Greetings!
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The 2010-11 United Way of Southwest Minnesota annual fund-raising campaign is now underway. Volunteers from across the area will work to raise funds that will be used in local programs and services that focus on education, income and health - the building blocks for a good quality of life and successful communities. Read more here.
Can you help? Tell others about how United Way works in this area. Ask others in your workplace to help raise some money for the campaign. Volunteer to help during the small business blitz week October 13 - 20. Take part in Dine Out for United Way events. Everyone can make a big difference.
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Celebrate five years of Imagination Library sponsorship in this area. Let's have a party! |
What's a birthday without some cakes? The GREAT CAKE EVENT will be Saturday, October 16 (1:00 - 4:00 PM) at the Marshall Area YMCA, 200 South A St,. Marshall, MN.
Children's Activities - Showcase of cakes
Cake & Punch - Educational sessions about basics of cake decorating - Cake Decorating Contest (four different categories including youth) - Silent Auction of cakes - more.
Join us for a fun-filled day. Read more about the events and find out how to register your cake. Click Here |
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United Way of Southwest Minnesota is an independent, local non-profit organization working to create lasting changes in people's lives and the communities in Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Yellow Medicine and western Redwood Counties of Minnesota. See map of area here
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An Investment in Our Future
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Concern about the long-term effects of children coming to school unprepared to learn led United Way of Southwest Minnesota to begin local sponsorship of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program.
Research shows that reading out loud regularly to young children makes a big difference in a child's brain development and vocabulary. This all adds up to children who are better prepared for success when they enter school.
244 pre-school children living in this area received their very first book "The Little Engine That Could" in October 2005. Since then 5,214 children have received 127,402 quality books in the mail each month at no cost to their families. This is an investment in our future of $318,505 that United Way of Southwest Minnesota donors have underwritten over these past five years. The average cost per book is $2.50.
There are currently 2,386 children, ages birth - 5 years old, enrolled in Imagination Library. Click here to learn more and find out how to register a child who lives in this area.
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