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Feed Lake County distributes nearly 35,000 pounds of food

Feed Lake County wrapped up on Monday as United Way of Lake County distributed nearly 35,000 pounds of food to more than 50 local food pantries. Feed Lake County also raised an additional $25,000 in cash that will be used throughout the year to purchase food for the pantries. Thank you to all the businesses, organizations and schools that helped conduct food drives.

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Day of Caring

This year's Day of Caring will be on Wednesday, June 19. If your agency or nonprofit organization are looking to submit projects OR your business or organization are looking to volunteer, please contact Megan Grdina at 440.639.1149 or MGrdina@uwlc.org. For more details, click here.

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Thank You!

On Thursday, April 11, we held our Annual Meeting where we announced the 2012 campaign raised $3.67 million. We want to thank all the companies, organizations, schools and individuals who contributed to the campaign. Thanks to all of you, we will be able to put that money back into our community and help those who truly need it.

We also want to thank the Cleveland Browns organization and Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam for being our guest speaker.

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BE THE CHANGE

United Way of Lake County 2012 Campaign Video

On Thursday, August 23 we officially kicked off our 2012 Campaign and throughout the next few months, we're inviting you to BE THE CHANGE! Campaign Co-Chairs Lisa Nelson of Right Track Benefits and Dave Wiles of CT Consultants will help us reach our goal of $3.716 million (2% increase) and our stretch goal, which is $3.752 million (3% increase). Companies or organizations interested in running a United Way campaign can contact Jean Argo at 440.639.1286 or JArgo@UWLC.org

We continue to see more people who would have never thought they would need services from United Way of Lake County. Last year, 160,475 United Way services benefited Lake County residents. We serve two out of every three people within the county and fund 74 programs that fund services for children, seniors, basic needs and health counseling and health services.

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