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Who is United Way? Last time I introduced you to the fun family guy that is Jeff Fisher.  He’s a laid-back guy despite the extreme position he holds has Terre Haute Fire Chief.  Talking comes naturally to him and his stories are engaging. His work at UWWV, however, didn’t come as surprise to his position. […]

Who is United Way?  Last week you met a different side of Sheriff Plasse, now meet Terre Haute Fire Department Chief Jeff Fisher, someone else the community might know by name.  Jeff is a Board Member at United Way of the Wabash Valley and has worked with the Terre Haute Fire Department for many years. […]

Who is United Way?  Over the past few weeks, I have introduced you to several members of our community.  They fill various roles, but mostly go unseen in the general public.  They are there making big impacts and big changes, but few people know their names. So, how about this man, Sheriff John Plasse, also […]

Who is United Way?  I’ve just introduced you to Brandon Halleck, a man who works for Chances and Services for Youth (CASY) and a man who loves to read.  He loves reading so much that it’s the first thing that comes to mind when I ask him what his favorite project has been thus far. […]

Who is United Way?  United Way is a lot of members of our community with unique stories and a lot of motivation to help out the people who live here.  United Way is Richard Payonk, Kristi Howe, and Brandon Halleck. Brandon Halleck helps out the Wabash Valley in a number of ways and has since […]

Who is United Way?   Well, United way is Kristi Howe.  She is passionate and brilliant, and she is ready to take on generational poverty, but how did she begin to tackle that with United Way? It started with Community Conversations. “The Strategic planning process.  I was part of that committee.  We used a lot of […]

Who is United Way of the Wabash Valley?  Last week I introduced you to Richard Payonk with his penguin pajamas and his caring for the community mindset.  Now let me introduce Kristi Howe.  Former Chair of the Resource Drive, current Executive Director of the Vigo County Public Library, as well as current UWWV Board Member, […]

Who is United Way?  I’ve just introduced you to Richard Payonk, Executive Director of United Way of the Wabash Valley.  He’s got a closet full of penguin pajamas and gets excited easily. He’s also been involved with United Way across the nation for many years, but how did this engineer become Executive Director of United […]

Many of us around the community have seen the United Way logo.  We know that when we see it that means that a foundation that was created to help people struggling with poverty is on the scene.  We also associate the name with fundraising and asking us for money, but it’s so much more than […]