Great Rivers United Way

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Annual Celebration last night! Photos coming soon...

Tonight, we're set to celebrate all that we accomplished together in 2024 at our Annual Celebration event. We're recognizing the fine folks below for their roles in that success, and we invite you to help us honor them by making a Tribute Gift in their name(s). Congratulations to Trust Point Inc., Kim Bauer, Carolyn Flock, and our local Letter Carriers! Learn more and donate at: https://lnkd.in/g4jVSeyq.

It's a busy week for our imPACKs kit-packing program thanks to State Bank Financial, Dairyland Power Cooperative, and Mayo Clinic Health System. Their employees will be assembling a total of 3,360 snack packs and hygiene kits to benefit local nonprofits that work with children and those experiencing homelessness. If you'd like to learn more about how imPACKs can help your business meet its corporate social responsibility goals, please contact our Community Engagement Coordinator, Connor Glassen, at [email protected] or call (608) 796-1400, ext. 107.

In celebration of our 75th year, anyone who increased their 2024-25 gift to or by $75 was entered to win a $500 gift card – a very generous donation courtesy of our friends at Kwik Trip, Inc.! ?? Hundreds of donors qualified, and today, we headed to Inland: We Power Great Packaging to surprise our lucky winner, Kelly Ostrem. Congratulations, Kelly, and THANK YOU for your support of mental wellbeing and basic needs programs in the Coulee Region! ??

If you've ever stepped foot inside a Citizens State Bank of La Crosse branch, it'll come as no surprise to you that our friends there know how to have a good time! Their 2024-25 campaign for Great Rivers United Way was up over last year, thanks in part to fun special events like a senior leadership "pie in the face" contest. Please join us in thanking Citizens State Bank for its support of mental wellbeing and basic needs programs in the Coulee Region!

?? We were out and about earlier today snapping pics and thanking corporate partners Hawkins Ash CPAs, Trust Point Inc., State Bank Financial, and GPC Beverage for their support. Here’s a sneak peek of some of what we have to celebrate at our 75th Annual Meeting on February 26. Want to come? Visit the link below! ?? https://lnkd.in/gC5gBPhx

Federal funding plays a critical role in nonprofit success. Great Rivers United Way is just 3% away from achieving its 2024-25 campaign goal. Support of local nonprofits from people like you becomes more important than ever in uncertain times like these. Please donate what you can today to help us create a better tomorrow for all. ?? https://lnkd.in/gB-dMEi4 #3DAYS3PERCENT

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On Monday, staff and administration from the School District of Onalaska partnered with Great Rivers United Way to turn a "day off" into a "day ON," as they worked to actively live Martin Luther King, Jr.'s values and vision for a community where all can thrive. This multi-org, multi-site day of action was made easier thanks to our volunteer website, Ugetconnected. Check out how YOU can get involved at www.ugetconnected.org.

New Year, new opportunity to invest in yourself AND your community! Join Great Rivers United Way for Learn To Lead, a five-week training for those interested in putting their passion into practice on a nonprofit Board of Directors. Learn To Lead is free of charge thanks to funding from AmeriCorps and Serve Wisconsin. Registration is required. For more information, check out our event listing right here on LinkedIn, or visit www.gruw.org/learntolead.