Women United of Utah County

Paint Night was a success last night! 🖌🎨✨ What an incredible night of friendship, laughter, creativity, and fundraising!! Thank you to all who came out to support and helping us raise money for early childhood literacy, parent education, and resilience in our community. ❤️💙💛

Special thank you to GreenHollow Catering for the amazing food and The Reserve at Provo Towne Centre for the amazing venue!

Visit unitedwayuc.org and click Women United under the “Get Involved” tab to learn more!

Next week is our paint night!! Come join us for our annual fundraiser on March 26, 2024 from 6:30-8 PM at The Reserve (Provo Towne Centre Mall) 🎨🖌 Reserve your spot today & invite your friends!

Simply donate in $35/person increments on our website: unitedwayuc.org. You can designate by adding “Paint Night” in the comments.

Donations will go towards child literacy and parent education 📖💙✨

I have been serving as the President of Women United for the past 2.5 years. I love being part of this organization. I love the service opportunities I am exposed to and the wonderful women who come together to serve. It has been an opportunity to connect with some fascinating women and give back to this community in a variety of ways: reading in public schools, sub for santa, welcome baby volunteer to name a few. There is power in uniting women. I love being part of Women United! Melanie Lundberg

We'd love to see you at the Book Bingo Bash on the 21st of March! Please RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-united-of-utah-county-fundraiser-book-bingo-bash-tickets-483481806097

Women United of Utah County Fundraiser-- Book Bingo Bash Come play Bingo and raise money for books to benefit children and families in Utah County! Suggested Donation: $20 at the door

Women United had the privilege of donating over 200 "The Moon" books to the Walden School of Liberal Arts for their students and teachers!

The Walden School of Liberal Arts in a free, public charter school. It is a Title 1 school and accepts all types of students. Their school uses the Montessori (K-8) and International Baccalaureate (9-12) models to create a welcoming, creative, and unique educational environment.

We were so grateful to support families in Utah County through a partnership with the Walden School!

Last week, we had the opportunity to present to and talk about what we do as Women United! We had a great time and appreciated the opportunity to share our story. Thank you to Melanie Lundburg for giving the presentation and speaking with such passion about our mission! Also, thanks to the generous women of the group who decided to donate to our cause!

is an incredible group of women that want to make a difference, and they do so by funding programs that already exist to help further their missions. 💖

We are getting excited about our upcoming Book Bingo Bash fundraiser! Please register for the event at uwayuc.org/WUBingoBashFundraiser and share this invite with your friends!

Happy New Year! 🎉

Here are some events we have going on this month. Please take note of our fundraising event coming up in March! It is going to be a blast, and we need your participation!

Enjoy the holiday!

A couple weeks ago, Women United got together to do service for the Sub For Santa team and have a luncheon! They helped sort donated gifts and they even brought donations for the Community Action Food Bank!

We are grateful for this group of selfless women and the work they do for United Way!

Don’t forget to RSVP for our upcoming social on November 1st (just over a week away!) If you invite a friend, make sure they RSVP as well. We are excited to see you all there!

Next Friday, Welcome Baby is hosting a Community Baby Shower. Several families have registered to receive items that they are in need of. We need guests to come party with us and bring a gift to donate! Every gift, big or small, will make a difference in one of these families lives.

We are especially in need of boy onesies, diapers of all sizes, wipes, and a few stage 2 car seats. Bath toys and other supplies are also appreciated.

We would love to have some Women United members and friends attend this event and bring something to give.

Click this link to register as a guest/donor: https://forms.gle/V8m48TCgQdeHPKpLA

Can you believe it's already October? 🎃

Here is an overview of what we have going on this month. We will share more information about these events as they get closer. Details are in the newsletter, which was sent out on October 1. If you aren't subscribed to the newsletter or haven't been able to find the emails, please reach out through our DMs!

Women United was so happy to participate in the

Thanks to everyone who joined our bike ride!
It was tons of fun and even more fun to eat lunch at the end!

Like to ride a bike? Want to hang out with some fun women?
Come join us in June 4th!
Details and info on slide 2.
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We have loved reflecting on and celebrating women past and present who have impacted their communities this month! To end Women’s History Month, we want to spotlight one of our very own, Barbara Leavitt, Vice President of Community Impact. Barbara just celebrated 15 years at United Way! That’s 15 years she has made history by working to improve her community ❤️ ⁠
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Some of Barbara’s most touching moments are when she hears how our work has made a significant impact in a person’s concept of themselves. She says, “Everything our United Way does is strength based. We focus on what is strong, not what is wrong. I think we do this in all areas of our organization. We truly believe in our community and the capacity it has to face difficult issues.” ⁠
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Thank you Barbara for everything you have done and continue to do for United Way and your community! And thank you to all women, like Barbara, who make history every day by lifting others and their communities.

Go to Dillard’s and buy yourself some stuff and help the United Way!

Today is the day!!! Dillard’s Orem Grand Opening will begin at 10:30 am with a ribbon cutting, prizes, and giveaways! A portion of the proceeds from the day’s sales will go towards supporting our local programs focused on education, health, and income. Come shop and support your local community! See you soon! 🛍

Happy International Women’s Day!

This is awesome!

Our South Franklin Community Center was spotlighted in today’s issue of the Daily Herald!

Recently, South Franklin residents participated in creating a new community mural in the center of the Boulders Apartment Complex in South Provo. Multiple neighborhood children submitted design ideas to Salt Lake City artist Andrew Alba. Kindia du Plessis, an art teacher at South Franklin, alongside Katelyn Garcia, a BYU art student, helped to make this dream a reality.

Over the span of several days, children, artists, and residents left their mark on a mural near the basketball court with the phrase “When we make the time to know our neighbors, beautiful things can happen.”

Read the whole story here: https://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/2022/feb/08/artists-brighten-up-neighborhood-through-colorful-mural-with-kids-help/?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-unitedwayuc&utm_content=later-24461269&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkin.bio

Welcome 2022! We are incredibly grateful for an overall great 2021 and a great finish to the year with our Sub for Santa Program! This program would not be possible without our ⭐AMAZING⭐Sub for Santa team!

They connected thousands of families with sponsors, to provide Christmas assistance and gifts. They also coordinated hundreds of volunteers who helped finalize applications, sort gifts, and deliver presents to families. From open houses to angel trees to delivery nights, they spent countless hours ensuring that as many families as possible were helped.

Thank you to our Terrific Trio for all they did to help Utah County families have a better holiday season in 2021! Stay tuned to see how our programs and community grew in 2021!

UPDATED 12/21 *Sub For Santa Stand-by Sponsors Needed* We are in need of 20-25 standby sponsors to help with last minute families and to fill in for any needed gaps. We are grateful to all of you who have already donated and sponsored this holiday season! 🎄🎁

To sign up to sponsor a family or make a monetary donation, visit subforsanta.org.

The Giving Machines are here! If you've haven't gone yet, go check them out!

We are so excited to be getting more books for our Lending Libraries! Thanks Orem for helping us gather them!

The City of Orem is partnering with United Way of Utah County Everyday Learners to collect children’s books this holiday season. Books will be used to fill lending libraries across Utah County. Lending libraries have grown in popularity throughout the United States and are used to increase access to books for children and their families. These mini libraries will be placed in Utah County neighborhoods and outside schools. Books will be free to take, with no expectations of needing to be returned.

If you would like to donate, books should be age appropriate for children in infancy up to 8th grade and should be new or gently used. We are looking for board books, picture books, early readers, and early chapter books. You can drop books off at the Orem City Offices at 56 N. State Street at the south side entrance.

If you would like to host your own book drive in your neighborhood, church group, or with friends there are instructions to do so on the United Way Just Serve website: t.ly/FJmO

It was so great to participate in the Day of Caring today by volunteering at Sunrise Preschool in Provo.

Four ways 211 can help those in need
1. Rent
2. Utilities
3. Food
4. Healthcare

Three ways to get help
1. Call 2-1-1
2. Visit uwayuc.org/211
3. Download the 211 Utah App

Volunteers Needed at South Franklin. If interested, complete the form below!

Homework Help Volunteer | United Way of Utah County We are in need of volunteers for our Homework Help program. This program involves one on one tutoring with school age kids from kindergarten and up. You will meet remotely once a week for an hour to help the student with homework. This program is held on Thursdays from 6-6:50 pm and 7-7:50 pm. You c...

Welcome Baby is an amazing program that falls under our education initiative, EveryDay Learners. They have done some incredible things this past year to help new moms feel comfortable and educated in the their new role as well as keeping families and children connected during the pandemic.
They had a record breaking year with 701 virtual and physical home visits
They served 9,481 people
Mailed out 2,268 books through their virtual Ready to Learn parenting classes

Welcome Baby has some great things in store for this year to continue to serve new moms and families through classes, home visits and playgroups.

Everyday Strong from United Way of Utah County has an hour long resilience training designed to help kids feel safe, connected, and confident.

If you can't watch or attend the hour long training, you can get the short version from this TED talk here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbYk_rEYcl0&feature=youtu.be

Day of Caring deploys hundreds of volunteers to make a difference during pandemic If there is one thing individuals and organizations have learned through the COVID-19 pandemic, it is you can still serve your neighbor.

Photo Credit: BYU Photography