The United Way of Randolph County (UWRC) serves the following communities: 

Cairo
Clark
Clifton Hill 
Higbee
Huntsville 
Jacksonville
Moberly 
Salisbury
Renick​

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Our Mission

The mission of the United Way of Randolph County is to support programs which create a community where family and community wellness is promoted; child care and early education are available; basic needs such as food, shelter, clothing and healthcare are met; the lives and independence of the elderly and disabled are enhanced, and youth are provided with opportunities for positive development.

 

Our Vision

Through the efforts of United Way, Randolph County will be a community in which the basic needs of residents are addressed and the lives of all are enhanced.

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Diversity and Inclusion Policy

United Way of Randolph County strives to be a model of diversity and inclusion, with our Board of Directors, staff, and volunteers reflecting the many faces, cultures, and walks of life that make up the communities we serve.  We respect, value, and celebrate the unique attributes, characteristics, and perspectives that make each person who they are. We also believe that bringing diverse individuals together allows us to collectively and more effectively address the issues that face our communities. It is our aim, therefore, that our partners, strategies, and investments reflect these core values. The United Way has brought together people and resources to build a safety net to help meet the needs of our friends, neighbors, co-workers, and families. A constant reminder that when we as individuals think outside ourselves, we have the power to facilitate change. When we think of others’ lives as linked to our own, our compassion grows. When we reach out a hand to one, we influence the condition of all. We build the strength of our neighborhoods. We bolster the health of our communities. And we change the lives of those who walk by us every day.

 

Our Goals

• Improve education

• Help people achieve financial stability

• Promote healthy lives

 

Financial Responsibility

Each United Way is independently governed by a local volunteer board, in order to best meet our local needs and opportunities. We must, however, adhere to a stringent set of membership standards that focus on governance, ethics, financial management, and general operations.

 

United Way brings together citizens, community leaders, business, the faith community, government, non-profit organizations and other institutions to determine the most critical human issues that require collective, not just individual, action. These issues range from basic human needs - like food, shelter and emergency assistance - to emerging and growing issues like the need for affordable housing, services and support for seniors, and positive youth development. United Way then raises money locally in an annual campaign, generates other revenue outside of the campaign, secures non-cash in-kind resources, and advocates for sound public policy, along with employing other relevant strategies in order to produce concrete results.

 

United Way volunteers, after serious and deliberate consideration of each agency’s application for funds, invest resources in nonprofit agencies like Big Brothers Big Sisters; Safe Passage; Girl Scouts, and numerous others.

 

United Way is one of the few remaining not-for-profit vehicles to pool investments in order to create a greater return on the individual investment. The good news is that many of our investors’ favorite agencies are supported since United Way does not directly provide human services. Instead, we each are helping to create a focused agenda, investing in strategies and agencies that show results, and providing investment options in a community pool, an issue-oriented product investment (e.g. fostering independence), and the opportunity to invest in individual agencies.

 

As an investor, you should view UWRC as a key strategic partner in achieving your philanthropic aspirations. UWRC can connect your aspirations to need and opportunity. Whether your interest is youth development, services that assist people with physical disabilities or the work of a single non-profit organization, UWRC has the capacity and breadth to make your investment more powerful.

 

Through United Way, you get the scale and capacity of a $5 billion global enterprise – recognized by 98% of all Americans – but organized and operated at a community level, making it accessible to you. We’re big and we’re small at the same time. United Way is the largest private-sector investor in human need and development.

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The measure of a community is how well it treats those with the least. The health and prosperity of a community begins with how it develops its human capital. Economic success over the long haul is not possible or sustainable without human success. There is no organization more focused or successful as it relates to human success at a community level than United Way.

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