The United Way campaign is the best and most efficient way to make a meaningful investment in the future of our community. When your workplace holds a campaign, you have the opportunity to make regular contributions to United Way through convenient payroll deduction, and your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. The amount you donate is completely up to you and is withheld from your paycheck each time. Most companies hold their campaigns in the summer or fall, and deductions begin in the following January and continue through December. Funds raised through the campaign are invested back into our local community, supporting programs that increase economic stability, foster a healthy community and youth opportunities, and increase community resilience.
When you give to United Way, you are making an investment in the community, and you can be sure that your donation will support local programs serving local people. There are several other things to consider:
- When someone needs help, very often they need more than one thing. For example, a family that needs food assistance may also need help with health care or transportation to work. No one agency can provide everything a family might need, but a donation to United Way supports multiple agencies that, working together, can help families get back on their feet.
- United Way partners go through a rigorous process to be approved for funding. They complete a thorough application and provide extensive financial information that isn't generally available to the public. Not every agency that applies receives funding; agencies must demonstrate that they are making an impact and that they are using resources wisely. Teams of community volunteers carefully review the entire package and also interview the agency director; they then make a recommendation to the United Way Board of Directors, which makes final funding decisions. Because all funding decisions are made by local people, we’re able to be responsive to the changing needs of our community.
It’s our policy that donated funds must be used to help persons in Lee and Harnett Counties only. If you’d like us to send your donation to another United Way or to an agency that is located somewhere else, we are happy to do that. Otherwise, what you give here stays here, changing lives in our community.