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Community Investment Process Begins at the United Way of Nevada County
United Way of Nevada County has begun its annual funding allocation process for calendar year 2012. Application packets are available for any community based, non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization that has provided health and human services to the residents of Nevada County for at least 3 years. Click here for more information. Funds being distributed will be coming from the 2011/2012 community investment fund.
Three different applications are available from United Way of Nevada County during the week of February 6th, 2012. The Funded Partner Applications (United Way of Nevada County's current partners who are seeking funding), The Non Funded Partner Applications (United Way of Nevada County's current partners who will not be requesting funding this year, however they would like to continue being involved with United Way) and the Affiliate Partner Applications (Applications for those looking to become affiliate partners with United Way of Nevada County. An Affiliate Partner that remains in good standing for 9 months is qualified to request funding.)
The 2011/2012 United Way of Nevada County community investment fund will be directed towards three critical impact areas, they are:
EDUCATION: Helping children and adults achieve their potential through education and mentoring programs.
INCOME: Helping families and seniors become financially stable and independent by supporting basic needs.
HEALTH: Improving people's health by increasing access to critical healthcare services, reducing substance abuse, child abuse, and domestic violence.
All Applicants will be reviewed by The United Way of Nevada County Community Investment Committee, The United Way of Nevada County Board of Directors, and the 2012 Citizen Review Teams from the community. This review process will include site visits with all the applicant organizations by the Citizen Review Teams. Any community member that is interested in being on a Citizens Review Team should contact United Way of Nevada County. Any Health and Human Service Non-Profit agency that has questions about the application process can also contact United Way of Nevada County by email at admin@uwnc.org or by phone at 274-8111.
United Way of Nevada County and FamilyWize announce savings of $35,000 in prescription costs for local residents
United Way and FamilyWize are excited to announce that their partnership has saved the people living and working in Nevada County more than $35,000 on everyday prescription costs.
The free FamilyWize drug discount card is distributed by United Way of Nevada County. "No one should be forced to choose between paying for food, rent or medicine because of the high cost of prescriptions. That's why we've partnered with FamilyWize to distribute free prescription discount cards to everyone in Nevada County.", said Megan Timpany, Executive Director of United Way of Nevada County."
Distributed through United Ways, the FamilyWize card lowers the cost of medicine by an average of 35% or more for people without insurance or who take medications not covered by their plan. It's easy. It's just like a coupon you can keep using every time you need to fill a prescription. All you have to do is present a FamilyWize card at a local pharmacy to get the savings.
"The FamilyWize card provides immediate savings on prescription medicines with no paperwork or forms to fill out," said Dan Barnes, Co-chair of The FamilyWize Community Service Partnership. These cards can be used by everyone in the community, not just people without insurance. They can even be used by people with health benefits, including Medicaid or Medicare.
The FamilyWize card is easy to use:
• It's Free
• For immediate and unlimited use
• Anyone can use the FamilyWize card
• Accepted at 95% of pharmacies nationwide
• No enrollment or personal information needed
1,000 United Ways in all 50 states have helped to save $225 million on prescriptions in their communities as of July, 2011.
FamilyWize cards can be found locally at United Way of Nevada County. People with internet access can go to www.uwnc.org/familywize.html or to www.FamilyWize.org to print a card, look up drug prices and obtain a list of participating pharmacies.
Telestream Employees earn a Gold Award
From United Way of Nevada County
Telestream earned a gold award from United Way of Nevada County for their continual support and top participation in the United Way campaign. Megan Timpany, Executive Director of United Way of Nevada County presented the award to Dan Castles of Telestream for his company's generous support. In the past five years, Telestream has raised close to $50,000.00 through payroll pledging, special events and corporate gifts. In the past year alone they have pledged over $17,000.00. "Telestream is a true community partner. They continuously reach out a hand to the local community" said Megan Timpany. Three other companies and government agencies received this distinguished award from United Way of Nevada County for their leadership in the United Way campaign. They are Grass Valley USA, TriContinent, and Nevada County employees. Silver and bronze awards will also be distributed to other local businesses for top participation in the United Way Campaign.
Many businesses and government agencies across the county are currently participating in the United Way workplace giving campaign for the campaign year 2011-2012. Companies and government agencies are hosting events such as soup-a-thons, Friday Jeans Day, and used book sales to raise money for United Way of Nevada County. Along with these events many of these businesses and government agencies participate in the workplace giving payroll pledge campaign. Through the payroll pledge campaigns, businesses give their employees the opportunity to give to any non-profit of their choice. The money raised from these events and the payroll pledge process goes into the community impact fund or is designated to specific 501(C)(3) Non-Profits. In the year 2012 United Way of Nevada County will be celebrating its 30th year in Nevada County. United Way of Nevada County's mission is to improve lives by directing community resources to community needs.
This year through the Community Impact Fund, United Way of Nevada County will commit funds to health and human services to maximize community impact in three critical areas: Education, Income and Health. United Way of Nevada County currently has 20 partner agencies, all of which are local Health and Human Service non-profits. The Friendship Club of Nevada County is the newest non-profit to join the Family of United Way Partners.
The United Way of Nevada County welcomes its newest partner, The Friendship Club.
The Friendship Club, a long-standing program in western Nevada County, has become the newest affiliate member of the United Way of Nevada County. The Friendship Club applied for partnership with the United Way of Nevada County for the first time this year, 2011, and was acknowledged as an affiliate in July 2011.
Founded in 1995, The Friendship Club is a prevention program designed to reach at-risk girls before they engage in unhealthy behaviors. Girls are taught life skills, personal responsibility and the value of hard work through a year-around program of educational activities, emotional support and community involvement.
The Friendship Club guides girls to bright futures and helps them to become valuable members of their community. The Friendship Club receives no public funding and is supported by the generosity of the community and private grants.
We welcome The Friendship Club. To learn more about this organization, see our Current Partners page or go to their Web site at: www.friendshipclub.org.
