UNITED WAY OF ANDERSON COUNTY

Women united created in 2001 to enhance women's community involvement through philanthropy, leadership and advocacy and with a vision "to provide an environment in which children can become responsible adults- and a mission "to ensure they have the knowledge and skills to do so." in 2019 wu established a summer reading camp in school 1 and will expand to district 5 in 2020. 2-1-1 united way is an advocate for and supporter of south carolina 2-1-1, a one-stop resource for finding assistance in your local community. The 2-1-1 call center is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to locate vital health and human services to those in need. African american leadership society (aals) the mission of aals is to cultivate leadership in the african american community in an effort to ensure a diverse voice regarding community needs. Core strategies are to identify, recruit and cultivate african americans who represent current and future leadership. Healthy initiaties our healthy lifestyles initiatives is a local chapter of a statewide movement aimed at coordinating obesity prevention efforts. Healthy initiatives is focused on uniting a variety of partners to work together to increase active living, to improve healthy eating, and to decrease adult and childhood obesity in the community. Financial stability center at aim the united way of anderson county and aim partners with the united way vita collaborative of the upstate to provide free income tax assistance to low and moderate income individuals and families. At the financial stability center, year round financial literacy classes are offered. Weekend snackpack program weekend snackpack and snackpack pantry were create to provide weekend food supplements to students who are identified by their teachers, creating food security for them over the weekend. With the support of partners, donors, and volunteers, united way of anderson county works hard to fill the weekend meal gap for these kids, solving their weekend hunger issue so they can return to school each monday ready to learn. We partnered with anderson interfaith ministry's summer food 4 kids program to provide 5,000 snackpacks to neighborhoods in our community over the summer. Youth volunteer corps the youth volunteer corps of anderson, hosted by united way of anderson county, is one of 30 affiliate programs in the u.s. That gives youth ages 11-18 the opportunity to serve their community while gaining valuable life skills and leadership experience. All projects are educational and team- based, with an emphasis on service-learning. The purpose of the youth volunteer corps is to help youth establish lifetime commitment to service and to prepare them to be the leaders of tomorrow. Young philanthropists (yp) the young philanthropists group was created to encourage individuals ages 21-40 to become involved in the community through philanthropy, volunteerism and advocacy, therefore strengthening the community and cultivating volunteers and charitable donors. Imagine anderson anderson county south carolina's vision plan - imagine anderson - was created in 2006 through a community-wide visioning process that defined the desired future state of the county. The plan serves as a catalyst for improving the county through 2026 when anderson county celebrates its bicentennial. The united way of anderson county provides a facilitation role for the imagine anderson leadership board.