Letter carriers’ 26th annual food drive set for Sat., May 12 throughout nation

The National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will conduct its annual national food drive on Saturday, May 12. The Stamp Out Hunger^® Food Drive, the country’s largest single-day food drive, provides residents with an easy way to donate food to those in need in the community.

United Way of Wapello County fights for the financial stability, education and health of every person, in every community. To that end, the organization has announced ambitious goals:

GOALS FOR 2032

Education: Raise the Graduation Rate

• Investing in quality early learning, literacy success, and out of school time interventions.

Income:  Increase by 20% the number of households in Wapello County that are financially stable

Our RSVP coordinator for Jefferson County, John Miller, recently did an interview with the Fairfield Media Center. He spoke with a few of our RSVP volunteers in Jefferson County. We invite you to watch his interview and learn about the various opportunities available to volunteers ages 55 and older. 

The United Way of Wapello County announced in August the partnership between numerous community organizations around the Cradle, College, Career Initiative. On October 20th, the Ottumwa community came together to learn more about this initiative at the College Changes Everything Summit at Bridgeview Center. Experts presented on a number of topics to help the public learn more about what we can do as a community to increase college access for everyone. 

Thank you United Way Day of Caring volunteers!

We had over 130 volunteers participate in the annual Day of Caring this year. That makes this year our largest Day of Caring yet! Volunteers worked on a number of projects like building garden beds, helping at child care centers, painting and sorting food donations. 

Find out more information about our Nonprofit Summit by clicking the image below!

Register at https://goo.gl/Z7dVGA. This is a free event and open to the public!