WE ARE GROWING! Click here for details about how we have expanded our footprint.
Greetings,
When you participate in your workplace campaign, you are joining a group of community-minded people who unite to create lasting change for the community. Thanks for joining our efforts this year, we can’t generate the impact noted below without you.
THE IMPACT YOU HELP TO CREATE
Community investment in our work has touched the lives of more than 58,000 people in Cambria and Somerset Counties, many of them through our core work of early childhood development, parental engagement and youth drug & alcohol prevention education (7,244 children educated).
In addition to our core initiatives:
- 3,719 safe nights were provided to women and children who escaped domestic abuse.
- 15,173 people received medical care or treatment for a mental illness. Also includes people who received a COVID-19 vaccine.
- 1,684 victims of sexual violence crimes were helped with supportive services.
- 6,500 students participated in Botvin’s drug and alcohol prevention program.
- 878 men, women and children avoided homelessness.
- 6,975 diapers were distributed to families during the first quarter of our new Diaper Bank.
- 27,129 -- the number of times families obtained food from a pantry.
- 34,650 -- the number of diapers provided to families.
EXCITING GROWTH!: New programs implemented by United Way (SNAP at the Market and the UWLH Diaper Bank) in 2022, are continuing to expand. On average, 30 people redeem SNAP benefits at the Johnstown Farmer’s Market each week, ensuring they have the buying power to purchase fresh, local produce. Nearly 5,000 diapers a month are provided to families in the United Way’s two-county footprint, helping to address the need for the 1 in 3 families who fall short by about 25 diapers each month. These programs are largely supported by grants and in-kind diaper donations.