United Way
Salina Area United Way
Issue 9
September 2015


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KICKOFF DETAILS
SATURDAY, SEPT 19
2:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.

OAKDALE PARK
730 Oakdale Drive
Salina, KS 67401

FREE COMMUNITY EVENT

Music | Games
Entertainment | Snacks
Strong Man Show
Check It Out!
Have you heard of Salina Shares? They are made up of clusters of friends throughout the community engaged in random acts of kindness, and providing a "sudden good break" to those they meet along the way. You can find them on Facebook, or just check out their website
 
Show us what #SalinaStrong means to you!


 



A Revised Mission & Vision!
September 19th is going to be a big day! Not only will the Salina Area Untied Way be kicking off our 2016 year with a fun family event in Oakdale Park, we will also be 'officially' unveiling our new mission and vision. However, because we like you, you get to read about them here first!

This winter, our Community Engagement Team (CET) began exploring the idea of re-stating our mission and vision statements. As we have been evolving into a much broader community impact organization, we have seen the need to simplify our message. The CET felt that our Mission Statement was just the place to do that! After a wonderful team retreat, and lots of hours of brainstorming and discussion we settled on two things:  A short mission statement that that would quickly guide all staff, board members and volunteers in every decision we made; and a VISUAL (yes, there are no words!) vision statement that would quickly and easily convey our vision to the public. With the help of the very talented Michael Freeland of Mr. Freeland Design, we were able to come up with wonderful visuals that met all of our needs. Without further ado:
 
Salina Area United Way's Mission Statement
 
Salina Area United Way's Visual Mission
 
I hope you'll join us at Oakdale Park from 2-5 pm, on Saturday, September 19th. There will be fun, games, music, snacks and even a strongman show...all for free! You can find all the details and updates about the event here.
Just Excited to Be Here!
HI! I wanted to take an opportunity to introduce myself. I'm Joshua Dieker, and I'm the new marketing and communications person here at the Salina Area United Way office. I came here by way of The Volunteer Connection, so there are many of you that I've already had the opportunity to meet. I'm looking forward to getting to know those of you I haven't yet been fortunate enough to work with yet, as well.
 
I moved to town a couple of years ago and have been absolutely enamored with the place ever since. Salina has so much to offer and I'm thrilled to have this opportunity to help Strengthen Our Community.
 
Thank you, each of you, for all you do in this community, and for welcoming me into this great organization. Don't hesitate to call the office or stop by and introduce yourself! 
Thanks,
Joshua

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