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What's a scarecrow’s favorite fruit? The straw-berry.
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Sorry, that was a-corny... All puns aside, fall is here. As we reflect and transition into a new season, we are reminded to take a step back and analyze the last three fast paced months. We had a wonderful summer with our amazing program partners, community members and businesses. Everyday we make an impact and our mission is successful because of all of YOU!
In this month's newsletter, we're pleased to introduce Stacy Martin, our new Community Impact Director for Digital Equity! You'll also find a recap from our Day of Caring event and some important dates for events coming up that we'd love for you to join.
Let's get United ✨
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1 day, 40 Projects and 450 volunteers 🥳
Wow - what a successful day filled with philanthropy, fun and care. We, alongside our community partners that submitted projects, are positively overwhelmed 🤩
We want to give a huge shoutout to all of our amazing volunteers and businesses involved. At this time, we'd also like to take another moment to shoutout our Sponsors:
- Ayres Associates
- BMO
- Scheel
- Festival Foods
- Group Health Cooperative
- Huebsch
- L.E Phillips Career Development Center
- Mayo Clinic Health System
- Nestle
- PESI
- RCU | Royal Credit Union
- Security Financial Bank
- Wendel Companies
- WIPFLI
- Xcel Energy
With your generosity and continued support, we're able to do incredible things like Day of Caring ❤️
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For those who participated - We're always looking to improve on event experience, so please copy this link and paste it in your internet browser to let us know how we did. Feel free to share this with anyone else that was involved too!
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Looking for a fun way to spend your time, networking, with people who also care about Philanthropy? Emerging Leaders are your people! This dynamic group is designed to help participants increase their leadership impact in their organization, the social sector, and the community at large. In Emerging Leaders, you will discover, grow, and be energized. You will move forward with new resources and approaches for your unique leadership and personal journey.
Our Emerging Leaders are collaborative, great teammates, and good communicators. They seek others' input and opinions, use it to shape their ideas, and generate consensus. They have strong soft-skills and have emotional intelligence when it comes to dealing with others.
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When you support us, you are investing in innovative, research based and results-focused initiatives. These initiatives coordinate the work of local programs, service providers and community stakeholders in the Chippewa Valley. Each Program Partner is funded under a specific initiative that is driven by a bold goal that keeps everyone working toward the same mission.
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Bold Goal:
Mental Health of Chippewa Valley residents will improve by utilizing prevention and intervention programs.
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Program Description:
Bolton Refuge House, Inc (BRH) is a 501(c)3 Non-Profit that provides services for
individuals affected by domestic violence, intimate partner violence, sexual assault,
dating violence, and stalking. We are the only emergency shelter agency in Eau Claire, WI with support staff available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Locations in Buffalo, Eau Claire, and Jackson Counties provide services to thousands of adults and children each year. Many people who know about Bolton Refuge House will tell you about our emergency shelter, but the majority of our services are provided to people who do not stay in the emergency shelter.
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How does UWGCV strengthen your program?
United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley strengthens the Bolton Refuge House Mental Health program through vital financial support and by helping to connect volunteers to project requests throughout the year to improve the program. UWGCV also supports the program through social media posts that highlight services for individuals who are looking for support.
What is your greatest program need?
The greatest need of Bolton Refuge House overall is to obtain additional funding and resources to continue to provide and enhance services for survivors of domestic violence, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and stalking. Bolton Refuge House is facing a critical deficit of funding due to VOCA cuts starting in 2025 and going forward. It is imperative to continue to provide support for survivors in our community.
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Want to learn more?
Visit their website at www.boltonrefuge.org
Pat Stein
715-834-9578
katelyn.w@boltonrefuge.org
Bolton Refuge House
807 S Farwell St.
Eau Claire, Wisconsin 54701
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Thank you Bolton Refuge House for supporting our community members to succeed and feel safe in the Chippewa Valley!
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Did you know we offer a Digital Navigator Program?
This program assists community members in using the Internet, Smart Phones, Computers, and much more. This service is 100% free and open to ALL residents of Chippewa and Eau Claire Counties. Digital Navigators will meet with residents who wish to further their digital skills and become more confident with using the internet.
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Keep up to date with all of our future United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley events. Find multiple ways to get involved and give back! We hope to see you at our upcoming events listed below:
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Pick-up for a Purpose
Saturday, October 19 | 9:00a.m. - 12:00p.m.
Emerging Leaders will be picking up leaf bags throughout Chippewa Falls and dropping them at disposal sites to benefit United Way of the Greater Chippewa Valley. Anyone living in Chippewa Falls is able to participate by making a donation of $25 or more and providing the address for pickup! Save yourself the trouble while supporting amazing community programs by making your donation today!
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IMPACT TOUR
Thursday, November 7
Afternoon Tour begins our UWGCV office, 3603 Hastings Way, Suite 200. For each tour, we visit multiple United Way Program Partners throughout the scheduled time. You'll get an up-close look at the work that is being done right here in the Chippewa Valley.
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