United Way of Logan County 2019 Campaign
Walking At The Oasis Senior Citizen Center Girl Scouts Selling GOTR team out Cookies to Fund running with the Programs Mayor in Kickapoo Park “Give. Advocate. Volunteer.” United Way envisions a world where all individuals and families achieve their human potential through education, income stability and healthy lives. Founded 125 years ago in Denver, Colorado on the belief that everyone working together and doing their part can achieve great things in a community. The United Way raises money for other non-profits, cutting their costs so that more money can directly go to help members of of the community. The United Way of Logan County has been a part of the community since 1961 and is beginning its 57 Th year as a presence in the county.
Poverty In Logan County According to the Heartland Alliance Program Social Impact Center, 13.7% of Logan County residents, including 20.1% of children in the county live in poverty. (2015). The United Way of Logan County partners with and provides support to 15 different non-profit agencies that help those in need in Logan County, Illinois. These organizations help improve lives and positively impact health, education and the financial security of the citizens of Logan County.
Community Impact One of those programs for 2019 is the Home Based Services provided by Memorial Behavioral Health through the Lincoln Center. They help those like Virgil, who recently celebrated his 77th birthday. Virgil was born with a developmental disability and lived at Lincoln Developmental Center for many years. Local residents may know Virgil from when he worked odd jobs in the community, or, more recently, when he rides his bike around town. He purchased the bike with his own money and demonstrates his pride in that accomplishment by keeping it clean and shiny. The bike is a symbol of freedom and independence for Virgil, two qualities of life that are very important to him. Like riding his bike wherever he wants to go, living in his own home also represents freedom and independence for Virgil. To help him achieve his goal of independent living, Virgil has participated in the Home-Based Support program through the Lincoln Center for Developmental Rehabilitation since 2010. The local staff transport him to doctor appointments and the grocery store, and they are a stabilizing element in his life – people he can count on. Virgil tells the staff frequently that he would be lost without the care he gets through this program.
Logan County Supported Agencies In 2018, as in 2017, we have requests from 15 non-profit programs for assistance with support needed for 2019 . Each agency can use more help then we are currently able to give. They are listed in Alphabetical Order Below: The American Red Cross Memorial Behavioral Health – Lincoln Center The Boy Scouts – W.D. Boyce Council For Developmental Rehabilitation Community Action Partnership of Central Illinois The Salvation Army CAPCIL Transit Program Senior Citizens of Logan County - The Oasis Senior Nutrition Program Christian Child Care The Center for Youth And Family Services The Girl Scouts Girls On The Run The Lincoln YMCA Lincoln Pastoral Counseling Little Lambs Learning Center Living Alternatives Pregnancy Resource Center YMCA Soccer Programs Keep Kids Active
Community Impact Gifts to The United Way of Logan County are investments in our community. One of the 15 programs that United Way helps support is Community Action Partnership of Central Illinois’ Senior Nutrition Program (Meals On Wheels). Thanks to United Way support, more residents like Jeanette Chapman can be served. Jeanette poses below with Becky Leamon, CAPCIL’s Nutrition Services Director and Director of the Meals on Wheels Program in Logan County. Jeanette explains “I was diagnosed with R.P. which is known as Retinitis Pigmentosa as a small child. Since then I have gone totally blind. I am unable to do things I used to do. I appreciate Community Action Meals on Wheels very much. I have to say their drivers are very understanding and kind to me. I am very thankful they have this program. Thanks for all you do for Logan County.”
Can You Help Strengthen Your Community? WHAT MATTERS MORE EACH WEEK? A $1 candy bar ($52 per Scholarships for 2 Youth to participate in year) Boy Scouts for a year A $2 soda ($104 per Rent Assistance for 2 Families of 4 year) provided by the Salvation Army A $5 cup of coffee ($260 per 105 Home Delivered Meals for local year) home bound seniors provided by CAPCIL Senior Nutrition Program Trike A Thon At Little Lambs Learning Center A $10 movie ticket ($520 per 4 weeks of tuition for Pre School at Raising Money for St. year) Christian Child Care for a family that lost Jude’s employment A $20 tee shirt ($1040 per Over 200 round trips to appointments year) for those who need assistance provided by CAPCIL Transit
Can You Help Strengthen Your Community? CAPCIL Transit Provides Rides CAPCIL Volunteers Deliver Meals to To Appointments and Elsewhere Seniors At Their Homes
Participate in 2019! Our United Way Campaign will be held….. Questions? See….. This is your opportunity to make a difference in your Community! Thank you for helping Logan County LIVE UNITED!
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