United Way Of Portage County Inc

Volunteer center: united way of portage county's volunteer center matches people to volunteer opportunities, providing more than $50,000 worth of volunteer service. Through its volunteersrock.org website, the volunteer center connected people to hundreds of local volunteer opportunities, including those with project fresh start and make a difference day. Research shows that when more people volunteer, the benefits and impact on the community are measureable. In 2024, the volunteer center continues to offer strategic volunteer opportunities at area employer businesses. The volunteer center works with local businesses to help them promote employees using their volunteer time off.

Learn for life: in this program, united ways matches trained volunteer tutors with third grade students in need of help with their reading skills. They work together on the student's reading proficiency for a minimum of 30 minutes per week during the school year. The program is in place in nearly all portage county schools. During the summer school session in the stevens point school district, students going into third grade and students going into fourth grade who need help with their reading proficiency are served in the program for the duration of the six week summer school session. The program puts united way one step closer to its goal of helping children succeed.

2-1-1 program: by providing one central easy-to-remember phone number (2-1-1), united way's 2-1-1 program connects individuals with the most appropriate community-based health and human service resources for their specific situations. These individuals are often unaware of these programs, so by asking questions that arise in everyday situations or during hard times, they can become connected to any of the more than 600 programs listedin the portage county 2-1-1 directory. Available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, this free and confidential service is available to all portage county residents. In addition, the service helps reduce misdirected calls to other organizations such as health and human services, police department, library, and city hall. By reducing non-crisis calls to police dispatch, 2-1-1 helps reserve these resources for emergency calls.