Until the fight is won.

Creating and cultivating an unbreakable network of support for a strong, healthy and equitable community. United Way brings together people, companies and nonprofits to create positive sustainable change. We work to solve issues no single donor, charity or government agency can handle alone. By focusing on education, financial stability and health, we help more children graduate and get stable jobs, help families become financially stable and improve the overall health of our community.

We haven’t really called it that, but what United Way of Kaw Valley has been doing over the past decade is evolving into a new breed of nonprofit leader. A leader that strives to add value to the nonprofit community by facilitating and encouraging collaboration, by sharing resources and capacity, by focusing many partners on problems that would overwhelm any single agency.

Your investment helps ensure that regardless of their zip code:

• Children are ready to learn when they start school
• Children keep up with their peers in grade school, increasing their chances of graduating high school
• Individuals and families are financially stable and able to save and plan for the future
• Everyone has access to nutritious and affordable food and opportunities to be active and healthy

United Way was originally formed to address Basic Needs, and that assistance remains foundational to today’s work. This support focuses on rent and utilities, food, health assistance/prescriptions and safety from domestic violence. Without having their basic needs met, children have difficulty learning in school, families may slip into financial instability, and individuals and families will struggle to maintain good health.