1. 2010 INVESTMENTS
IN OUR COMMUNITY
American Red Cross $9,653 Girl Scouts of West Central Florida $15,327
Disaster Relief Assistance: Home Fires Building Girls of Courage
Confidence & Character
Annie Johnson Senior Service Center $30,188
Food Program Hands of Mercy Everywhere $22,237
United Way is working to advance the common good by focusing on the root causes of the challenges that we
Housing & Utility Deferment TAME Transmitting A Meaningful Education
are facing right here in our community. The issues facing our neighbors in Marion County are increasingly TUMS Teen Unwed Mothers Support
complex. A coordinated, community-wide approach is required in these changing times. United Way’s ARC Marion $76,348
Allocations Committee is comprised of local, trained, committed volunteers who thoroughly review every Adult Day Training Marion County Children’s Advocacy Center $58,005
Supported Independent Living Child Victim Clinical
program for appropriate use of funds, financial stability and measurable results.
Allocations were divided into the following categories: Meeting Survival Needs, Fostering Self-Sufficiency, Arnette House $66,380 Marion County Children’s Alliance $69,443
Non-Residential Family Counseling Afterschool Academy (Ocala National Forest)
Strengthening Our Families and Nurturing Our Children.
Transitional Living
The Community Care Fund is United Way of Marion County’s premier community investment program. Through Marion County Literacy Council $15,594
Boy Scouts—North Florida Council $16,368 Reading GED and English for Adults
the Community Care Fund, combined resources support comprehensive solutions. The following investments in
Instilling Core Values
Marion County are made possible from the 2009 Community Campaign support: Marion County Senior Services $143,081
Boys & Girls Club $109,389 Meals on Wheels
Path to Success Volunteer in Home Services
28% Project Learn
2010 INVESTMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY Triple Play Sports, Fitness & Recreation Pace Center For Girls
Peer Counseling
$30,589
25%
Meeting Survival Needs and Basic Skills Brothers Keeper $25,174
20% Helping Homeless Families Move into Homes Salvation Army $109,935
Fostering Self-Sufficiency Rental Assistance Feeding Program
Shelter Program
Strengthening Our Families 27%
Children’s Home Society $18,573
Nurturing Our Children Family Visitation Center of Ocala Shepherd’s Lighthouse $14,883
Healthy Families Marion Direct Services
Citrus Hearing Impaired Program Services $2,524 Total allocation per agency include Community Care Fund and donor
designated dollars.
Hearing Aid & Assistive Devices
In addition to the above funds, United Way of Marion County also invests
resources into the following community services:
Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida $15,862
2010 ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE Domestic Violence Prevention Advocacy Project
» Consumer Credit Counseling (now GreenPath, an affiliate agency)
» Success By 6, an early childhood initiative, in partnership with the
Early Learning Coalition of Marion County
Jim Alsobrook Joan Croye Linda Kamholtz Jean Morris Jim Spector Community of Gratitude $21,963 » 2-1-1, a free 24-hour information and referral service for Marion County
Emergency Food Center–Lake Weir Area residents, in partnership with the Heart of Florida United Way
Brian Baker Don Darley Jennifer Kintzele Michael Morris Toni Stevenson
Additional funding that is invested in the community includes:
Nick Blaser Linda Dexter John Klopfenstein Yvonne Moyer Michael Tomich Devereux Florida $5,012 » $259,000 from FEMA to programs that focus on emergency food and shelter
Lori Boring Raymond Dunleavy Maria Kusmierz Rosemarie Oliveros Harvey Vandeven The Voice » $444,000 in Earned Income Tax Credit to 170 families
» Through our Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program: More than 1,000
Joanne Bowman Dwight Edmond Barbara King Jane Potter John Vanhoose
Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Center $131,135 families were assisted, of which, 827 tax returns were completed bringing
Kathryn Bowen Steve Elder Connie Larsen Cash Pealer Julie Wands Children’s Program $1,229,970 into Marion County for families
Domestic Violence Shelter » $157,161 to 17 programs focused on homeless school aged children from
Lori Bright Lois Ellis Jeff Lawson Amy Reed Pittman Wallace Watford United Way’s Women’s Leadership Council—Women of Worth and United
Domestic Violence Intervention Way’s Endowment Fund
T.J. Bright Jennifer Elliott Steven Lee Karen Reed JoAnn Williams
Basil Bristow Tom Falanga Clay Lehman John Renyhart Virginia Wilson Early Learning Coalition of Marion County $71,930
Early Learning Program
Vickie Brown Mary Getsee Jacquelin Lenz Gail Remogna Mary Woods United Way
Grace Bynum Michael Greiner Judy Lowther Burnadine Rich of Marion County
Fifth Circuit Public Guardian $20,391
Lori Catto Gen. Pat Howard Carmen Maines Ted Schatt Marion County Public Guardian Program
Gilda Crocker Richard Houghton Donna McPhillips Rita Seymore 1401 NE 2nd St., Ocala, FL 34470
Florida Camp for Children & Youth With Diabetes $6,524
Carol Croskey Ler Verne Jacobs Linda Meyer Jeff Shealy
Diabetes Summer Camp
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