Author: Abby Desboro

United Way of the Wabash Valley’s Success By 6 Impact Council’s Real Men Read program is celebrating its 10th year. Over the course of years, it has had a huge impact on our community, specifically the youngest among us.  Real Men Read is a program that provides adult male leaders in our community the opportunity […]

The United Way of the Wabash Valley’s Substance Use Disorders Impact Council while working collaboratively with partners in the community has helped to bring a new tool to support Substance Use Disorder treatment with the help of two grants totaling $152,000.  These include an $87,000 Integrated Service Project grant from the Indiana State Department of […]

The United Way of the Wabash Valley’s Success By 6 Impact Council created a project to provide kindergarten-readiness packs, or “K-Packs” to help children develop needed skills for kindergarten.  The K-Packs include activity plans and materials that will provide families with instructions on literacy and numeracy-building skills, opportunities for pretend play, practicing fine motor activities, […]

United Way of the Wabash Valley is announcing another round of its mini-grant opportunity issued from their Youth Success Impact Council aimed at assisting school aged children from grades K-12 who are having issues regarding attendance or staying engaged while learning. The Youth Success Council believes that all Wabash Valley youth should gain the knowledge, […]

This fall when the United Way kicked-off their annual Resource Drive, they announced that they would once again be giving an incentive to help raise funds for their work towards their bold goal of moving 10,000 families out of financial struggles and into stability.  This incentive was a recurring theme from last year and was […]

United Way of the Wabash Valley today announced the grant award from their Financial Management Impact Council aimed at delivering income management tools, mentoring, and programs for the entire community by meeting families “where they are.”  This is the first grant opportunity issued from this council as it works together with all the other United […]

Due to the long-lasting and current effects of COVID within our community, the United Way of the Wabash Valley is announcing a combined funding opportunity with the Wabash Valley COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund and the United Way’s longstanding annual Safety Net program funding.  By combining these efforts, it will make available over $325,000 for organizations […]

United Way of the Wabash Valley today announced mini-grant awards from their Youth Success Impact Council aimed at assisting school-aged children from grades K-12 who are having issues regarding attendance or staying engaged while in class. The Youth Success Council developed the Youth Success Student Engagement mini-grant program, for up to $5,000 each, for community […]

This January the SB6 Impact Council will launch the tenth year of its successful Real Men Read program. We’re looking for men who appreciate a good children’s story and would like to share their enthusiasm for reading with kindergartners in the Wabash Valley. Real Men Read volunteers meet virtually with their class once a month, […]

United Way of the Wabash Valley today announced a new grant opportunity to help those in need in our community by making funding available to organizations providing safety net or vital emergency assistance.  The United Way is focused on a long-term bold goal of moving 10,000 families out of financial struggles and into stability.  Their […]