Address | 803 Hermitage Road, PO Box 1268 |
Town | Burlington |
Phone | (336) 438-2000 |
United Way is a national nonprofit organization that strives to build strong, successful families and a better communities across the country through "the building blocks of life": education, financial, health, and family stability.
education: goal- prepare children to enter kindergarten ready to learn and to increase the number of students who are career and college ready , strategy- socially, emotionally, intellectually prepared
income/financial- goal- help individuals and families meet basic needs and achieve financial independence, strategies: support providers of basic needs, support efforts that provide counseling, support efforts that provide job-training for underemployed and unemployed members of the community to help them realize career potential
health/family: goal-improve health by focusing on prevention, education, and access to health programs, strategies: physical health support, mental health support, prevention counseling to provide education and resources for substance, physical, and sexual abuse
mission statement - allocating funds where the community needs them to build better sustainable communities
United Way of Alamance county is the largest nonprofit funders of health and human services in the county. Located in Burlington, N.C., something