Our volunteers here at the United Way are a huge asset to our operation. This month we are revealing Rita Adam, a wonderful lady who has been serving her community through volunteering for the United Way of Van Wert County for over 50 years!! Please click on the link to learn more. https://youtu.be/YRQrd8Q-vsM
Recently we had an Agency Reveal. The agency we chose to recognize for this reveal was Family Health Care of Northwest Ohio. Speaking on their behalf was CEO, Jennifer Smith. In this reveal Jennifer explains what a blessing it has been to be a United Way agency. Please click on the link to learn more. […]
Another recent reveal was to highlight all of our Leadership Givers in the community. A Leadership Giver is someone who pledges at a Bronze Level of $750-$999, a Silver Level of $1,000-$1,249 or a Gold Level of $1,250 and up. In 2019 our Leadership Givers made up 15% of our $500,000 campaign goal, raising almost […]
This month we reveal one of our United Way board members, Veronica Cuevas. Veronica is going into her 3rd year of serving as a board member. We are thankful for Veronica and all of our board members and their dedication as they play a big role in helping to plan and organize events and keep […]
We chose to recognize Central Insurance company on our Campaign Reveal sign. Central recently held their 2020 campaign for the United Way of Van Wert County where their employees pledged $85,032.28, which the company matched for a total contribution of $170,064.56. Thanks to Central and their employees, the United Way is able to support the […]
This year’s Day of Caring events took on a slightly different look. The Red Cross had their annual blood drive and had 98 donors. We were able to have our 2nd Annual Day of Caring Stuff the Truck event at Wal-Mart leaving each pantry with a car load of food. We also were able to […]
United Way of Van Wert County has partnered with Wilkinson’s Printing to help with all of our 2020 Campaign advertising needs. One of those needs is part of a new promotion that we are doing this year, the Campaign Reveal Sign. Some of you may have already noticed the sign located in the parking lot […]
United Way of Van Wert County Kicks Off 2020 Campaign with Yard Sign Fundraiser We are living in unprecedented times. The impact of the global pandemic can be felt throughout our community. The United Way of Van Wert County’s mission is to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of people and organizations within the […]
It’s hard to believe that this is my 6th year with United Way. We have completed several successful campaigns in the past 6 years and this year was another great example. We started out the year ahead of schedule and were reaping the benefits from generous givers. The one problem was that our society […]
United Way of Van Wert County Executive Director Vicki Smith announced Kim Bruns as this year’s campaign chair for 2020-21. “Kim is going to be a great leader in this year’s campaign. She has always reminded me that we are doing what we do to help individuals. She will be such an asset working through […]
