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Community Partners

2009-10 Community Partners

The very heart of United Way is the annual citizen review of local not-for-profit organizations that seek grant funding from United Way of Southwest Minnesota.  This annual work includes site visits of agencies, review of program goals and results, and a recommendation to the United Way of Southwest Minnesota Board of Directors for funding.  This is the way that funds which were raised during the most recent campaign are invested into services that benefit people of our communities.

Based on the citizen committee reviews, the following is a list of the 2009-10 Community Partners of United Way of Southwest Minnesota.

United to Strengthen and Support Families

Domestic violence services, scholarships for family activities, sexual assault prevention training, disaster services, parenting information, adoption support, financial stability

• American Red Cross - Prairie Winds Chapter
• ARC of Minnesota Southwest
• Financial Empowerment Collaborative
• Marshall Area YMCA
• New Horizons Crisis Center
• Sanford Tracy Medical Center
• Women's Rural Advocacy Program (WRAP)

United to Provide Basic Needs

Information about essential services, food and basic supplies, access to legal services, housing, integration and self-sufficiency, leadership development

• Canby Bloodmobile
• Helping Hands Fund
• Iftiin, Inc.
• Kitchen Table Food Shelves (Marshall & Tracy) of Western Community Action
• Marshall Area Ministerial Association
• Tax Preparation Clinic of Western Community Action
• The Refuge - A Fresh Start
• United Way 2-1-1
• Western Minnesota Legal Services

United to Support Vulnerable and Aging Populations

Support for grieving families, support for persons with developmental disabilities, vocational training and job support, enhancement of the quality of life for elderly persons, access to assistive technology

• Adult Community Center
• Advance Opportunities 
• ARC of Minnesota Southwest
• Gillette Outreach Clinics sponsored by Southwest Assistive Technology Network
• Living at Home/Block Nurse Program
• Prairie Home Hospice
• Senior College at SMSU

Additional Community Initiatives that we are involved with:

United to Help Children and Youth Succeed

Literacy, youth development, adult-role models, mentoring, support for at-risk children and youth, community service activities, drug education, back to school supplies.

• Big Buddies of Western Community Action
• Boy Scouts, Sioux Council
• Camp Love's Embrace
• Girl Scouts of Minnesota & Wisconsin River Valleys
• Imagination Library (in partnership with Dolly Parton Foundation)
• Junior Achievement of SW/WC Minnesota (Lyon County and Murray County Programs)
• PATH, Inc. (Professional Association of Treatment Homes)
• Peer Helpers/Ambassadors
• Success By 6®
• Sheriffs' Youth Programs of MN - Marshall Group Home
• The Connection Youth Center in Canby
• Youth As Resources
• Student Emergency Funds at the following schools:  Canby, Clarkfield Area Charter, E.C.H.O. Charter, Holy Redeemer, Lake Benton, Lakeview, Lincoln HI, Lynd, Marshall, Marshall Area Christian, Milroy, M.I.L.R.O.Y. Charter, Minneota, Murray County Central, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton, St. Edward's, St. Mary's, School of St. Peter, Tracy Area, Westbrook-Walnut Grove and Yellow Medicine East