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Community Impact: What Is It?
Community impact is improving lives by mobilizing communities to create lasting changes in community conditions. While PCUW funded programs help make important, measurable improvements in people’s lives, community impact examines root causes of a problem and unifies the community in addressing the issue. It is the basis for United Way’s mission.
Community IMPACT Areas
- Meeting Basic Needs and Increasing Self-Sufficiency
- Helping Children and Youth Succeed to become responsible, contributing citizens
- Promoting Health and Wellness
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Collaboration Is Key
Creating community impact is a collaborative effort. United Way is one of many players and sees its role primarily as a convener that brings together numerous resources throughout the community to address a critical issue. In addition to funding, resources can include time, talent, community research, agencies, public policy, and neighborhood associations. United Way works with community leaders from business, government, faith-based organizations, agencies, and other local groups in developing consensus around a community impact plan.
Person County United Way has announced a plan that redefines the organization's role and seeks to align financial, human, and other resources with the community's most pressing needs while maintaining core services beginning in 2009.
The move, which was preceded by two years of strategic planning by the PCUW Board of Directors, is consistent with efforts by United Ways across the country to shift their focus away from raising and distributing funds to improving people's lives by creating lasting changes in community conditions.
While we will continue to help area residents meet basic health and human services needs, United Way's traditional role as a fundraiser in the non-profit sector is just not as relevant today as it once was, and we need to adjust to the conditions that are changing around us. Person County United Way grew out of the Community Chest formed 40 years ago and for a long time was known as "one campaign for all" this approach had wide appeal, however, increasing needs for services and an influx of new non-profit organizations competing for donors' support have resulted in United Ways nationwide reshaping their efforts. Instead of just funding direct services, United Ways are taking on a multitude of roles by focusing on their communities' most pressing needs and convening a wide variety of partners to eliminate the root causes of problems.
All nonprofit agencies are invited to attend our Council of United Way Agencies Meetings each quarter. Person County United Way has a commitment to continually improve nonprofit that care about health and human services. We provide a quarterly forum to help nonprofits learn about different topics such as: writing grants, developing their boards, creating strategic plans, lowering overhead cost, improving newsletters, etc… All nonprofit organizations are invited to participate.
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Helping Children & Youth Succeed to become responsible citizens
United Way supports services that promote healthy social, emotional, cognitive and physical development for children and youth; provides access to safe and nurturing learning environments; and offers opportunities to children and youth to grow and achieve to their full potential. |
Learning Connections
Barb Arel - Resource Educator Earl Bradsher Preschool
404 South Morgan Street Roxboro, NC 27573
336-599-7585
arelb@person.k12.nc.us
Old North State Boy Scouts of America
Todd Whalen - District Executive
PO Box 29046
Greensboro, NC 27429-9046
336-378-9166
1-800-367-9166
twhalen@bsmail.org
www.bsaonsc.org
Person County 4-H Clubs, Inc.
Jennifer Grable - 4-H Agent
304 South Morgan Street Room 123 Roxboro, NC 27573
336-599-1195 jennifer_grable@ncsu.edu
Person County Arts Council
Doug Newell - Director
213 North Main Street
Roxboro, NC 27573
336-597-1709
dnewell@personcounty.net
www.artsinperson.com
www.kirbytheater.com
Person County Partnership for Children
Judy Batten - Executive Director
PO Box 1791
25 Reams Avenue
Roxboro, NC 27574
336-599-3773
jbatten@esinc.net
www.personpartnershipforchildren.org
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Pines of Carolina Girl Scout Council
Chrissie Koroivui, Person County Field Director
201 North Main Street,
Suite 116
P.O. Box 1533, Roxboro, NC 27573
336-597-9822
ckoroivui@pinesofcarolina.org
www.pinesofcarolina.org
roots & wings
1200 North Main Street
Roxboro, NC 27573
336-322-5437
rootsandwings@esinc.net
Special Olympics
Kay Rudd - Program Coordinator
425 Long Avenue
Roxboro, NC 27573
336-597-1709
krudd@personcounty.net
http://recreation.personcounty.net
/index2.htm
Youth for Christ Roxboro
Rev. Tim Bowes - Executive Director
80 Danwin Lane
Roxboro, NC 27573
336-503-9327
yfc@esinc.net |
Meeting
Basic Needs and Building Self-Sufficiency
United Way seeks to assure that those who are physically challenged or who are rendered vulnerable due to advanced age have a nurturing support system available; that access to services support individuals independence as well as access to emergency and transitional services that preserve their independence and dignity. |
American Red Cross
Pat Lea - Branch Manager
PO Box 1793
Roxboro, NC 27573
336-597-2927
redcross@person.net
www.durhamredcross.org
Energize to Evangelize
Post Office Box 1214
Roxboro, NC 27573
336-599-8097
mcgheeshotz@aol.com
Person County Council on Aging
Sandra Hicks - Executive Director
PO Box 764
21A Depot Street
Roxboro, NC 27573
336-599-7484
PCCOA1@earthlink.net |
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Person County Needleworkers, Inc.
Sandra Garland - President
636 Gentry-Dunkley Road
Roxboro, NC 27574
336-599-5444
patches@person.net
Roxboro- Person County Rescue Squad, Inc.
Stephen Bray - Chief
PO Box 1598
Roxboro, NC 27573
336-599-0123
The Christian Help Center
Mary Stanfield - Executive Director
PO Box 1882
122 Depot Street
Roxboro, NC 27573
336-599-6070
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Promoting Health
& Wellness
United Way is committed to improving access to healthcare and health services and to promote healthy life styles for our community. |
Home Health
& Hospice of Person County
325A South Morgan Street
Roxboro, NC 27573
336-597-2542 ext. 299
http://health.personcounty.net
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