVID-19 Relief Fund.

Centra is an incredible partner to us and we are so thankful for their support of our community. They are always willing to volunteer, donate and #LiveUnited for United Way and our neighbors!

We hope their generous gift to us will inspire additional community support from our donors! If you would like to participate in the dollar-for-dollar match, you can donate here: https://bddy.me/2WzVM5k
#LiveUnited #BartholomewCounty

Centra truly believes in the Credit Union mission of “People Helping People.” We are honored to be able to give back to our communities financially during this unprecedented time. Our Team Members and our Members have inspired us with their understanding and flexibility during the COVID-19 Pandemic and we are happy to offer a $20,000 Community Match Opportunity in partnership with the United Way of Bartholomew Co. to help support our friends and neighbors in this time of need.

While we have all been impacted by the pandemic, some of those in our communities have felt the impacts more deeply. If you are able, and if you would so choose, we are offering this opportunity to join with Centra as part of our Community Match.

UW Bartholomew County COVID-19 Relief Fund: https://www.uwbarthco.org/civicrm/contribute/transact?reset=1&id=13

05/01/2020

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Here at United Way of Bartholomew County, we think you count!

Fill out the census and help bring critical funding to our community.
✔️ Complete the census today. https://bddy.me/2yYUhWn
#LiveUnited #BartholomewCounty #CountUnited

04/29/2020

The Bartholomew County School Supply Assistance Program is ratcheting up and could use your help!

This program is an effort from multiple agencies and community members who endeavor to make sure every child in Bartholomew County has the supplies they need to have a successful school year. They need donations for the 2020-2021 school year.

Our generous community has helped approximately 2,000 students annually, but more kids will likely need your help this year due to the economic impact of COVID-19.

This year, you can see the impact you are making by buying items directly for backpacks from the program's Amazon wish list. Those items will then be directly shipped to program organizers! Every item counts, and there are items for every budget.

To buy an item off the wish list, go here: https://bddy.me/2WefmEp

#LiveUnited #BartholomewCounty

04/29/2020

We are incredibly grateful and thankful for the recent gift from Taylor Bros. Construction Co, Inc to our COVID-19 Relief Fund.

The generous donation Taylor Bros made to our fund will allow us and partner agencies to help people who have been affected by the Coronavirus pandemic and will strengthen our community during this trying time.

Taylor Brothers truly knows how to #LiveUnited.

If your business would like to make a donation to this fund, please email Whittney Loyd at [email protected].
#BartholomewCounty.

04/28/2020

🎉🎉LIVE UNITED PARTNER🎉🎉

We would like to announce this week’s LIVE UNITED PARTNER, Alyssa Singh and Sseko Designs, for their support of our COVID-19 Relief Fund and front line medical workers!

Alyssa is selling Brave Blessing Boxes community members can sponsor for local front line workers. Each box contains a gratitude charm bracelet, a gift card to Lucabe Coffee in Columbus and a handwritten thank you note.

Boxes are $40. You can sponsor a box and decide who gets the blessing! You may also contribute any amount to go toward a box.

25% of box sales and sales of any products on the site will be donated directly to our relief fund.

To sponsor a box, contact Alyssa at [email protected], or send her a Facebook message.

You can also shop directly from the fundraiser website: https://bddy.me/35cQb9f

We are grateful to all our community partners who are stepping up and making sure their neighbors are being taken care of.

Alyssa truly knows how to #LiveUnited.

04/24/2020

Cummins Inc

We are incredibly grateful and humbled to be able to call a business like Cummins Inc our community partner.

Our community is doing a great job working together and finding ways to support each other during this pandemic.

To help respond to the #COVID19 pandemic we've announced additional efforts to help protect the needs of health care professionals. In collaboration with 3M, Cummins will manufacture high efficiency particulate filters for use in Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPRs). The 3M designed filters will be made in Cummins’ Neillsville, Wisconsin, plant. Read more: https://cummins.tech/hci1ln

04/24/2020

In honor of Volunteer Appreciation Week, we would like to thank a very important group of people who we refer to as “Champions.”

These individuals work tirelessly within their workplace each year to help raise funds for our community.

To our Champions—

You are the heart of our campaign. You are the advocates, volunteers, and tireless fundraisers who are out there every day determined to make a difference. Thank you for inspiring your coworkers, educating and empowering your peers, and raising awareness surrounding critical issues. We are grateful for the time you invest, the talent you give, and the passion you share with others.

You are the epitome of what it means to #LIVEUNITED.

04/23/2020

Love Chapel - Ecumenical Assembly of Bartholomew County Churches

Do you have extra plastic bags you can part with?

Love Chapel needs donated plastic bags to help keep up with an increased need during this time.

Details on when and how to donate are below. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

#LiveUnited #BartholomewCounty

Urgent call out for plastic bags!!! With the increase in demand at the food pantry, we are in need of a lot of plastic bags. If you have some, they can be dropped off at the Love Chapel Food Pantry Monday through Saturday 9 AM to noon!
Thanks!!!

04/22/2020

It is National Volunteer Week and we would like to take this time to thank ALL of our volunteers.

Thanks to their help, we completed 172 agency and residential projects in the last year during Day of Caring and Day of Service.

We also ensured just over 1,900 Bartholomew County children had the supplies needed for a successful school year, helped over 1,200 community members file their taxes, saving over $100,000 in filing fees, and made the holidays memorable to over 1,200 of the nearly 3,200 children registered for holiday programs.

All of this would not be possible without YOU and YOUR support of United Way of Bartholomew County.

Our volunteers truly know how to #LiveUnited

#BartholomewCounty

04/21/2020

🎉📣🎉LIVE UNITED PARTNER🎉📣🎉

Our organization has been blown away by the creativity, kindness and generosity of countless Bartholomew County residents throughout this unprecedented time.

This week we would like to spotlight our LIVE UNITED PARTNER, Angela Jackson Photography

We are grateful to Angela Jackson for helping bring joy to local families, all while helping support our local community.

While following social distancing guidelines, Angie offered Columbus and Nashville families ‘FRONT STEP’ photo sessions to capture their every day lives during the pandemic. No fancy clothes or props, just love and laughter during a time when its needed most.

Along with the memories she helped to create, she is also directing 50% of all photo session donations to United Way of Bartholomew County (Columbus residents) & Mother’s Cupboard Community Kitchen (Nashville residents).

A special thank you to Angela Jackson Photography for sharing her talent and generosity with us. To check out more of Angie’s work, please visit: https://bddy.me/2XWJ430

AJP truly knows how to #LiveUnited

04/17/2020

United Way of Bartholomew Co's cover photo

04/17/2020

🙋 April is National Volunteer Month! 🙋

Our Volunteer Action Center has compiled multiple immediate volunteer activities that will allow you to be involved in our community.

Some of these activities can be done from home and ALL of these volunteer options will allow you to directly help your neighbors during this pandemic.

Check out the opportunities here: https://bddy.me/2Kbue0n
#LiveUnited #BartholomewCounty