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Friends,
As we reflect on another remarkable year at United Way of Southern Chautauqua County (UWSCC), we can’t help but feel deep gratitude for our community’s support. Our theme for this year was “Better Together: Because of United Way” – and this year’s accomplishments certainly demonstrated that! In the words of one of our campaign-co chairs, Micki McCray: “One of the strengths of this organization is their ability to get everybody together and to work together. Not one person or organization can do it all – you need to be able to tap different areas of the community.” The community came together under Rex and Micki McCray’s leadership, and we raised $1,412,916 – another record-setting year in fundraising for UWSCC. We are grateful for our volunteers, generous donors, top-notch staff, resilient non-profit agencies, and the many partners in this work.
Bringing these partners together allowed us to accomplish the following:
• $1,283,498 invested in community impact, including supporting 29 agencies running 42 programs.
• 29,703 positive impacts made by United Way Community partners.
• 1,313 households in Chautauqua County who received tax preparation services, resulting in more than $1.9 million in refunds to working families and seniors. This saved families $389,489 in tax preparation fees.
• 339 people volunteered a total of 1,916 hours for United Way.
And of course, much more! This included forming a merger task force facilitated by NYCON (New York Council on Non-profits) and both boards voting to affiliate. This year’s annual meeting will include an historic vote by our membership to merge our two United Ways. We continue to foster collaboration and partnership in the community—bringing people and organizations across sectors to the table to work on community-wide problems that no one organization can solve alone. We are effectively and efficiently leveraging resources and strengthening the nonprofit sector. Our Board of Directors has done such strategic work this year, and with UWSCC on the cusp of a merger with our partners at United Way of Northern Chautauqua County… we truly believe we are BETTER TOGETHER.
Thank you for your support!