Creating Waves of Change! Giving to Barry County United Way ensures that your gift will have the most impact in your community. By combining your gift with thousands of others, United Way is able to achieve long term change in improving people's lives.  Barry County United Way has an endowment fund that covers all administrative costs therefore, 100% of your gift is utilized only for programs that impact the residents of our community.  Last year, over 92,500 times services of Barry County United Way and our 20 partner progams were accessed by Barry County residents! Programs internal to Barry County United Way include:  211, Backpack program, Car Seat Installation and Education, Financial Mentoring, Fresh Food Initiative, Homeless Prevention and Emergency Assistance, Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Detector Program, Toys for Barry County Kids, Veteran's Affairs and the Volunteer Center. Including grants sought outside of the United Way campaign, volunteer hours and in kind contributions, over 1.8 million is invested back into Barry County through Barry County United Way!  Thank YOU!