Advancing the Common Good in Hard Times and Beyond
Everyone deserves a chance to have a quality Education that leads to a stable job, enough Income to support a family and to live in good Health. You can advance the common good in your community and get the satisfaction of fostering real change.
By partnering with the United Way, you support results-driven programs focused on improving the areas of Education, Income and Health. You improve lives in our community and help create a better future for everyone. What’s more, you demonstrate leadership and create a path for others to follow.
United Way focuses on the building blocks for a good life:
Education: Helping children and youth achieve their potential
- Destination: Graduation promotes improved high school graduation rates and the pursuit of advanced education (Result: Destination: Graduation students promoted on average at a 15% higher rate than comparable students at the same schools)
- Born Learning prepares kids to start school ready to learn (Result: 87% of parents improved parenting skills and knowledge by more than 25%)
- Programs that promote:
- Keeping children safe while parents work
- Helping young people develop positive values
- Assisting youth in overcoming challenges
- Helping children make positive choices
By supporting United Way, you help youth succeed from early childhood through high school graduation.
Income: Promoting independence and financial stability
- Earn It! Keep It! Save It! helps families file tax credit claims and receive financial education (Result: in its first year, Earn It! Keep It! Save It! put more than $8 million back into the pockets of hard-working families in Dallas and Tarrant counties)
- Programs that promote:
- Financial education
- Assistance with filing tax credit claims
- Helping parents get and keep jobs
- Development of English skills
- Financial independence
Your investment in the United Way helps families move from survival to success.
Health: Improving people's health
- Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Access provides health insurance to children (Result: successfully advocating for CHIP to ensure Texas children have the help they deserve)
- Programs that promote:
- Access to medical care for uninsured families
- Ability for seniors to remain living independently
- Assistance to people with chronic diseases
- Mental and physical health treatment
- Services to children and adults with disabilities
- Providing a safety net for those in our community who need it most
By lending a hand, you help others attain and maintain good health.
Make a Donation
When a child succeeds in school, a single mom pulls herself out of poverty, or a grandfather learns how to better manage his diabetes, we all win. When you reach out a hand to one, you influence the condition of all.
Your donation, large or small, makes it possible for United Way to improve lives in our community.
Make a Memorial Gift
When someone passes away, it’s natural to think about the life they led and the impact they made on the people who loved and admired them. The United Way is grateful to those who Give to further extend the impact of people who have been lost.
Your memorial gift—of any size—pays honors one incredible life by bettering the lives of others throughout our community.
Make a Tribute Gift
Has someone special in your life made you want to honor them by giving to others? A gift to United Way can be a powerful way to say thank you or congratulations, because it can touch the lives of so many people in our community.
When you want to make a tribute gift, please keep the United Way in mind.
Serving Dallas, Collin, Rockwall and Southern Denton Counties
