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$5 per week provides 300 meals to hungry students. $10 per week gives 5 books with parent guides to 25 families. $20 per week helps 5 families get financial aid and tax preparation to help finance college. JOIN US IN MAKING NEW YORK CITY WORK FOR EVERY NEW YORKER. We live in one of the richest cities on earth but nearly half of our fellow New Yorkers live at or below the poverty line. This is not okay. United Way of New York City is the only organization working across NYC’s vast network of corporations, nonprofits and government agencies to fund, design and drive long-term change in education, financial stability and health. Join us to power that change. Did You Know in NYC… • Less than 30% of NYC school children can read at their grade level • 46% of New Yorkers are at or near the poverty line • 1.4 million New Yorkers don’t know where their next meal is coming from • Invested over $10 million in immediate and long-term recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy • Helped provide over 68 million meals to hungry New Yorkers • Funded 7,000 nights of emergency shelter to women and children in need • Provided 5,000 high school students and their families over 50,000 hours of counseling • Assisted 1,010 households with rent assistance to prevent eviction With Your Generous Donations, Last Year We… What Your Dollar Can Do Today generic_v2.indd 1 9/30/14 5:18 PM
