Here are just a few examples of where your United Way donation is going, and the impact you are making on our community. Last year:
- Red Cross assisted in 23 single family fires and assisted 138 people with immediate disaster relief, connected 35 military families in times of emergency, and trained more than 3,000 individuals in health & safety courses, includes learn-to-swim programs to youth working with 19 area swimming pools.
- Read Aloud Norfolk has given more than 1,500 books to children during it's annual Children's Day Festival as well as more than 7,000 free books to date to area children through various organizations.
- Norfolk Community Health's two locations - Norfolk & Madison had more than 6,000 patient encounters in 2009. 62.3% were uninsured, 19.5% had insurance, 13.1% had Medicaid, and 5.1% had Medicare.
- Bright Horizon's two locations - Norfolk & O'Neill provided advocacy services to more than 1,200 victims of domestic and sexual violence in more than 53 towns in Northeast Nebraska.