Fiesta Fun Friday! Thanks to everyone who participated in Fiesta! Fun Friday on May 7th! There were lots of fun games, great music (by DJ Mike Schlagbaum), delicious food from food truck vendors and thirst-quenching adult beverages! We even celebrated Executive Director, Vicki Smith’s birthday! When all was said and done, over $14,000 was raised […]
We are excited to announce that we will be having our year-end campaign event, Fiesta Fun Friday Reverse Raffle coming Friday, May 7, 2021. This event is going to take on a very different feel this year as we are moving it to the Wassenberg Art Center. The event will offer an indoor/outdoor option. Things […]
Thank you Van Wert Manor for partnering with us in this year’s Virtual Cupcake Wars! So much creativity was shown by our gracious bakers representing our agencies. And THANK YOU VAN WERT COUNTY for your generosity. Each agency will receive the dollars donated. The total raised for fundraising event was $6,540.00 Congratulations to baker Leah […]
While Cupcake Wars looks very different this year, we are still so very excited to bring you Virtual Cupcake Wars. Jacque Welch of the Van Wert Manor and Vicki Smith of the United Way of Van Wert County are teaming up again this year for the 3rd annual battle of the cupcake displays! This virtual […]
WOW!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you… Students, Staff, Sponsors, Vendors, Parents, Alumni and anyone who gave in any way!! It was SO CLOSE!! #RivalsUnited 2021 set an All-Time record 🤩🤩 A total of $39,239.57 was raised for the 34 United Way agencies! Congratulations to Lincolnview! We are #AlwaysUnited Crestview & Lincolnview student representatives teamed […]
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 […]
