Join Me As We Support United Way

Heartland AEA is pleased to again partner this year with our region’s Iowa’s United Way agencies as they invest in strategies that support communities to achieve bold goals in education (helping to achieve potential), income (promoting financial stability) and health (improving people’s health). Gifts to the United Way contribute to a better educated, more prosperous and healthier communities in which to work and live. What a great dovetail for our own vision at Heartland AEA of nurturing learners, empowering choice and enriching lives!

We have a bold goal ourselves this year of working toward 100% employee participation. For those of you who already made a gift or pledge at the All-Staff Meeting—thank you! If you haven’t yet done so, please consider a one-time gift or payroll deduction. Remember with a $50 pledge, you can direct your gift to the specific organization, charity or local United Way of your choice. Here is a list of United Way of Central Iowa’s Funded Partners for ideas about giving to specific organizations.

Did you know?

• $1 per week ($52) provides a week of academic enrichment for an elementary or middle school student in an after school program or activity?
• $1 per week purchases eight books for preschool-age children in the Book Buddy program to help develop pre-literacy skills needed to enter kindergarten ready to learn?
• $1 per week covers half the cost of one of the more than 1,600 free meals provided to extremely low-income families?
• $1 per week provides healthy food backpacks for 17 children to take home to improve access to nutritious food?
• A contribution of $42 per pay period is considered a leadership gift.

Two additional ways to get involved: 
Volunteer
Each staff member is given four hours of volunteer time to use from July 1 to June 30. Consider volunteering for an organization or event listed on the United Way of Central Iowa Volunteer Match Site.

Online Auction
Consider purchasing an item from the online auction that will launch on October 26.

I hope you will consider joining me in leveraging the work we do at Heartland AEA by partnering with other organizations that are also working to meet the most basic of needs in the communities in which we live and work through a donation to the United Way.  
 

Thanks for Living United, 

Paula