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Campaign Dollars Equals Community Impact

By Trista Stout-Walker, Vice President of Community Impact

Your donations directly affect United Way of Southwest Alabama’s (UWSWA) investment in Southwest Alabama. UWSWA takes the generous supports from community members, businesses, and local foundations and converts funding into service opportunities. Opportunities like supporting a women experiencing homelessness a safe space at a local motel and food delivery until shelter is available at McKemie Place. Opportunities like a family having a location close to home that offers the Summer Feeding Program. Opportunities like mental health counseling available during school hours to assist children dealing with stress, anxiety, or trauma. Opportunities like 2,949 tax returns completed by the SAFE Coalition at no charge to the tax client. The list for opportunities provided by UWSWA and our partners can go on and on.

Last year, the UWSWA campaign invested $308,000 in 12 internal programs and $1.8 million in our 46 partners. UWSWA relied on 51 community volunteers from Choctaw, Clarke, Mobile, and Washington Counties to allocate the funds and identify the top needs in Southwest Alabama. Historically, the need is greater than the allocable pool. The effects of the pandemic and 2020 storms hit Southwest Alabama hard and there is more work to be done. UWSWA and our partners strive to make to individuals and families we support whole through our programming. Southwest Alabama needs your investment in resources continuing community impact. That investment is United Way of Southwest Alabama. Please consider donating to UWSWA, every dollar counts. There are more opportunities that need your support.