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To
improve lives by mobilizing the caring power
of the community.
Day
of Action Saturday,
June 20th Community Volunteer Day
United
Way of Merced Country
is beginning to conduct a comprehensive community
asset and needs assessment to identify the most
urgent health and human service needs right here
in our community. That research is guiding our
new community impact strategy, which focuses
on solving our most pressing community problems
by addressing the underlying causes. Our community
impact strategy focuses on two specific areas:
More
than 48,000 people in Merced County
live below the level of self-sufficiency.
United Way is helping people
build capabilities that lead to
self-sufficiency by supporting
English fluency classes, employment
training, education, and youth
and early childhood development
services, as well as fostering
community leadership to
United
Way and its partner agencies support
people in crisis who need temporary
assistance such as food, shelter,
dependent care, or counseling
when faced with loss of employment,
serious illness, violence, substance
abuse or grief.
Free
Lunches
this Summer through Merced City Schools, Atwater WIC,
and Livingston WIC.
Meals will be served from June 14th through August 7th,
Monday through Friday from 10:40 am to 11:30 am.”