"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
--President Barack Obama  

Recap: S. 277 would improve and expand national and community service programs and strengthen the infrastructure for volunteerism within the nonprofit community.  The bill would triple the number of service volunteers - from 75,000 to 250,000 - and expand service opportunities to all stages of life, focusing on such targeted areas as veterans' services, the environment, disaster relief, and arts education. S. 277 would also create a nationwide community-based infrastructure fund to leverage investments in service and set up a volunteer generation fund to help build the capacity of nonprofits to coordinate, train and manage volunteers. 
Find out more about this bill and how you can help.

Or contact your representative today and tell them to support this bill and our nonprofits!

 

2-1-1 Act

WHY IS THE CALLING FOR 2-1-1 ACT NEEDED? Although the 2-1-1 system has developed over the past decade through United Way and state government funding, the 2-1-1 system lacks stable long-term financing. Because of the expanding reach and increasing visibility of 2-1-1, many 2-1-1 call centers lack the resources needed to build an adequate telecommunications infrastructure, provide appropriate staff levels and training, establish or maintain 24-hour-a-day service, ensure complete and accurate informational databases, and reach rural populations. The Calling for 2-1-1 Act would provide the funding needed to meet these needs. 

 

Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida collects and distributes millions of pounds of food and grocery products per year to local emergency food pantries, shelters, soup kitchens, and other important nonprofit feeding programs.

Food Banks and Second Harvest have seen huge increases over the past year.  Second Harvest has had a 70% increase in food demand over the past year. Find out more about how the United Way and Second Harvest Food Bank are battling hunger every day in Voluisa and Flagler Counties.