Community

Give A Day. Get A Day.

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The Give a Day, Get a Disney Day Promotion has ended!

One million FREE passes to a Disney Park were given out to volunteers that signed up to volunteer in their local communities. In Northwest Indiana the United Way Regional Volunteer Center was approved as a Disney site so that our agencies that post volunteer opportunities on our website, www.nwivolunteer.org, could participate and the results were tremendous. Over 600 volunteers participated at various agency sites throughout Lake, Porter, LaPorte and Starke counties…what a fantastic impact YOU made in your own community!

The goal was to inspire new volunteers and to reward those existing volunteers. We sincerely hope that your 1 day experience leads to many more and that you check out all of the opportunities in your area by going to www.nwivolunteer.org , click on Volunteer and find all the various ways YOU can LIVE UNITED!

Hug Challenge

Purdue Calumet Hosts “Hug Challenge”

Thursday, Feb. 11^th, the Student Lounge at PUC was filled with student groups bringing in the stuffed animals they collected for the United Way Regional Volunteer Center’s I Need a Hug program.

2010 Power of Youth Council creates it's first Public Service Announcement to promote the "Battle Against Drugs"

HAITI RELIEF

People now can text HAITI to 864833 (UNITED) to make a $5 donation to United Way Worldwide’s disaster recovery fund.

Porter County: Flood 08

Porter County Disaster Response

Porter County truly came together in response to this natural disaster. The City of Portage offered the use of their old General Dollar Store building on Central Avenue where the Regional Volunteer Center setup an emergency management site (PHOTOGRAPHS).