State Service Commission Capacity Moving From Nice to Necessary Discussion & Dialogue With Mikel Herrington & Kristin McSwain

Points of Light/Hands on Network With Michelle Nunn & Marlene Zakai

Perspectives from the Field

Faith-Based Programming With Jedd Medefind

The United Way With Tim Ervolina

United Way as a National Service Partner

United Way mission: To Improve Lives By Mobilizing the Caring Power of Communities

United Way as a National Service Partner United Way is a national network of nearly 1,300 local organizations that work to advance the common good by focusing on education, income and health. These are the building blocks for a good life: a quality education that leads to a stable job, enough income to support a family through retirement, and good health.

United Way as a National Service Partner Advancing the Common Good Education Education – Helping Children and Youth Achieve Their Potential Income Income – Promoting Financial Stability and Independence Health Health – Improving Peoples Health Advancing the common good is less about helping one person at a time and more about changing systems to help all of us. We are all connected and interdependent. We all win when a child succeeds in school, when families are financially stable, when people are healthy.

United Way as a National Service Partner Advancing the Common Good With Real Outcomes: The Ten Year Goals EducationEducation – Cut by half the number of young people who drop out of high school. IncomeIncome – Cut by half the number of working families that lack financial stability. HealthHealth – Increase by one-third the percentage of healthy young people and adults.

United Way as a National Service Partner Advancing the Common Good Give United Way encourages everyone to give some part of their personal income to local nonprofits that are working to advance the common good.

United Way as a National Service Partner Advancing the Common Good Advocate United Way encourages everyone to speak up about the things that matter mosteducation, health care, financial stability for working families. One of United Ways top public policy efforts is an increase in the funding for the Corporation for National and Community Service.

United Way as a National Service Partner Advancing the Common Good Volunteer United Way saw a 4.7 percent increase in the number of people volunteering directly with United Way1.1 million this year, up from 1.02 million last year. Additionally, United Way-supported Volunteer Center and online opportunities resulted in almost 10.8 million hours of service to strengthen local communities, up from 10.1 million last year.

United Way as a National Service Partner Contact your United Way state office or capital city United Way Encourage your sub-grantees to have their members participate in United Way Days of Action Make sure that your United Way or Volunteer Center is aware of your service opportunities and partner to co-brand Encourage United Way membership on your Commission.

Pro Bono Initiatives With Shannon Maynard