Adverse Childhood Experiences, (ACEs) are negative experiences that can happen to children and impact them into adulthood. There are ten common traumas that have been identified. Join us to learn more about the ACEs research, what ACEs look like in our community and how we can help move forward. Event details: Monday, March 25, 2013 [...]

For the sixth year in a row, United Way raised more than $10 million with the help of 22,121 donors. In all, people pledged $10,354,496. “Thank you to those donors and 500 companies who support our community through United Way,” said Lois Buntz, United Way President and CEO. “This money will go a long way [...]

Again this year, United Way of East Central Iowa is honoring some of our area’s outstanding volunteers at an April 26, 2013, Volunteer Recognition event at the Hotel at Kirkwood in southwest Cedar Rapids. We need your help, however. Please follow this link to nominate somebody: http://unitedwayofeastcentraliowa.org/volunteering-through-united-way/2013-volunteer-awards-nominations/ Video from last year’s event and of last [...]

On Monday, January 21, 2013, United Way, Coe College, Mt. Mercy University, Goodwill, and Evergreen Packaging held a food drive for HACAP Food Reservoir. The food drive gave the community a way to give back and honor Dr. King’s legacy on his day of service. All together the sites collected 2,063 pounds of food! That [...]

At this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day luncheon, United Way of East Central Iowa and the African American Museum of Iowa will honor 22 students from Metro Area schools who have demonstrated Dr. King’s honorable characteristics through their volunteer work, school attendance and positive behavior. The event will be at The Hotel at Kirkwood [...]

United Way of East Central Iowa will celebrate its 100-year-anniversary in 2014. We are planning several events and are would like to produce historical videos, displays and graphics. We are looking for any historical United Way artifacts that you may still have. These could include old T-shirts, photos, memos, awards, newspaper articles and other items. [...]

As 2012 is in the books, United Way of East Central Iowa will announce how much was raised during the 2012 campaign. The campaign celebration event will be held from 5 – 7 p.m. on Feb. 7 at The Hotel at Kirkwood Center, 76th Avenue and Kirkwood Boulevard SW. There’s no cost to attend but [...]

Two weeks to go this year and that also means that you have two weeks left to make your tax-deductible donation. For upcoming deadlines: http://unitedwayofeastcentraliowa.org/end-of-year-deadlines-for-donations-to-united-way/

United Way’s online 2-1-1 database continues to see more and more searches each month. In November, we saw almost 20,000 searches for resources in Iowa on the site. To search visit FirstCallforHelpIowa.org.

United Way’s 2-1-1 program will expand from 24 to 30 counties in Eastern Iowa. United Way 2-1-1 will then serve the 996,120 residents in 30 counties in Eastern Iowa, as far north as the Iowa-Wisconsin border and as far south as the Iowa-Missouri border. 2-1-1 was started in 2004 and served 834,000 people in 24 [...]