Top 10 reasons to support Naperville UW

August 17, 2007

  1. The Need is Tremendous.
    One in three Illinois first graders is not ready to learn when they start school. Average pay in Illinois has plummeted 29.2% in the past 15 years. The typical Illinois family must spend 25% of its income on daycare?for just one child. One in six people in Illinois is uninsured, and 80% of them are from working families.
  2. Resources Are Scarce.
    Government funding for health and human services has been declining dramatically in recent years, forcing many agencies to eliminate critical programs or close their doors altogether. After the government, United Way is the leading funder of this vital network of support, but in Naperville alone United Way has just $1 of funding for every $1.78 in requests.
  3. Your Gift Will Deliver Strong Results.
    Every Naperville United Way funded program must demonstrate measurable and lasting results?to ensure that your contributions make the greatest impact possible. It?s not about how many kids attend an after school program, it?s about how many of those kids are better able to handle the stressors in their life. It?s not about how many people receive meals from a food pantry, it?s about how many of them no longer need the services because they?ve become self-sufficient.
  4. Your Contribution Directly Supports The Naperville Community
    Naperville United Way does extensive research to understand the needs in the community we serve and then we fund a network of local programs to address those needs. Your donation is invested in your local community.
  5. Your Donation Funds More Than Just Agency Programs.
    Naperville United Way launches special initiatives based on assessed needs. Most recently Naperville United Way launched and completed a successful community-wide Youth Impact program.
  6. Your Dollars Leverage More Dollars.
    Naperville United Way funding is a seal of approval for health and human service agencies. Because United Way does such a thorough job of reviewing its funded agencies for fiscal accountability and program effectiveness, United Way partner agencies are able to leverage many additional dollars from government and other funders.
  7. No Agency Or Program Can Do It Alone.
    It takes coordination and an entire network of programs to keep our communities strong?and that?s what Naperville United Way provides. With a deep network of relationships with government, community and business leaders, health and human service experts, volunteers and donors, United Way is uniquely positioned to provide the leadership and resources to get things done.
  8. Your Gift Will Address The Strongest Needs.
    Naperville United Way focuses on the most important human care issues of our day. From affordable housing to education to healthcare access to economic self-sufficiency to crisis support?United Way works to address the greatest challenges facing people in each community.
  9. We All Benefit From Naperville United Way.
    From programs that help our neighbors and even our own families cope with home fires or other crisis to programs that help working families overcome life?s challenges and remain self-sufficient?each of us has inherited a wealth of community support services that has improved the quality of life in our community. It is up to each of us to protect and sustain it.
  10. Your Gift Will Change People’s Lives.
    Naperville United Way donations have made possible what seemed impossible for many people in our community.

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