United Way of Kaw Valley’s Day of Giving is coming up on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, and we need your help!
The Day of Giving is a fun 24-hour period where individuals have the opportunity to donate to United Way. The day includes match gift opportunities, as well as the chance to invest in specific parts of our work. In addition to giving to the general fund for each county, donors can select from eight other areas of our work to support.
If you are a fan of our work, we invite you to sign up as a "Champion" for one of our giving areas. Champions help promote the Day of Giving as well as help us reach out to new donors who may not yet know much about United Way of Kaw Valley.
What is a Champion? A Champion commits to raising awareness about one of our specific giving areas in the lead-up to and on the Day of Giving. They use the tools provided to reach out to friends, colleagues, and others in their networks to promote giving to that specific area.
Champions receive a Day of Giving toolkit containing:
- Data and stories related to your giving area
- Templates for social media communications, email communications, etc, related to your area
- Regular communication from UWKV staff about the Day of Giving that you can share with your networks
Giving Areas
Shawnee/Jefferson Counties
- Childhood Success - Supporting children and families with home visits and early education for a strong start.
- Family Success - Empowering teens and adults by supporting education, workforce readiness, and financial literacy.
- Family Supports - Ensuring access to food, housing and healthcare, as well as support for survivors of violence and trafficking
- Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library - Unlocking the gift of literacy by providing a free book for a child from birth to age five in Shawnee County.
Douglas County
- Childhood & Family Success - Expanding early education and childcare access to give children a strong start and family support.
- Family Supports - Providing equitable, short-term aid for food, housing, and utilities to support struggling families.
- Community Resource Navigation - Resource Navigators connect communities to local services for housing and other essential needs.
Jackson County
- Family Supports - Ensuring access to food, housing and healthcare services.
Sign Up to be a Champion
- Identify the county and area that aligns best with your passion. Care about kids getting off to a successful start? Childhood Success may be your area. Maybe you love how Community Navigators can connect people to resources at their most vulnerable hour. Select Community Resource Navigation as your area.
- Once you have identified your champion focus area, email Vice President of Resource Development Angel Romero at aromero@uwkawvalley.org to let him know which county and which area you would like to champion (e.g., Jackson County- Family Supports).
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