To
improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of the community.
LIVE
UNITED
Underneath everything we are, underneath everything we
do,
we are all people.
Connected, interdependent, united.
And when we reach out a hand to one, we influence the
condition of all.
That's what it means to
LIVE UNITED. |
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In
1887 in Denver, Colorado, a diverse group of community leaders—a
woman, a priest, two ministers and a rabbi— came together
to improve community conditions. The campaign they created
became one of the most important social inventions in history
and sparked a movement that established United Way.
Today,
nearly 1,800 community-based United Ways in 41 countries and
territories, celebrate 125 Years of United Way. Be part of the
movement. LIVE UNITED.
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United
Way and the American Human Development Project
have
created a tool to forecast how things might change
in our community if educational outcomes were better.
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Building
Healthy Communities Project
In
2009, The California Endowment (TCE), a statewide public health
foundation, announced its Building Healthy Communities (BHC)
Initiative in 14 selected sites in California. The areas of
South Merced, Planada, Le Grand and Franklin/Beachwood make
one of these sites. BHC is working with residents, community
leaders and decision makers to change existing systems and policies
for children to be safe, healthy, and ready to learn. We want
your involvement and support. For more details about the Building
Healthy Communities Plan, please visit The California Endowment
site at www.calendow.org
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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: |
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