In 2009, The United Way of Crawford County earned its grant match and was able to grant $5,600 to local community organizations that are working to improve their community’s health and human services.  Those organizations receiving grants were Youth Service Bureau, Crawford County 4-H, Crawford County Extension- Project Lead, Cedar Street Baptist Food Pantry, Crawford County Public Library, Crawford County Solid Waste District- Tire Recycling Day.  Many thanks to the community volunteers who helped make these important grant decisions.

The United Way of Crawford County began in early 2008 as a division of the United Way of Perry County. Its mission is: to provide health and human service support and resources to strengthen our community.

Since its start, the United Way of Crawford County has….

• Conducted two canned food drives to benefit the food pantries of our county
• Developed an assistance brochure to benefit persons needing various kinds of help
• Collected hundreds of school supply items for the children of Crawford County in two “Stuff the Bus” drives 
• Distributed hundreds of FamilyWize prescription discount cards to assist the uninsured with the high cost of medications 
• Supplied food for the working families of this county who lost the contents of refrigerators and freezers due to the after-effects of Hurricane Ike
• Distributed 200 coats to help residents stay warm last winter
• Donated coat racks to the Clothes Closet and Cedar Street Baptist Church to enable future coat distribution efforts
• Sought the input of the community to determine our first grant recipient, Cedar Street Baptist Church Food Pantry in Marengo.  $1,000 was donated to help feed the hungry during this time of economic distress.
• Distributed Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program checks to senior citizens in need to enable them to purchase healthy, locally grown farm produce

Read more about the work of the United Way of Crawford County in our latest newsletter.

Our United Way’s goal is to help fund organizations in our county that share our vision to help strengthen families and individuals, to care for people in crisis, and to improve the health and well-being of our community.   We invite you to join us in making this vision a reality for the Crawford County community.  With everyone’s donations combined we can earn the additional $10,000 for our community. 

Please help us help our friends and neighbors in need in Crawford County. Click here to download United Way of Crawford County pledge form. Please give from your heart to help our friends and neighbors.

Together  we  can  make  our  community  even  better...for  everyone!

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