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UNITED WAY FOX CITIES INITIATIVES YOUTH GO, INC. 213 Nicolet Boulevard, Neenah, WI 54956 Kelly Hicks, Executive Director (920) 722-1435 Email: kellyhicks-youthgo@new.rr.com (920) 720-3104 Fax Website: www.youthgo.org 2013 Investment: $196,158 Aligned with United Way Fox Cities' Developing Children and Youth Impact Area. Youth Go is a youth drop-in center founded in 1969 as a safe gathering place. The organization is dedicated to empowering young people by providing positive adult role models, a safe environment, exciting new opportunities and educational resources. Services are free of charge and open to any youth in grades five through twelve. Youth Go is attended by youth of all socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. The diversity among participants makes the center a very unique place. A special emphasis is placed on recruiting young people who are underserved by traditional after-school programs. Fox Cities Diaper Bank 1455 Midway Road, Menasha, WI 54952 Rhonda Hannemann, Community Development (920) 735-5462 Email: Rhonda.hannemann@unitedwayfoxcities.org Nanci Micke, VP Marketing and Communications (920) 954-7215 Email: Nanci.micke@unitedwayfoxcities.org Website: www.unitedwayfoxcities.org or www. foxcitiesdiaperbank.org Successfully launched in 2011, the Fox Cities Diaper Bank serves as a viable option for families struggling to meet the basic need of diapers for their children. The mission of the diaper bank is to raise the community's awareness of the need for diapers and to assist low income families in meeting their diaper needs. The diaper bank collects, stores, and helps distribute diapers to struggling low income families. Diapers are obtained through financial and diaper donations. Valley Packaging Industries provides the necessary storage space. The diapers collected and purchased through the Fox Cities Diaper Bank are distributed to families in need through the following local agencies: Salvation Army Fox Cities, St. Joseph Food Program, Hortonville Food Pantry, and Community 2000. The Connector United Way's Providing Basic Needs and Self-Sufficiency Impact Area, in partnership with Valley Transit, created "The Connector. This initiative addresses the needs of low-income individuals " relying on public transportation for employment purposes. The Connector increases transportation options for second and third shift workers by offering rides during Valley Transit's off hours or rides to and from destinations outside of Valley Transit's normal service area. The expanded geographic areas and operating hours are provided through a contracted service arrangement between Valley Transit and a local transportation provider. United Way's PATH (Providing Access to Healing) for Students United Way's Promoting Health, Healing and Crisis Intervention Impact Area, in collaboration with Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Green Bay, Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin and Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, developed United Way's PATH for Students. PATH improves access to mental health therapy for area youth by providing school-based services. Services are offered in selected schools in the Appleton, Kaukauna, Kimberly, Little Chute and Menasha school districts. PATH focuses on those students experiencing barriers to care elsewhere in the community such as limited of financial resources, parent work schedules, lack of reliable transportation, cultural attitudes and the stigma associated with mental illness. UNITED WAY FOX CITIES COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS AFL-CIO COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAM 1455 Midway Road, Menasha, WI 54952 Hugh Sloan, AFL-CIO Community Services Liaison (920) 735-5463 Email: hugh.sloan@unitedwayfoxcities.org (920) 954-7209 Fax Web Site: www.unitedwayfoxcities.org The AFL-CIO Community Services Program provides basic union counselor training skills for union members. Union members are then able to assist fellow employees in the following areas: information, assistance, referral, and follow-through services on unemployment issues, family relations, alcohol and drug abuse, and financial assistance. The program also provides information and referral assistance to workers facing loss of employment due to layoffs and downsizing. UNITED WAY 2-1-1 1455 Midway Road, Menasha, WI 54952 2-1-1 Susan Richards, 2-1-1 Manager (920) 954-7200 Email: susan.richards@unitedwayfoxcities.org (800) 924-5514 Website: www.unitedwayfoxcities.org (TDD) (920) 954-7202 (920) 954-7209 Fax United Way 2-1-1 provides easy, simple access to health and human services, gives callers an opportunity to give or get help and serves as a hub for community information in times of disaster. 2-1-1 is accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week and available at no cost to all residents in a ten county area. Translation services and TDD access are available. A comprehensive database of resources can be accessed through the United Way website at www.unitedwayfoxcities.org. 22 2012 UNI T ED WAY FOX CI T I E S UNITED WAY FOX CITIES YOUTH BOARD 1455 Midway Road, Menasha, WI 54952 Sarah Christensen, Youth Board Advisor (920) 735-5460 Email: sarah.christensen@unitedwayfoxcities.org (920) 954-7209 Fax Website: www.unitedwayfoxcities.org The Youth Board has been organized to educate and increase youth awareness and understanding of United Way, community issues, community resources, and volunteer opportunities. Membership consists of students from area high schools in the Fox Cities. Meetings occur during the school year and are conducted twice a month on Monday evenings. Through listening to guest speakers, involvement in projects and general discussion, Youth Board members explore issues affecting today's youth in our community. The Youth Board conducts its own grants program, reviewing and evaluating grant requests focusing on youth issues. United Way Fox Cities Youth Board members achieve a greater understanding of United Way, the funding process, community issues and the spirit of community service.