Grab Your Partner: Bus Tours + Volunteerism = A Bigger, Better Campaign June 18, 2010

United Way helps to: ensure academic success for children financial stability for lower-income families a safety net of health and human services for everyone Jumpstart

Engaging your employees Bus tours Agency speakers Food for Thought United Way Day of Caring Teambuilding days Volunteer Solutions Additional opportunities Jumpstart

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Jumpstart Bus Tours Guided tour of local neighborhoods and organizations Designed to meet your company’s interests and will show how agencies are addressing our communities’ challenges

Bus Tours Meet people who are working to ensure success for children, provide financial stability for lower-income families, and provide a safety net of health and human services Minimal cost to your company Can be done year-round Jumpstart

7 Agency Speakers A great way to kick-off your campaign or work with you during the campaign An agency speaker discusses their programs and the benefits to their program recipients because of Community Investment dollars they receive

Agency Speakers Can be done year-round at campaign kick-offs, staff meetings, special events Make all requests at least two weeks in advance Request speakers online at click on Campaign Headquarters, then Agency Speaker/Tour Program Jumpstart

9 Food for Thought Agency speakers come to your workplace to provide information and lead discussions on community conditions Great way to prepare for a teambuilding day or United Way Day of Caring Topics may include health and nutrition, increasing self-sufficiency, and choosing quality childcare Can be done year-round at little or no cost to your company

Jumpstart United Way Day of Caring

Jumpstart United Way Day of Caring Join us as we improve people’s lives and change community conditions on September 3, 2010 Great way to kick-off your campaign Volunteers engage in hands-on learning experiences 5,525 employee volunteers from 65 companies completed more than 300 projects at 160 nonprofit organizations in 2009 Little or no cost to your company

Jumpstart Teambuilding Days Promote teamwork in alignment with your company’s goals for community involvement Volunteer side-by-side at a nonprofit organization in your community

Teambuilding Days United Way staff make all of the arrangements for you Can be done year- round at little or no cost to your company Jumpstart

Jumpstart Volunteer Solutions Online database of volunteer and board opportunities at your fingertips 24 hours a day/7 days a week Explore great projects for yourself, your family, and your co-workers to participate in throughout central and northeastern Connecticut New opportunities posted daily by 250+ agencies Visit us online at and click on Volunteerwww.unitedwayinc.org

Jumpstart Additional opportunities Community Investment Volunteers Button Up Connecticut coat drive NBC 30 Joy of Sharing toy drive Major events happen in the area needing volunteers – Project Homeless Connect

This makes for a better campaign because… it is an opportunity to engage and educate employees year round education and awareness are crucial to a successful campaign these are ideal opportunities to think about who would benefit from United Way exposure Jumpstart

This makes for a better campaign because… they allow for employees to go back to work and them share their experience with other employees in addition to a better campaign, this is also great teambuilding activities Jumpstart

We know that… People who volunteer give more money. “A 2008 study by the Center for Responsible Business at the University of Berkeley showed that people who volunteer time are more likely to give more money than those that were only asked to donate funds.” Jumpstart

They gave before it finally clicked, they get it when you see it first hand, and it is so much easier to give Because employees make the connection between their dollars and how their local community is helped, the employees then understand the importance of giving to United Way Community Investment, thus increasing campaign dollars Jumpstart We know that…

Jumpstart Opportunities to remember… Bus tours Agency speakers Food for Thought United Way Day of Caring Teambuilding days Volunteer Solutions Additional opportunities These are of little or no cost to you and most can be done year-round!

Jumpstart Questions?

Contact Information Jumpstart Libby Richardson, Community Engagement Manager (860) , Kimberley Russo, Director of Community Investment (860) , Mechelle Tovar Olórtegui, Donor Relations Manager (860) ,

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