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We Need Your Help to Reach Our Goal
There are several ways you can give:
- online-simply click on the donate button on our home page
- click here to download the pledge care and mail it with your donation
- mail your donation to United Way of Brown County, PO Box 476, New Ulm, MN 56073
- Call our office at 507-354-6512 and we will assist you
A BETTER TOMORROW BEGINS WITH YOU
EDUCATION
PROGRAMS WE SUPPORT HELP CHILDREN
AND YOUTH ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL BY:
• Ensuring access to quality school readiness and
preschool programs that prepare children for school
and learning.
• Offering programs that teach young people positive
life skills.
• Helping 500 students start the school year off right
by providing them with a backpack and school
supplies through our “Stuff the Backpacks” project.
• Helping students maintain or improve grade point
averages and stay in school through academic
mentoring services.
BASIC NEEDS
PROGRAMS WE SUPPORT PROMOTE GREATER
FINANCIAL STABILITY AND INDEPENDENCE BY:
• Meeting basic needs like food, clothing, rent, utilities
and other emergency needs.
• Providing pre-employment skills, peer counseling,
computer tutoring, resources and referrals that leads
to living-wage employment.
• Providing free financial counseling to individuals and
families experiencing debt issues.
• Creating opportunities for individuals with disabilities
to participate in their community through training and
long-term employment.
HEALTH
PROGRAMS WE SUPPORT PROMOTE THE
OVERALL HEALTH OF OUR COUNTY BY:
• Improving access to health care services.
• Providing healthy meals and daily visits for
homebound senior citizens.
• Ensuring safety from violence.
• Offering home visits by a registered nurse who
provides education and resources to parents with a
newborn child.
• Providing a community based program to address
youth/teen suicide through public awareness
campaigns, education and training.
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