Here are some stories about the lives changed by your gift to United Way. All files will download as PDFs.

Stories about education

Collaborative effort to get kids ready for school
Bringing parents together with child care centers, the school system and other community services ensures children are ready to start kindergarten

Parents learn to be their child's first teacher
Experts coach parents who wonder if they are smart enough to teach their children

Showing college-bound students "how to make a difference"
After-school programs like the Boys & Girls Club turn out-of-school time into get-ready-for-college time

Instilling in kids a Village Pride
Students learn lessons for life at after-school programs

Paulding County YMCA
Children experienced a caterpillar turning into a butterfly

The One to One program
A way for children to catch up on basic academic skills

  Stories about income

Volunteer helps relieve tax-season stress
Spending his weekends helping others also puts money into our economy

Norcross-Meadowcreek Opportunity Zone provides help from all angles
Help getting a job and being a better mom helps family for the long-term

Gwinnett Village Financial Services Center
More than 500 people get on a path to self-sufficiency

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program
Offers free tax preparation to families

 Stories about health

Health Access Partnership: Southside Mobile Clinic
United Way partners come together to provide health care where none existed before

Helping mothers deliver healthy babies
CenteringPregnancy groups provide much-needed support for moms-to-be

Meals on Wheels delivers food and friendship
Annie Stephens gets much more than a meal from volunteer Mae Crittenden Bell 

The Mercy Heart Clinic
People say when they feel well, they can get a job and become financially stable

 Anna Crawford Children’s Center
A place where children can feel safe telling the crimes committed against them

  Stories about homelessness

Packing shoeboxes of hope
The United Way Shoebox Project turns everyday items into hope

From degraded to degree
Janet trades her dark days for a bright future, complete with college education 

Organizations reach out to rebuild lives
Coalition of community organizations helps Gale get her first job and end her homelessness at 49 years old

Re-entry of homeless prisoners into our community
States spend 2.8 times as much money per prisoner as per public school pupil. The solution--keep people from going back to jail

Housing and support to Homeless Women
At the Drake House, she found people who made her feel nurtured

United Way helps people recover from a disaster
We bring together partners who can help address the whole situation