Welcome to United Way of Southwestern Indiana 2-1-1 eNewsletter! The purpose of this newsletter is to make you, our social services partners, aware of 2-1-1 activities, new and/or changes to programs in our database, and to show you what we are doing. The 2-1-1 eNews will be released the last week of the month.

We encourage your feedback! Let us know how we can help you, if you need 2-1-1 supplies, or if you would like someone to speak about 2-1-1.

Send Stephanie an email at snorrick@unitedwayswi.org  

In this issue:

• Service Reports 
• Marketing and Resource Materials  
• Save the Date - National Volunteer Week!  

Stephanie Norrick, CIRS

Director of Community Resources

Carol Tenhumberg, CIRS

Community Resource Specialist

Cathy Perrin, CIRS

Community Resource Specialist

Jan Martin

Community Resource Specialist

Cierra Gregory

Intern, Community Resource Specialist

Service Reports

Writing a grant?  Need to know how many food pantries or hot meals sites are in your county? Wondering how many callers needs go unmet due to a lack of resources? 

We can help you with that! United Way 2-1-1 answers over 20,000 calls per year. We collect numerous pieces of data regarding our calls and are able to create custom reports to assist your agency. Simply call Stephanie at 421-2800, dial 2-1-1 or snorrick@unitedwayswi.org.

1. Food
2. Housing/Utilities
3. Income Support 
4. Health Care 
5. Clothing 

1. Housing/Utility
2. Food
3. Income/Support
4. Transportation  
5. Health Care 

Type of Call

Advocacy - 0  

Assessment - 1,221  

Crisis - 0

Information - 29 

Sex of Caller

Female - 920  

Male - 334  

Who's Calling

Friend/Family - 22  

Organization - 210  

Self - 1,038  

Number of Referrals Made 

Serving as your 2-1-1 Center for Vanderburgh, Warrick, Spencer, Posey and  

Gibson counties.

 Marketing and Resource Materials 

Most of us have heard the old adage 'you don't have to reinvent the wheel'. Here at United Way 2-1-1, we have a plethora of marketing and resource materials to assist agencies in serving their clients, most of which are of no cost to the agency. These materials include:

• 2-1-1 Business Cards
• 2-1-1 Posters
• Bank On Evansville Cards
• Kits for enrolling children not yet in kindergarten in Napoleon Peacock's Adventure Club, a free book club
• Quick Resource Brochures
• Vanderburgh County
• Spencer County
• Gibson County
• Resource Guides
• Community Resource Guide (cost $15)
• Gibson County
• Posey County
• Spencer County
• Services for the Unemployed
• Volunteer Opportunities Guide
• VITA Posters

Both an online 2-1-1 database and a volunteer database are available on the United Way of Southwestern Indiana website: www.unitedwayswi.org. Choose 'Programs and Services' along the top, then choose 2-1-1 Call Center from the drop down menu. You will find there the databases and many of the resources listed above. 

Each Sunday the You Can Help column appears in the Evansville Courier and Press.  Any 501(c)3 agency can submit items for the column in three areas: items for agencies, items for clients and volunteer opportunities. Submissions are rotated until we are notified that they are no longer needed. Contact Cathy Perrin at 421-2800, dialing 2-1-1 or cperrin@unitedwayswi.org.

To request any of the materials and resources listed, simply dial 2-1-1 or call (812) 421-2800 and speak to one of our Community Resource Specialists.

Save the Date - Coming Soon - National Volunteer Week!

Established in 1974, National Volunteer Week has grown exponentially in scope each year since. This year's dates are April 10-16. National Volunteer Week is about inspiring, recognizing and encouraging people to seek out imaginative ways to engage in their communities. Participating on a personal, agency or office level is another way we can LIVE UNITED. Go to www.unitedwayswi.org to find our active volunteer database that connects volunteers to the many opportunities here in southwestern Indiana. Be sure to register your agency in our volunteer database!

"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us;  

what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal." - Albert Pike