United Way of the Wabash Valley announced today that the organization has received an anonymous $100,000 donation in support of its community-wide bold goal to move 10,000 families out of financial struggles and into stability. The generous donation was directed to the organization’s Community Impact Fund, which United Way’s Resource Development Director Danielle Isbell said […]
Author: Abby Desboro
United Way’s Success By 6 Offering Early Childhood Literacy Project Grants
United Way of the Wabash Valley’s Success By 6 initiative is offering early childhood literacy project grants to local educators and organizations. The goal of the Success By 6 Early Childhood Literacy Projects program is to provide funding to early childhood educators, childcare providers, and/or early childhood focused community organizations for the purpose of conducting […]
United Way Announces a New Grant Opportunity Seeking Applicants for Jail Mentoring Programs
United Way of the Wabash Valley (UWWV) today announced a second grant opportunity issued from their newly formed Substance Use Disorders Impact Council. The council is part of the United Way’s transition, which started over a year ago, to a collective impact focus on the root causes of generational poverty within their 6-county service area […]
Quality Childcare Initiative Grant: CRADLES
The day is hot, and I’m dying from having driven from work to the Brazil CRADLES site because my car doesn’t have air conditioning. I ring the doorbell of the childcare side of First Baptist Church. I’m immediately greeted with a smile from Mary Yelton who has been expecting me, and all of that hot […]
Quality Childcare Initiative Grant: Nurture with Nature
Nurture with Nature is already a fun name but throw the brilliance of owner Dawn Langer behind it and you’ll find something amazing. We are sitting on well-finished stumps fashioned into tiny chairs. I’m beginning to understand how flexible caregivers are, as I go between facilities for these interviews. There’s a display case right beside […]
Quality Childcare Initiative Grant: Sprouts Childcare
It’s a bright day. My windows are down and I’m enjoying the breeze in my hair as I head out to Sprouts Childcare. The owners, recipients of the Quality Childcare Initiative Grant for 2017-2019, have agreed to speak with me about some of the drastic improvements the grant allowed them to make. Out in West […]
I Am ALICE: Heather
Heather Ervin saves lives. She’s not the person using CPR on someone sure; nor is she the person doing emergency wound care. No Heather tells the paramedics where they are going and what’s going on. She works as a dispatcher and she is a vital part of their working machine in taking care of people. […]
I Am ALICE: Jennifer
Jennifer Hodges is a hard-working woman. She loves her son and helping others. As she sits across the table from me in her scrubs from work, she has a seriousness about her that can only come from experience. That’s not to say she isn’t open or friendly. She is both of those things and forthcoming […]
Elanco
Standing in Maryland Community Church at almost 8:00 AM on July 26th, the gym is buzzing with people laughing, talking, and exclaiming how amazing breakfast is. It’s Serve the Valley. Brought together through United Way of the Wabash Valley and Terre Haute Ministries, Serve the Valley is a two-day event where people all over the […]
12 Points Revitalization
You may have heard of Serve the Valley, or you may have not. You may have known that every year hundreds of Wabash Valley residents take time out of their lives to give back to our community and make an impact, or you may have not. You may have even known that volunteering, giving back, […]
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