Programs We Fund You walk alongside them All That Kids Can Be Empowering People & Communities Continued everyday, but do you Adolescent’s Family Support Services of Niagara Community Living St. Catharines Postponing Parenting Till You’re Ready, St. Catharines Outreach CPS: Therapeutic Support Services Autism - Niagara Region Chapter Distress Centre Niagara know their stories? ASD Summer Camp Program 24 Hour Crisis Line Big Brothers Big Sisters of Grimsby, Lincoln, West Lincoln Epilepsy Niagara Traditional Mentoring Support Services Big Brothers Big Sisters of St. Catharines-Thorold and District Family Counselling Centre Niagara United Way of St. Catharines & District Big Brother / Big Sister Program, In-School Mentoring CORE Counselling 63 Church Street, Suite LC1 CNIB Information Niagara Child and Youth Services Information and Referral (211), Volunteer Placement St. Catharines, ON L2R 3C4 Community Care of St. Catharines & Thorold Mainstream: An Unsheltered Workshop Phone: (905) 688.5050 Niagara Nutrition Partners, Youth Support Worker Graffiti Removal, Resource Centre Email: [email protected] Family Counselling Centre Niagara MS Society of Canada - Niagara Peninsula Chapter of Hope www.unitedwaysc.ca Child Advocacy Counselling Member Support FORT (Foundation of Resources for Teens of West Niagara) for Independent Living Charitable Registration Number: Emergency Shelter / Food / Clothing, Smithville FORT Advocacy / Individual Disability Support BN13053 2443 RR0001 Learning Disabilities Association of Niagara Region Niagara Region Sexual Assault Centre (CARSA Inc.) B.E.S.T. (Better Emotional & Social Times), Reading Rocks! Hospital Response (24 Hours) Serving Grimsby, Lincoln, MS Society of Canada - Niagara Peninsula Chapter of Hope Niagara Training and Employment Agency (NTEC) Kidz Klub Pre-Employment Training Niagara-on-the-Lake, St. Catharines, Niagara Region Sexual Assault Centre (CARSA Inc.) St. John Ambulance - Lincoln County Thorold and West Lincoln Child Assault Prevention Program (CAP) Medical First Responders Niagara Resource Service For Youth (The RAFT) St. John Ambulance - Niagara Falls Home From School, Outreach and Youth Reconnect, Steps to Search and Rescue Niagara United Way of Niagara Falls and Greater Fort Erie Independent Living Victim Services Niagara www.unitedwayniagara.org Scouts Canada - St. Catharines Area Mobile Emergency Response System, Victims Crisis Support Service Scouts Canada Core Programs West Niagara Palliative Care Services (Rose Cottage) United Way of South Niagara St. John Ambulance - Lincoln County Education Youth Services West Niagara Second Stage Housing & Counselling Inc. www.unitedwaysouthniagara.ca YMCA of Niagara Housing & Counselling Youth Action School Programs YWCA Niagara Region YWCA Niagara Region Adult Life Skills, Street Support Children’s Program Moving From Poverty To Possibility Special Initiatives Community Care of St. Catharines & Thorold After School Matters Food Program, Thorold Branch Grantham After-School Program Community Care of West Niagara Manchester After-School Program Emergency Assistance, Food Program Manchester Teen Program Credit Counselling of Regional Niagara Rykert After-School Program Credit Counselling Rykert Teen Program Niagara Folk Arts Multicultural Centre Thorold After-School Program Crossroads Backpacks for Kids Niagara Regional Literacy Council Empowering People & Communities Literacy for Life Niagara West Employment & Learning Resource Centres Bethlehem Housing and Support Services Pre-employment Support Services Bethlehem Place Counselling Support, Community Support Niagara Women’s Enterprise Centre Canadian Mental Health Association - Niagara Branch Employment Training for Women Mental Health Resource Centre, Public Education/Health Promotion, Start Me Up Niagara Volunteer Training Services Food Plus, SMUN Centre Canadian Red Cross - Niagara Branch YWCA Niagara Region Disaster Management Volunteers, Volunteer Transportation Services Transitional Supportive Housing CNIB Independent Living Skills, Low Vision Services, Orientation & Mobility, Special Initiatives Volunteer Services Community Living Grimsby, Lincoln and West Lincoln Welcome Home Kits Recreation and Life Skills Development,Transitional Aged Youth: Low-Income Energy Assistance Programs Preparing for the Future, Physical & Mental Health Empowerment and Brushed Aside: Dental Care Access Program Abuse Prevention Training Empowering People All That Kids Can Be From Poverty to Possibility Together we can & Communities create positive social change.

United Way brings together community members, businesses and local agencies to become part of a community-building effort that delivers over 65 programs and special initiatives that target the most complex issues in three focus areas: All That Kids Can Be; Empowering People & Communities; and From Poverty To Possibility.

United Way is more than a fundraiser, we connect people with resources. By working with community partners and volunteers, we are able to serve youth in stressed neighbourhoods through our After School Programs and by coordinating the assembly Meet Matthew... Meet Brian... Meet Liz... and distribution of more than 2,400 backpacks filled with school supplies in your community. Having struggled with reading, Matthew’s grades and his Each morning facing the day became more frightening for Raising two young children on her own, Liz was falling on hard Additionally, our Welcome Home Kits help people self-esteem were suffering. Brian, and daily tasks started to become overwhelming. times after losing her job. transitioning from a shelter to a permanent home get back on their feet by providing essential Learning strategies for success helped him to feel confident and Gaining coping skills helped him to manage his stress and Access to food meant she didn’t have to choose between paying her rent and feeding her family. household items needed when starting a home. tackle the challenges he faced in the classroom. allowed him to succeed in his job and start enjoying life again.

Only through United Way can one gift support so many essential local services. 1 in 3 people have How Can You Help? How Can You Help? How Can You Help? been helped by a United Way funded program and that is why we need your help more than ever. Support United Way through a gift to the 2014 Campaign and help to continue funding these Provides crisis intervention and support essential programs. $25 Provides a nutritious snack for 33 youth. Provides emergency food for one family. $25 for one person. $25

Provides ten hours of homework help Provides transportation to appointments Provides five adults with literacy and $250 for 12 children and youth. $250 for 50 seniors. $250 computer tutoring.

Provides one week of recreational Provides two children with a one-on-one Provides one-to-one support for five $500 programming for 20 individuals with a literacy program. $500 $500 women in transitional housing. developmental disability.