A view of a class at the Senior Center of Sidney-Shelby County, which is one of the Shelby County United Way’s partner agencies that promote health and well being in the community. The United Way is entering its fourth week of its campaign.
The Shelby County United Way campaign is in its fourth week with the theme “Unite and Uplift.”
The organization says donations from this campaign will allow it to continue to invest in five impact areas: Investing in youth and families, promoting health and well being, supporting critical human needs, rebuilding from adversity, and community-wide initiatives.
The United Way partner agencies that are promoting health and well being in the community are:
• Catholic Social Services, which provides counseling and mental health services, along with senior health. CSS provides individual, family, marriage and school-based counseling as well as home health services that provides educational programming and screenings for people 60 and older.
• Compassionate Care, which is a health care clinic that provides medical, dental and pharmaceutical assistance to the under insured (high deductible) and uninsured.
• Rehabilitation Center for Neurological Development, which provides physical therapy, and aquatic therapy, neurological feedback to individuals with a brain injury, stroke, autism, developmental disability, etc.
• SafeHaven, which provides mental health clients a consumer operated center where they may participate in educational, social and vocational support in a safe environment toward mental health recovery.
• Senior Center of Sidney-Shelby County, which provides members age 50 and older exercise classes, fitness center, social and recreational programming for a $35 annual membership fee.
“I feel privileged to be a part of helping to provide Health and Well Being to so many of our community members through these incredible partner agencies,” UW president and CEO Karla Young stated. “This would not be possible without the generous donations provided by so many in our community that Unite and Uplift those in need.”
Donors can make payroll contributions with participating employers, or to make a one time or reoccurring donation go to www.shelbycountyunitedway.org and click on DONATE. You can also text SHELBY to 40403. Checks can be made payable to Shelby County United Way and mailed to P.O. Box 751, Sidney, OH 45365.
The Shelby County United Way is a local 501c3 non-profit organization that has earned the highest rating from Charity Navigator 10 out of the past 11 years. Monies raised in the annual campaign are invested locally under the leadership and direction of a local volunteer Board of Directors and Community Allocation Volunteers. Through the fourth week of the campaign, the campaign total is $361,000.
