United Way provides financial support to The Child Advocacy Center and they are making great work come to life with these dollars. Tune in as we visit with Tysa Coleman with The Child Advocacy Center.
In this initial kick-off of Season 2 of United Talks, Denise Damron, Executive Director of the United Way sits down and speaks with Andrea Campbell, the Vice President of Community Impact about the United Way’s Community Impact Process that just concluded.
At LOQW individuals with disabilities are met where they are and provided with opportunities to achieve their goals. These goals include employment, integration in the community, and more. Tune into this week’s episode to learn more.
On this episode we sit down with Whitney Holiday to talk about the ins and outs of the Parents as Teachers Program. The program equips parents with an additional tool to be the best parent for your child! Learn how PAT utilizes United Way dollars on this week’s episode!
At United Way we are so proud of the work AVENUES does to ensure women, men, and children have a safe place to turn when domestic violence and sexual assault comes to be. ** Also, some technical glitches occurred at the end of the show, but our producer (aka Executive Director) learned how to prevent those in the future!
Learn about the great things going on at the YMCA of Hannibal to help families overcome barriers that are impacting their worlds!
On this week’s episode of United Talks, we got to visit Santa’s Satellite Workshop in Northeast Missouri to talk about Christmas Blessings and Toys for Tots, both Christmas Programs at Douglass Community Services! Tune in to learn more!
The CASA Program gives children in our community in foster care a voice. Tune in to learn more about the program and how you can get involved!
On this week’s episode, we sat down with Cathy Wallace who receives services from the Shelby County Senior Citizens Association to talk about how the agency impacts her life.
Volunteers are vital to our communities! The RSVP Program at Douglass Community Services provides senior adults with an invitation to volunteer and make a difference in the community. Tune in to learn more!
Learn how the HAYS organization works to ensure the needs of kids in the Hannibal Community are met by creating a network of professional that the school district can rely upon to ensure kids have what they need.
At Douglass Community Services, they are expanding programming into another avenue and will start a focused effort on Workforce Development. Tune in to see how this came to be, what programs they have implemented, and what the program will become.
Kids in Motion, a program of Douglass Community Services, ensures that at-risk young people in the Hannibal community have the opportunity to learn to value their community, value work, and value their futures. 2020 has challenged the organization, but work is underway for kids to be reached this fall with more traditional Kids in Motion programming!
Overwhelmingly Forster kids are an underserved demographic - Shannon VonAllmen with Birthday Blessings is working to change this! Learn about the great work their organization does and how you can support children in foster care without being a foster parent.
Stacey Nicholas, the Community Outreach Initiatives Director at Douglass Community Services oversees many feeding programs. Learn how these efforts are making a difference in many lives in our area as well as the importance of these programs!
Learn why Chaka Batley, Nurse Practitioner at Prefered Family Healthcare and member of the CHART Teen Task Force Board is passionate about the organization because of her own walk in life. Batley gave birth to her daughter her senior year of high school.
NECAC is an organization that works to help individuals get out of poverty. Learn how this organizations partners with United Way to do great work in Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Ralls, and Shelby Counties in Northeast Missouri!
Tune in to learn about United Way agency partner, The Child Center, and how they are working in the community to keep kids safe.
September marks the launch of the Community Impact Advocate Program. Our Community Impact Advocates are volunteers, leadership donors, agency employees and clients, and local leaders who are sharing their stories of how United Way impacts our community. Heather Clemens, Marketing Consultant for the United Way of the Mark Twain Area, is joined by Kenna Bogue and Jamie McCoy for this first podcast episode highlighting our Community Impact Advocates.