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Meet Harriet Pfister: Live United Spotlight
With kindness and a smile, Harriet Pfister brightens the day and lightens the load of those around her. She chooses to Live United every day. Since moving to Bloomington more than 40 years ago, Harriet has been involved with United Way: as a Loyal Contributor, campaign chair in the IU Economics department, United Way Board Member, volunteer, Mary Alice Gray Memorial Award recipient. And, since her retirement, she helps lead the fundraising campaign of the IU Retirees Association -- to whose members she sends hand-written thank you notes for their gift, each year.
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United Way Wins Golden Excellence in Media Award!
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High School Plus Winter Summit
What happens when 40+ people passionate about helping kids graduate school and develop a career path all gather together? At the High School Plus Winter Summit we found out:
Teamwork, amazing ideas, info sharing, hands-on problem solving, and laughter!
In late February, educators, youth, social service providers, and funders joined together to start building Monroe County's road map to success! This road map will help Monroe County kids graduate school and develop a career path.
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Campaign Update 
A big thank you to our 3,000 donors who have helped make a positive impact in our community.
We're excited to announce that we are only a few thousand dollars away from our goal of $1,410,000! Can you help us meet (and perhaps surpass) our community goal? Every dollar donated will make a lasting impact in our community. Please consider making a gift today.
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IU Meets Fundraising Goal!
Thanks to the help of the Indiana University Campaign Cabinet, Unit and Team Leaders, and all the IU donors, Indiana University reached its United Way Campaign goal of $850,000!
Indiana University has run a United Way workplace campaign since the 1950s. That first year, IU raised $9,400. Read more >>
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 Leadership Reception
On March 19th, more than 75 supporters joined us for the annual Leadership Reception at the Wells House. This annual event recognizes the important role Leadership Givers play in the United Way campaign and our community.
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On March 5th, more than 100 individuals from the community weighed in with the South Central Housing Network on housing and homelessness issues.
The facilitated discussions covered a wide variety of topics, including prevention, a "housing first" approach, chronic homelessness, meeting the needs of families, access to services, affordable and supportive housing, and employment and education.
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Campaign Highlights
Monroe County Government  employees increased their pledges to the United Way campaign this year by over 25%. Thank you to all who contributed!
With the help of a generous corporate gift, General Electric employees put their imaginations to work contributing over $50,000 to build a stronger community.
See more campaign highlights >>
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441 S. College Ave, Bloomington, IN 47403 | 812.334.8370 |  United Way of Monroe County is a nonprofit organization that improves people's lives by addressing critical needs today and working to reduce those needs tomorrow. Through our Community Action Fund, Priority Funds, and grant initiatives, we work with 24 member agencies and other community partners to focus resources on the building blocks for a better life: education, earnings, and the essentials.
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