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							What Your Dollar Buys through Community Investment

Your gift to United Way Community Investment helps to provide opportunities for a better life for
everyone in our region: a quality education that leads to a stable job, income that can support a family,
and good health.

We all win when children are successful, families are financially stable and a safety net of health and
human services is there for all of us. And when we pool our resources, we can accomplish so much more
than any single gift or agency could alone. That’s what Community Investment is all about.

For the price of a can of soda…

$1 per week helps more than fifty middle school teachers and administrators manage their classrooms
more effectively, so nearly 650 children can spend more time learning.

$1 per week helps a lower-income family make ends meet with financial education, budget coaching, or
free tax preparation.

$1 per week provides the physical therapy session that helps a child with cerebral palsy to walk for the
first time.

$1 per week provides emergency services such as food or shelter for one of 25,000 people.

For the price of a latte…

$3 per week helps one of more than 1,700 individuals with intellectual disabilities become more
independent through job training.

$3 per week helps one of more than 900 adults learn to read so they can get a job.

$3 per week provides free legal services for one of more than 3,000 lower-income children and families.

$3 per week covers one eye screening exam to detect eye damage as a result of sickle cell disease.

$3 per week purchases a walker for an individual with multiple sclerosis who does not have insurance.

For the price of a fast-food sandwich…

$5 per week provides safe, challenging after-school programming for one of more than 2,000 children.

$5 per week provides job or career skill training for one of more than 2,600 people.
$5 per week supports a half day of research by a Liver Scholar Award recipient who is working to find
cures for liver disease.

$5 per week helps one of nearly 1,000 adults recover from drug or alcohol addiction.

For the price of a paperback…

$10 per week helps a child develop the skills to succeed in kindergarten.

$10 per week provides counseling for one of nearly 10,000 children and adults.

$10 per week covers the cost of an autism diagnosis for a three-year-old child.

$10 per week protects one of nearly 5,000 victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault through shelters
and other support services.

For the price of a gourmet pizza…

$20 per week provides home health services so that a sick or elderly person can remain at home.

$20 per week helps one of more than 3,000 children improve his or her academic skills.

$20 per week provides funds for one child or teen with epilepsy to attend an overnight summer camp
designed to accommodate their needs.